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Endless Burrow's End

[wealmostaneckbeard]

The introduction to Exandria Downfall was like:

[claracaboozle]

Yes! It does, however, call into question who or what we think Predathos is. A dread from outside of time with the power to devour the infinite...

I don't know, I'm still thinking about quasars, "a rare and extreme class of supermassive black holes that are furiously pulling material inwards, producing intense radiation and sometimes powerful jets."

If, as Ash and Edam mentioned, one of the gods succeeded in turning themselves inside out - would they not rip apart the fabric of existence as they knew it, a seemingly inescapable blackness only navigated by battling and harnessing sheer force and light?

Hear me out -

Four dieties were killed in the opening Downfall sequence (Edun, Aily, Nahala, and Qsar). Now, there are four aspects of dunamis we see exhibited in Ashton's rage (Gravity, Space, Time, and Luck). Of the four, we receive two descriptions. Edun is "sparkling kaleidoscopic multicolored lights" and Aily who "moves as shifting color leaving imprints behind."

Reminiscint of Ashton's Time rage after images, no? And Luck rages are when his head flashes with rainbow sparks. Now I think a black and white orb of light among these balls of color would have rated a mention, suggesting our friend left behind was Gravity (which. well. makes sense.) and the one who turned back Space.

I posit that Edun was the ancient god focused on the concept of Luck (both good and bad), Aily on the concept of Time, Nahala on Space, and Qsar (reminding me of quasars which contain massive black holes) on Gravity.

We have yet to see the two dieties consumed by Predathos after their arrival in Exandria and the creation of Ruidus.

What this means for the Luxon or dunamis I have no idea! But uhh...

[cranesofibycus]

A few thoughts after having just rewatched the first ep of EXU Calamity:

It had never occurred to me that Avalir is a cruise ship but man Avalir is a CRUISE SHIP! The floating city that lands in a harbor once in a while and is full of people who think they've found the real meaning of life by living on this thing. The endless luxury and useless amenities. The unbelievable amount of resources needed to keep that city afloat. The metaphor is right there and I had never seen it.

I've touched on this before but it strikes me once again how great Brennan is at making ability check successes feel purposeful. When more people make checks in different abilities about the same thing he will describe in detail how their expertise helps them piece together information (specifically thinking about the solar bow fragment here). And it really makes it feel like a group effort.

Brennan sarcastically thanking them for breaking up the party two minutes after he had finally managed to get them all in one place is very funny considering how little time they will spend as a group in the following episodes.

It's such a small moment, but I adored when Nydas received the homemade loaf of bread from his brother and sister-in-law. It comes right on the heel of a sequence that is overflowing with descriptions of the most outrageously arcane surroundings. The sphinx, the automatons, the hundreds of wands... and then there is this mundane object that Nydas gets excited about in a completely different, much more private and quiet way. He hugs it and smells it like it's worth more than the vaults of Avalir could ever hold, and if that doesn't distill everything about what is right and wrong in that world down to its quintessence I don't know.

The hubris. It's just. It's everywhere and it's already painful to watch.

Anyway, episode 1 was already so much better than I had remembered and I was able to follow all of it without great effort or need for attention. Rewatching Calamity: 10/10, would recommend.

[utilitycaster]

I'm really curious about Fearne and the pact she's just invoked with Teven. I know, as Matt said on CR Cooldown, that devils love when people say "that's a problem for tomorrow me" but I don't think it's as simple as "oh it's Fearne not thinking about the consequences" especially since we know she very much does care about what kind of person she is and whether she is doing good.

I think it could come down to a few things. The first is that she grew up with Morri. She's seen people make deals, and I don't think Morri is typically malicious unless she's crossed (ie, classic fey morality) but she's certainly not extending endless patience and benefit of the doubt. I don't think she sees this sort of pact as a good or bad or draining thing; it simply is.

Related to that, while Fearne absolutely has her own moral code and cares about it, as discussed surrounding the shard, I suspect she doesn't have a very absolute Prime Good/Betrayer Bad morality. Which is valid! As Gilmore says in EXU, the Circle of Barbed Vision is ultimately just a tool. We just saw this again with Ishta. I think she sees the pact as a tool to use in a bad situation, and honestly, it might save them by giving them some context on Dominox they otherwise would have been hard-pressed to have, as well as a powerful paladin by their side.

