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[johnnyspells]

Downfall: Part Two

[ihaveatypeanditstrickstergods]

What Ludinus Expects Will Happen After Viewing Downfall: Bells Hells will turn against the gods and join him

What's Actually Going to Happen After Viewing Downfall: Bells Hells are gonna drop everything to go find the ruins of the aeormaton speakeasy

[ariadne-mouse]

Asmodeus putting on a show as a "priest of the Dawnfather":

The Dawnfather, right next to him:

[twinklestarss]

“I think this will all be over tonight. There's an opportunity here, I think. Decades of truce between us. Don't you think it would be a shame for that to go away? What do you think happens after Aeor, Ayden? I think we will find out. I think that the threat we now face is an opportunity. But you are the ones who must come to the table, not us.”-Milo/Ayden

Critical Role Campaign 3: Downfall Part 2

[dangergggg]

"If it's an end you want, darling, I can make that happen."

A Raven Queen doodle.

[immult]

sarenrae's divinity diminished in one single act of betrayal and was left vulnerable for the rest of calamity and more. god, she forgot how to do the only thing she knew how to do. she almost became the first god to achieve mortality. and her siblings wondered why she settled so well with the war-weary mortals that she married into them. mothered two of them.

so important to me that, during a war, the god of compassion was the one to find home in mankind. ough sarenrae.............

[forgetriestowrite]

I find it interesting how Ayden refers to the Dawnfather as "father". It's interesting because not only does it confirm the joke/theory that this kid is absolutely dnd Jesus, but also---he's the only teenager. He's the only kid in this group. Makes me wonder how long ago he discovered his divinity, and if he's still grappling with it even now. He seems so sure of himself and his role when he's with the others, but as soon as he's alone, he's referring to his divine self as a separate party and he sounds very self-doubtful. It's a really intriguing detail imo.

[cassafrasscr]

Just thinking about Orym watching this and seeing the Prime Deities being forced to choose between protecting their family or saving the people of Aeor.

Having been told several times in the last few months that if any of Bell’s Hells turns against the cause, he'll have to eliminate them. That for the sake of protecting the world, he'll have to kill one of these people he's claimed as his family.

Orym, who has been the target of friendly fire more than probably anyone else in the party. He's been mauled by Chetney multiple times, been directly attacked by murder-mode FCG at least once, and was ambushed in his sleep by Laudna JUST LAST NIGHT. And even when he's angry, he always meets them with compassion and forgiveness.

Orym, who allegedly has contingency plans for each of his friends if they turn, but who always pulls his punches when he does have to fight them.

Orym, whose home was invaded by a hostile force, who lost his father and husband and probably more of his comrades. Not unlike when the original home of the gods was attacked and destroyed.

Every day he has to make the impossible choice: save the world, or protect his family? Even as flawed as they are, and with how much he's been hurt by them, he loves them. He has insisted repeatedly that he won't HAVE to kill his friends, because he trusts them not to betray him. He believes in them wholeheartedly.

And now he's watching the Prime Deities have to grapple with that same choice. Even knowing that the Betrayer Gods didn't die, and the Calamity lasted another 100 years.

I'm so interested to see how Orym reacts, with everyone pressuring him to choose the world over his family. Knowing that, at least on some level, the Prime Deities chose their family over the world. And look what it cost the world.