#might've had this weird moon shit wrapped up quite a while ago

[astralleywright]

the Gods' conversation in the first episode of Downfall, about how they need to destroy Aeor in its entirety to prevent mortal knowledege of how to destroy them from spreading, is so dark. both from the perspective of watching a handful of people weigh the lives of thousands, but also because they do end up destroying Aeor; and it doesn't work. it prolongs things for another millenia, sure, but someone eventually discovers enough of the Factorum Malleus' plans for Ludinus to construct his own version and make his own plan, something he's motivated to do specifically by the original destruction of Aeor. not only does the Gods obliterating one of the last civilzations still standing in the Calamity (and all their children within) not bury the knowledge of this anti-god weapon, it becomes the very reason someone wants to try again.

(obligatory disclaimer that Ludinus is bad and doing bad things and we should not release Predathos and set him loose at the Gods buffet. thanks)