I also wonder if her late encounter with Zathuda has any influence here. She's been able to destroy her dark counterpart several times now, and fight back against her father on the opposite side of a conflict; she might have more confidence in her ability to shape this pact and carry it out without losing herself in the process.

(I admit I have no idea what Teven or Asmodeus might ask of her, and that's very exciting.)

[bwat5-blog]

**Spoilers for all of Arcane**

WHY THIS SHOW MATTERS FOR ME

"Why do we tell Stories? To try and make sense of a world that can be terrifying and enormous.. I don't know that your story will be long be known.. but it did happen- and it did matter"- Brennan Lee Mulligan, Critical Role, EXU Calamity

Arcane has become a true phenomenon. With record breaking viewership transcending various countries, age groups, sexual orientation, and more. You need look no further for an example than the fact that Heimerdinger's song was recorded more than 25 times by the various voice actors representing our favorite absent minded professor, in different countries and languages around the world. So I suppose the question then, is why?

This is hardly a simple question. Like any media, people are enjoying it for all kinds of reasons. There are die-hard LOL players who love seeing these characters and worlds brought to life. There are people reveling in the enormous diversity of representation in the characters. There are those who love the story of the sisters, Caitlyn and Vi's love story, or the sinister mystery that unfolds as the Arcane itself wakes up in this world. The list of reasons people love this show is endless and rightfully so. So I am writing to explain mine because, primarily, the opportunity to share my thoughts/feelings on this incredible story and discuss, and learn and interact with you all has been a true pleasure as we celebrate the achievement this tale has been. As always, for anyone bored enough to read these I appreciate you.

For me, the best stories have and always will make you look deeper into the humanity of our own world through the lens of the story itself. Don't get me wrong, Arcane is FULL of epic spectacle. incredible fights, beautiful animation and music, and more. It's a tale of magic unleashed and warlords and mad scientists. And please do NOT misunderstand me, I LOVE all of those things. It's just that for me, that's not why this story will always live on long after its over.

Vi is a bad-ass brawler who from a young age is literally holding her own with armed adult thugs and able to throw hands wearing Vander's gauntlets. She is tough and brave and an absolute hardass..She is also a young woman who never knew romantic affection before being thrown into a dark, terrifying prison for seven years.. Who is terrified of losing the last family she has left to the point that she cannot put herself first ..and who just needs her dad

Silco is a brutal crime lord who experiments on the vulnerable of the under city and does not hesitate to kill anyone who crosses him. He takes a scared little girl who is in so much pain and twists her up, and weaponizes her grief to the point that she becomes someone new.. someone darker.. He is also a broken, lonely, maimed man who was almost killed by someone he loved as a brother and is desperately trying to hold on to the young woman he loves as a daughter

Caitlyn is a sheltered but brilliant and wealthy woman who is "an excellent shot" ,and becomes a leader of soldiers and someone willing to sacrifice herself in the name of the greater good.. She is also a young woman who has to learn to see herself in the woman she hates/who killed her mother, learning to set aside that hatred, and rage, and grief in order to move on and keep living, and find peace.

I could go on about other characters or expound on the ones I just mentioned, and have in fact done so in other posts. But you get the idea. These characters (and the others) are so rich, dark, nuanced and beautiful. And when you strip away the magic, and the mutated beasts, and the colorful smoke and music what is left? The struggle of the oppressed against their oppressors, a young woman overcoming her inner demons to become a hero to her people, a warrior who had her childhood stolen from her learning that she deserves happiness and peace. I could go on. There are so many of these examples and they all make up the tapestry that is this show.

This is why I continue to champion understanding and accurate recognition of this show. Because it deserves it. Because the stories of these characters and their fight against the darkness of the world in ways grand and small, are the stories that have illuminated our path forward as people for all of time. In today's age of instant-gratification and flash and noise it's easy to forget the impact of things like this on who we are.. But to those of us who believe in the importance of such stories, it always has mattered. And it always will.

“It's like the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were, and sometimes you didn't want to know the end because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad has happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it'll shine out the clearer. I know now folks in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going because they were holding on to something. That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.”

