Imagining Orym reassessing the Wildmother in particular. I don't feel like her wildness would shock him, but her so clearly missing the spouse who should be fighting alongside her and yet getting on with it anyway will increase his sympathy for her, and impact his understanding of her outreaches to him.
Also imagining Essek trying to explain what he saw of Melora to Caduceus and Fjord. Fjord getting nearly as flummoxed as Essek is in the retelling, until Cad just soothingly says something like, "Yeah, she's great." Fjord and Essek aren't sure why, but find themselves both calmed and more appreciative of the Wildmother anyway.
i literally am all of these simultaneously and i have an exam next week help ;-;
(im really boutta rethink my whole career path bc of this class and i like physics my gosh it is so interesting but my gosh can my professors PLEASE teach meterial in lecture that even remotely relates to the homewokr or exams???? NO??? YOU CANT??? OK THEN THANKS IG)
Thinking again about how Ludinus tried to pass the blame for Orym's family's deaths entirely on to Otahan, as if the Hells, and even more so, we, haven't seen over and over how he elevates to power and enables people who do truly awful things, at just enough remove to keep his hands "clean".
People like Delilah Briarwood, Trent Ikithon, Otahan Thull, and so many more. King Dwendal, probably.
We know he's willing to get his own hands dirty more privately. I think this pattern is more of a power play, but not sure.
Bells Hells: so, Dorian, we’re on the moon and Orym has been feeling pretty lonely and he misses you and the witches have all sort of embraced this greater power and it’s kinda scary and Ashton exploded and FCG believes in the Changebringer and Chet made a deal with a hag so we might need your support-
Dorian: you went to the moon?
Bells Hells: well yes but we actually wanted to ask you if-