#I've been hcing this since before ch7 and now...

[ruler-of-thorns]

Ch7 Spoilers/theory

Ngl having ch7 be right before a glomasq rerun which also has a Rollo SSR and after the Stitch event I'm starting to think that they're going to draw more connections to Malleus's Quasimodo inspirations, Draconia family lore, and how his childhood was like. Even if Maleficia isn't as malicious as Frollo is it's fairly obvious that she was a big part in why Malleus was so isolated as a child, even if it was a 'good reason' to her at the time. We know Lilia raised Malleus and she was probably fairly absent from Malleus's life (emotionally at least). She has control of him w/o being very emotionally present which is making me think they might choose to elaborate on this topic.

They could also do this by showing Mallenoa's death which I think we'll probably end up getting more details about. With Malleus's dad (Lavern??) we'll definitely get more lore on him if he is Crowley, so there's definitely that.

Rollo getting an ssr is also definitely going to get him involved in ch7. My guess is that we'll learn more about Malleus and Silver's families , get Lilia self aware within the dream, and Ortho might be looking to other allies to fight Malleus in the mean time.

Anyways those r just my silly thoughts but Malleus Quasimodo connections live in my head forever