― Samwise Gamgee

[sea-buns]

While I don’t have any fresh ideas on themes for future Intrepid Heroes seasons, I am always filled with thoughts about cast arrangements. The loudest being:

GM side-quest. Make Matt, Brennan, Aabria, and Murph the players. This is ideally GMed by most player of all time, Ally Beardsley. Just imagine the sheer force of GM-curse energy at this table. Combined with the dice gods’ favoritism of Ally, and Aabria’s inability to miss

Murph GM season. The possibilities are endless. You can keep the IH cast and just swap Murph and Brennan. OR

Murph picks some of his own “emotional support” players for a mix of new and old (à la EXU Calamity and The Ravening War style)

[shellem15]

I have this feeling (mostly from the conversation with the Raven Queen, which i have a host of issues with that ill probably make into its own separate post), that there's a good chance cr3 will end with a "the power of love/friendship saves the day (or at least circumvents apocalypse) style consclusion. Which is not unexpected nor unreasonable, of course, but it would be kinda a meh ending for me depending on how it's handled.

I think once bells hells pressed the predathos button, that probably should have eliminated any possibility for an "all's good" ending, or even a "some stuffs real bad but the world overall is mostly okay" ending. It's literally the equivalent of Laerryn's "I cast blight" in Calamity. You've just brought on apocalyptic levels of "shit's bad man."

That doesn't mean they can't do damage control, of course. The Ring of Brass did so in EXU Calamity, and that literally saved the world in the long run (even if the Calamity still happened).

But like, cmon. Anything other than Calamity 2: Electric Boogaloo would feel underwhelming to me. But maybe that's because I just really, really think a Calamity campaign would be sick as hell.

Like that would be so fucking cool dude, just putting the players on ultra hard mode where they HAVE to be smart and creative and decisive in their playstyles otherwise they WILL just straight up tpk. NO INDECISIVE WAFFLING! NO ENDLESS CYCLICAL DEBATING! You gotta act fast and act smart and then commit to it! You gotta coordinate with each other and make plans that you actually go through with! You gotta pay attention and remember shit for later! It would just make my optimized mechanics/button pushing goblin brain very happy.

I just think, whether the gods die or get chased off or do end up staying (which i am partial to, for obvious reasons if you've seen any of my other posts), it can't just end in "well that was bad but the world's mostly okay, if a bit of a messy adjustment period" at this point. Because the big red button just got hit, and you've gotta commit to that. Go big or go home, baby.

Edit: Oh, would you look at that! I did decide to go through with that Matron Conversation post.

[eternalmomentss]

Since the Hells need to convince the gods next and have a serious conversation with them all, I cannot help but imagine a scenario where every character and therefore every individual player needs to persuade one assigned god in a way they see fit (excluding the Archheart and the Matron). I am talking intense one on one moments that are perhaps topped off by a group conversation.

I am just thinking about the possible pair ups and conversations that could be had. What if Braius has to convince Asmodeus? Choose between the family he might have and the lord that he believes is his savior? Break free of manipulation? What if Orym faces the Wildmother, who begged him to fight before and showed him Will? What if Dorian sees himself face to face with Lolth again and everything that he tried to forget rushes back to the surface? But now he needs to focus and it's so unfair but it's for the world. Imogen and the Dawnfather maybe? Ashton and the Changebringer, FCG's deity? Fearne and the Everlight?

The possibilities are endless honestly...maybe we could even have the exu trio face Lolth as a group?

[comicaurora]

Hey I'm getting into DnD, do you have any podcast or series of a DnD campaign to recommend? I know there is critical role, but wich one of those should i start with? Is there a better beginning than critical role? I am lost here, please help

This is gonna very much depend on your personal preferences and attention span! I recommend sampling a range of DnD podcasts to find your personal tolerances and what parts appeal to you. I'm not the most widely-read person in this space because frankly most DnD podcasts are on too slow a boil for my attention span, but I've got a few you could check out-

Critical Role is the biggest and most well-known one for sure, but pacing wise I personally can't get through it. I love it in concept, but it's slow enough and huge enough that my brain zones out in the downtime and I lose track of important details when things speed up again. I think my first successful exposure to it was a brisk two-hour video that's just a Best Moments Of Grog compilation. That's also why I've been really liking The Legend Of Vox Machina, which keeps all the biggest and best moments but paces them like an actual story instead of a game. It's not representative of the experience of playing a TTRPG, but it is a lot of fun.

