#bahavas

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in times of need, the powers of shadow can accomplish what the Sun alone cannot

- bahavas

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absolutely obsessed with the concept that avad averted the apocalypse by accident because he overthrew his father before sylens and hades could approach the carja priesthood to get access to the signal tower

no, listen: why would sylens go to a recently deposed force that no longer controlled the territory hades needed access to?  he wouldn’t.  he would have asked avad’s forces first and they would have turned him down.  they had enough other shit to deal with and sylens wouldn’t have given them enough information to trust him.  the shadow carja are plan b.  bahavas and helis fall for the religious “buried shadow” story hook line and sinker, and they already have a vested interest in reconquering the territory the spire is in.  great!  no convincing necessary!  but, they don’t have the military might needed to reconquer meridian and can’t start an invasion until they do, and they won’t just sneak someone through avad’s borders, either because security around the spire is so tight that they can’t or because they won’t invade until they get their top priority, ie, meridian. 

so the invasion has to wait until they dig up enough machines to break through meridian’s defenses.  and of course during that several year period aloy shows up, sylens jumps ship to ensure his own survival, he helps her unravel enough of the plan that she warns avad, and altogether they manage to stop hades from using the tower.  all because avad’s coup prevented hades from getting there earlier.  wild.