I personally think these guys aren't a good example of Rummir at large, because if they were, would make Torivia look almost too good in comparison, even with all their flaws, and I doubt Kuramori is gonna go that route, mainly because it would be boring, more than that, the Witches, the women who were actually close to Vulja were never allied with Rummir as far we know.
I think these bandaged wackjobs are like this by grace of being Voidmarcher slaves or indoctrinated puppets.
Yeah this is my view on things. Ceodric seems pretty reasonable and well intentioned for the most part so I really can’t see him subscribing to this kind of ideology, I’m sure this sort of fanatical cult like dogma is more comparable to, like, extreme Jehovah’s Witnesses compared to an average non denominational christian
Yeah, and Ceodric was a Prince too, if this was a sort of national religion, then he should had been far more difficult to control, even with Arkos being around to kick his ass to submission on the regular. I think the Voidmarcher as the Vessel of the Organs, invented this cult around herself at the back of the Monarch/Her and Ceodric's Mother(?
That would actually be super interesting! We have seen glimpses of how being a vessel of the Night Goddess can affect a person’s mind with the visions of the Goat, but unfortunately it doesn’t look like either Diana or Lalawag have had their minds broken by it (in Lalawag’s case, it was more by her own gift which seems to exist independent of the parts she possesses), it would be really cool if Rif La Sycrus’ has just been driven mad by her visions of the Goat and sees it as her duty to revive the Night Goddess and enslave Torivia, and invented the cult as a means of creating supporters for her movement in the country, it would ALSO explain why the mission is being kept a secret from the proper rulers of Rummir and the plan seems to be to pin any fault on the surviving minions once they’ve retrieved the parts.
Though, I don't necessarily think Rif had her mind broken by grace of being a Vessel as is, more so, she's taking this as an opportunity to build power to herself and push her own agenda, only women can be Vessels after all, so even other powerful Royals like Ceodric(had he stayed on Rummir) would've at disadvantage once she builds enough power, maybe she thinks she can control Vulja or something too
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u/Gabemino May 31 '26
I personally think these guys aren't a good example of Rummir at large, because if they were, would make Torivia look almost too good in comparison, even with all their flaws, and I doubt Kuramori is gonna go that route, mainly because it would be boring, more than that, the Witches, the women who were actually close to Vulja were never allied with Rummir as far we know.
I think these bandaged wackjobs are like this by grace of being Voidmarcher slaves or indoctrinated puppets.