I personally enjoy limited-run miniseries a lot more, because they work better for my limited attention span, and on the critical role front that means I recommend EXU Calamity, a Doomed Heroes far-distant prequel to the modern setting of CR. Only four four-hour episodes and it's on a bit of a slow boil for the first three, but because everybody involved knows how the story's going to end, there's an endless drip of dramatic tension along the way. The DM, Brennan Lee Mulligan, is going to show up a lot more on this list.

On the subject of short miniseries DM'd by Brennan Lee Mulligan, Escape From The Bloodkeep is my personal favorite and the one I revisit the most. Six two-hour episodes, deeply unhinged and intrinsically comedic as it's a full-series parody of Lord of the Rings. I recommend it for a lot of reasons, not least of which being that Matt Mercer, who is an excellent DM, gets to play, and his playstyle is a great example of how to roll with the punches and the dice, since his extremely menacing nazghul captain is afflicted by a string of hilarious failures and he kind of just owns it, to the point where his character arc becomes accepting his worth as an individual with the power of friendship. It's a great example of not taking yourself or your character too seriously, which is a vital skill for players to learn in order to handle the whims of the dice sometimes (or often) not cooperating with your narrative wishes. If CR isn't working for you but you're interested in what you can pick up from this extremely talented DM, this is a good way to get that!

Dimension 20 (Collegehumor's DnD branch) has several series I really like, most of them DM'd by Brennan Lee Mulligan again. His DMing style really works for me, and he takes an approach to pacing that I quite like, so they're generally a safe bet for me. One I categorically recommend is The Unsleeping City, an urban fantasy DnD game set in New York City. This one is 19 two-hour episodes, so longer than the other miniseries but still much shorter than CR, and it can give you a bit of a sampler for (a) the genrebending you can do with DnD and (b) a longer-form story with a less rigidly determined finale than the previous examples. Brennan's DM style is very cool, and he puts an unusual amount of focus on characters getting solo vignettes, which is sometimes considered a bit gauche in DM circles because it means the other players don't have a whole lot to do during those solo conversations, but it works for him and his players and the effect is very cinematic!

But if you want to see a different DM's style in the same space, A Court Of Fey And Flowers is run by Aabria Iyengar, one of the EXU Calamity players, and she has a very different but also cinematic DMing style! The game is also a hybridization of DnD and a different system for facilitating Jane Austen romances, which is dope. Only the first episode is up on Youtube, but that should probably be enough to let you determine if you want to check out more.

I'd be remiss if I didn't at least mention the two DnD Actual-Plays I'm in, Rolling With Difficulty and Heart of Elynthi. Rolling with Difficulty is subdivided into three seasons of 8-10 four-hour episodes each, with each season having one overarching plot or threat but mostly being composed of episodic adventures - it's a Planescape series, meaning most episodes take us to a completely new plane of existence to deal with its unique geometry, fun denizens and wacky threats. It's also a lot more edited than some actual-play podcasts, with an effort to avoid the slow parts and the dice-rolling, mental math, "what am I gonna do this round," etc. Heart of Elynthi is an ongoing series that's only about five or six episodes in, with an overarching mystery in the background and a "collect the things to save the world" plotline in the foreground. It also streams new episodes on Twitch on (some) Wednesday afternoons, so if you'd benefit from a live chat to hang out and talk with during games, that might be worth checking out to see if you like it! Elynthi also has had some pretty cool behind-the-curtain stuff about how the players can handle in-character disagreements without them turning into IRL fights, which is something I don't think I've ever seen another DnD actual-play explicitly unpack but is also extremely important for players to consider, so that's fun.

[septembermonologues]

YES to everything about dorian but may I add... I'd think it'd be so spicy that if orym breaks down due to everything (cause let's be real the possibility is not that far off now) and dorian comes back it's their exu arc but it's swapped places. dorian is the one that realises the path orym is on can hurt him and everyone even more...dorian is the one that tries to pick orym up when he's at his lowest...dorian is the one that has to say things orym doesn't want to hear but NEEDS TO hear cause oryms too caught up in everything...but it's even worse now its even more intense now it's even more sorrowful now than it ever was in exu. with the rest of the hells and everything ofc ofc but....idk I think it'd be SO INTERESTING and the parallels would drive me insane if even if they both break down...dorian realises that he is the own who's gotta pick them both up for the better he realises he's the one who needs to be there for orym AND AHHHHHH FEELINGS

ur brain is so sexy babe. i think dorian is in a place where he'd be able and willing to be oryms support but again the guilt of having left and being gone when orym started needing an extra shoulder to lean on..... "glad you aren't here. wish you were" "missing you here. could really use your special brand of creative optimism" bouncing around his brain forever.... idk. it all boils down to my endless repetition of how much i want dorian back.

