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“Cerrit looks at the symbol of the Eyes of Avalir on his ring. The eye is sculpted to look down, ever watchful, the eyes of a city in the clouds.
On a 26 insight, you found many threats to the city of Avalir, long years of being exceptional, perceptive, intelligent, clever, your eyes ever peering down, cultists and criminals, even some magisters, some corrupt officials – but on a 26 insight, often ones without friends or connections.
The Eyes of Avalir never looked up.
And the price you paid was that here at the end of things, you still don’t get to hear the laughter of your children in this home, as was the case so many long nights of devotion and service.”
— Brennan Lee Mulligan, Exandria Unlimited: Calamity finale
See what Brennan did there? Brennan said, on a 26 insight, you finally understand what’s wrong with law enforcement: it enforces only downwards. It investigates and hounds the little people and the outcasts, and leaves the corridors of power unchecked. And it’s not a failure of individuals (this cop is corrupt, that one’s incompetent); that would be easily solved with better individuals, individuals like Cerrit, brilliant and honest and devoted. But it’s an institutional failure. The Eyes of Avalir were meant and made to look down, and never up.
Brennan said, y’all thought that because Cerrit’s the only non-magical guy in the Ring of Brass of the floating city of Avalir in the Age of Arcanum, he’s blameless? Think again! Everyone unwittingly contributed to the Calamity. The Leywright trio by hubris, the paladin by zeal and conviction, the fey by love (if Loquatius hadn’t killed the truth about Evandrin to protect Laerryn, she’d have to explain what she’s building in there, and crucial information could have come to light in time), and the cop by being a normal-ass cop, and thus missing every single clue that could prevent this – because every single clue was up above, and the Eyes of Avalir never looked up.
And then Brennan “I came here to hurt people” Lee Mulligan twists the knife and says, Cerrit, this is what you devoted your whole life to, this is what you spent all your energy on, this is why you missed on your own children growing up. For an institutional failure.
And on a 26 insight, here at the end of things, Cerrit finally takes off his badge ring and sets his fucking office on fire.
“This comes first”, “One last thing”, “I can rest after this”; life lessons from the Calamity.
Wingspan tells Talon to get Egghead and get home
Episode 3 of ExU Calamity in one image:
zerxus is gonna do it isnt he he’s gonna rly end the world huh
Aeschylus, The Oresteia / Anne Carson, H of H Playbook / Hadestown, Road to Hell (Reprise) / John Darnielle, Wolf in White Van / Richard Siken, The Worm King’s Lullaby
oh my GOD i wish i could draw i just had an animatic idea abt Laerryn and Loquatius this is so unfair im going to pass away-
The new EXU: Calamity announcement has got me so excited holy shit. One the cast looks so fun. Brennan and Lou are such a fun duo and seeing them on CR sounds fun.
But also, seeing pre and during calamity Exandria!!! Yes please! I mean Exandria at the time of CR is basically a post apocalypse world. Society has regrown but it’s clearly not what it was. And now we’re getting to see what it was like. At the height of the Age of Arcanum! All the super advanced magic and tech! That’s so sick I am vibrating!
And the tragedy the story is doomed to go to is gonna hurt so good.
Oh no he has a son. Oh fuck this is gonna hurt ain’t it?
Liam and Luis must have been giggling knowing they were hitting us with the dead husband punch twice.
God the way the Age of Arcanum is being shown is soooo good. It is exactly what I wanted. Being somewhat recognizable as modern day Exandria but just so much more obviously advanced. Really good stuff and I cannot wait to see this society collapse.
Wait, they can look through the timeline of objects! Oh this is so fucking cool. I just want to see more and more of the magic of the Age of Arcanum
Obsessed with the fact that Asmodeus' play in Exandria always seems to be "Heyheyhey you can't kill me I'm just a little GUY I'm just a little birthday boy it's just my fucking BIRTHDAY. I'm SOWWY about what I did UWU I'm just a little man!!! You don't want to kill me!!!" *Murders you murders you murders you murders you murders you murders you* and literally everyone falls for it every single time
Oh so Laerryn has the MOST wizard hubris. Like, maybe ever???
Not Zerxus trying the look at me babe this isn’t you abshxgdbg. Buddy this ain’t wattapad your going to die. You can’t fix him.
For this rant from Asmodues is amazing. The calling out of Zerxus for his arrogance, and Asmodeus showing what he feels for mortals that their just puppets that tore his siblings from him. That he hates them just so much. Chilling.
Bro bro. Everything about the Agrupnin kids being described is hurting me so fucking much. I am crying.
"the only difference between you and the Dawnfather is that the Dawnfather is a little more humble" SCREAMING
“Could you do me a favor, and describe what your husband looked like in life?” 😱😰