[mareastrorum]

I’m still reeling from how last night’s episodes lined up perfectly with my headcanons for TF&TS.

In C3E97, we learned that Aeorians created the Pinion of Service using materials from the Abyss. It’s a soul anchor that keeps Dominox, the Grand Demon of Loathing, tethered to Aeor’s engines and ensures that he reforms there if the process of extracting power destroys him. His immortal demon soul reconstitutes endlessly and serves as a key source of energy for the city. The use of black chains and references to oblivion might just be generic demon flavoring, but it’s also reminiscent of Tharizdun, the Chained Oblivion, who is imprisoned and dreams the endless layers of the Abyss, the home plane of demons.

In TF&TS, the premise is that Molly lives so that I could explore what Lucien might have been like as a body-hopping spirit. While working the initial outline, I needed a way to make sure Lucien would actually be a recurring villain and not get Lorenzo’d. I researched a bunch of necromancy spells because they’re all about soul manipulation. The Soul Cage spell was my main inspiration, but it’s a short term spell and can only hold a soul for so long. There was also the fact that (in EXU Calamity) Evandrin Alterra’s native plane was changed to the Astral Sea, but I wasn’t sure if that would work thematically or spell-wise. I figured, you know what, if abyssal anchors could be used to rip tears to the Abyss for the Angel of Irons plot, I bet one could be engineered to root a specific soul to a non-native plane as well. That would mean I don’t need to come up with a way to shift Lucien’s native plane, could stick with the undeath stuff for Molly being a ghostslayer, and it ties all the themes together nicely.

So my fix was that the Somnovem anchored Lucien’s soul to Cognouza, so no matter how many times his undead form was destroyed on the Material Plane, he would reconstitute in the Astral Sea, and then he could return to Exandria to hunt Molly. This was referenced a few times already in chapters 2 and on.

I have not yet explained what powers this mechanism.

Would you like to guess?

[piquedpequod]

"SALVATION" - fanmix for Zerxus Ilerez from EXU: Calamity.

Listen: (Youtube) Lyrics:

Fortitude / The Chant - Gojira Get a hold of yourself, rise above The better part of you, immortal

May this purple spring flow into your soul Exhausting all these black holes inside Wake up to the sound of doom Let this chant ring in your bones and lift you up

Lost! - Coldplay Just because I'm hurting Doesn't mean I'm hurt Doesn't mean I didn't get what I deserved No better and no worse

Drowning Man - U2 Take my hand You know I'll be there If you can I'll cross the sky for your love For I have promised All to be with you tonight And for the time that will come

Salvation - Editors Salvation! Deliverance is ours by the light of the stars

Howling - SYML I lay me down at the feet of your beauty Power my spirit, awaken within me My blood and my body will sing out your praises Save me, save me, save me now

How'm I Supposed to Die - Civil Twilight How'm I supposed to die When there's only one way to live?

My Body Is A Cage - Arcade Fire I'm living in an age That calls darkness light Though my language is dead Still the shapes fill my head I'm living in an age Whose name I don't know Though the fear keeps me moving Still my heart beats so slow

Start the Healing - Korn I should've withstood, I shouldn't bow down I couldn't get through, what could I do? I can take it all away, the feelings Break apart the pain and start the healing

Shadow and Soul - Red Dark and light Caught between, caught between Endless night Underneath, underneath Hunger, my untold, I’m waiting Find me inside endless night, our endless night My furtive soul, a heart unknown It’s buried alive The boundary fades between Shadow and soul

Cassandra - Echoes and Signals We will go Into the flames And we will turn Into the blazing fire

And I know Some things are meant To become gold Inside the burning fire

Cover: official art by Hannah Friederichs. started and fin. august 2023

[sheerling]

rewatching EXU calamity is like. idrk how much of the druids/splitting of teramunda/pact of crown and throne was from Matt, how much was Brennan going nuts with the lore, and how much was influenced by the PCs creation but whoever it was. its some very succinct commentary on colonialism, extraction, and exploitation of Indigenous people which. is very interesting and, truly, essential themes to discuss in a series exploring industry, capitalism, technological-advancement-no-matter-the-cost, and the endless growth mindset (and the downfalls thereof). and then Marisha said "im gonna play Thomas Jefferson's granddaughter" and Lou said "im gonna play a robber-baron" and Aabria said "im gonna play, essentialy, the head engineer of the Big Oil company" fucking fantastic. im obsessed with how these characters work SO WELL into the themes of the series on so many levels its fantastic. one of my favorite actual play series of all time

[honestly-i-hate-you-all]

Reblogging this now to add more thoughts now that it's not 4am and I've slept some.

Downfall gave us incredibly complex characters. Some people seem to be forgetting that the gods are more than just one note beings. We got to see how they came to Exandria, how they went from being beings of endless potential and possibility to being forcibly stuck in one form. We got to witness a piece of their trauma. Then we got to see them filled with emotions and warring with themselves because they desperately love the Betrayers but they also desperately love the mortals.

It's not that the Primes were unwilling to believe the Betrayers were that far gone. It's that they wanted to save everyone. They love their siblings who have been through The Shit TM with them. They love the mortals so much that they grant the mortals magic. They were *hopeful* that they could find another way thay didn't result in the deaths of thousands. Do you truly think the Primes like fighting the Betrayers? Do you think they *enjoy* being at war with the people who have been through hell with them? I fuckin doubt it. Do you think they wanted the wizards of Avalir to cause the Calamity, forcing the Primes to go to war with the Betrayers as they tried to get the Betrayers to stop?

Because people seem to be forgetting or seem to buying into Aeor's thought process that the Gods started the Calamity. The Calamity wouldn't have started if Laerryn hadn't done what she did in Avalir. Sure she averted it from being much worse by sealing away the Primordials, but what was the reason the Primordials were going to be released in the first place? She destroyed the thing keeping the gods locked out. Not to mention Zerxus trying to redeem Asmodeus the entire fucking EXU Calamity series. The gods didn't start the Calamity, they were dragged into it and are doing their best to minimize the fallout. But it's hard when you and the siblings you're fighting wield unimaginable power. Like did you see their HP totals? Their damage multipliers?

The greatest thing Downfall did was show us that the gods are just as complex as mortals and yet people are still treating the gods as if they should be these one note beings. That *because* they are gods they should "know better". I'm McFucking sorry to tell you this but the gods are allowed to be flawed and multifaceted beings too. Look at Melora. Until Downfall she was portrayed as a gentle and kind being, sending signs through impressions and feelings, giving Fjord an option after he broke his Warlock pact. But here we got to see her true brutality. We got to see her be angry and hungry. Because her domain is nature. And nature can be both beautiful and brutal.

I know this got away from me again but what I'm saying is that Aeor was literally *hanging people* who worshipped the gods and that was explicitly told to us. They were into slavery and eugenics and fascism. And yes because of their militarized state the people who didn't agree with Aeor couldn't do shit about it. But to say that you are still Team Aeor after everything means that you missed every piece of nuance in Downfall. It means you ignored the giant signs placed everywhere saying Aeor Is Bad. That's not interpretation, that is literally what Matt and Brennan were saying all along. You missed every moment where the gods *tried* to help everyone, including their children and their siblings.

It's either that or you're willfully ignoring the nuance and in that case slap a robe on and call yourself Ludinus.

If you watched all of Downfall and know anything about Aeor from any of the previous campaigns and are still "Team Aeor" respectfully what the fuck. You're telling me your team eugenics? Team build a weapon to kill the gods? Team slavery and fascism? Team "literally hung people for believing and worshiping the gods?"

If you watched all of Downfall and still believe the gods weren't *trying* to avoid killing everyone? That they didn't care about the mortal lives? That they weren't defending their family from people who want to kill them when all they've ever done if love the mortals?

Then you need to be studied because your media literacy is dead.

[counterspelling]

Endless EXU 23/???