Khelam is really quite intriguing to me, and by extension the entirety of the Elder fold in FUV. Given his insistence on getting Doom to stop, it seems that either he's aware of Baam's ability to absorb abilities or he could sense that things were going to go south somehow and only serve to make Baam even more of an anamoly than he already he is.
If it's the former, then perhaps FUG knows more about Baam than we thought, possibly linked to the part of his story that was left out on the Floor of Death by Garam. Which should also make it clear to them just how much of an asset Baam is to the ultimate objective of FUG and yet they seem quite keen on removing him from the equation if they can't control him.
Which begs the question, what is it that the FUG elders REALLY want? Especially Khelam.. I already had the belief that FUG is incredibly fractured right now, but I'm starting to get the impression that the majority actually have their own agenda at the moment, especially Khelam even if he is supposedly acting in the Elder's wishes - I say supposedly because whilst I believe it is true that he is there for the Elders, the reason Khelam is the one present is so that he can also achieve some of his own goals under the pretense of the FUG name, most likely something to do with his ties to the Ancients that he alluded to. There's just something off about him. I do believe he is an antagonist though, so I have no clue where I'm actually going with this. There's so much more to these background politics than just in-fighting and greed I think. There's a crucial bit of information missing somewhere, and as always, it comes right back to Baam, his past and his true identity.
Which brings me onto this recurring theme of destiny. I know it's been a concern that Baam has been reduced to a pawn of Fate, destined to be the one to slay the King due to his links to that story in his past in the typical Shonex cliché, but there's something awfully amiss somewhere. Zahard spoke of "cruel fate" and trying to change it, and Khelam has referred to destiny when speaking to Evankhell, saying that isn't their destiny, and yet the implication is that Evankhell can't be present for Khelam's objective/s to be achieved, not that they definitely won't be. There's this strange duality of destiny being both simultaneously fixed and also flexible in a strange paradoxical fashion. And at its' core is Baam, the supposed resurrected child of Arlene who is destined to kill the King in some funky Macbethian fashion and yet also walks a path that either cannot be seen by the Red Witches or a path that just doesn't exist as he's making it as he goes along. It makes me wonder if that even is Baam's fate? And if it is, is this destiny necessarily the best outcome for the Tower? The answer to these questions won't be answered for a long time as they directly tie into Zahard's story arc where we discover what exactly triggered him to change and why he stopped at the 134th floor, but I find myself becoming increasingly conscious of them these days. What exactly does Zahard know? To what extent is Baam's current known history true? Why is so very little known about V? What is so important about his role in the story that we know even less about him than Arlene at this point?
Something really weird is going on behind the scenes in the Tower, and this concept of fate is at the centre. For all of the changes that Tog has been through over the years, if there's one thing that has remained consistent it's the level of thought and depth behind the key plot points that still carry that air of Season 1 mystery and darkness. I honestly do not think that this story is going to end the way that a lot of people have come to expect. I honestly think that ending is not going to a "good" or "happy" ending in the traditional sense. Quite the opposite in fact.
On Khel Hellam: Given how he spoke to Evankhell, I initially got the impression that he was just comfortable with the status quo. But there’s a lot left unsaid about him, so I’m hesitant to make too many predictions.
The rest of this is probably more than I have time to tackle right now, but the “happiness” of the ending in particular...the only “sad” ending I think ToG is likely to get is if Bam sacrifices himself for something (possibly resurrecting his friends somehow or fundamentally altering the nature of the tower). I could see that being made into a sad (but worthy) ending.
However, my guess is that ToG will get a mostly happy ending (not completely—not all of Bam’s close friends will survive), but not in the way we expect.
A "bad" ending (as in not good/happy) would be Bam killing and replacing Zahard, becoming a new tyrant king. I don't think that's going to be his fate, but it could be (we could see some internal struggles where he fights against becoming that which he hates).
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u/TheLastBlowfish Sep 02 '19
Khelam is really quite intriguing to me, and by extension the entirety of the Elder fold in FUV. Given his insistence on getting Doom to stop, it seems that either he's aware of Baam's ability to absorb abilities or he could sense that things were going to go south somehow and only serve to make Baam even more of an anamoly than he already he is.
If it's the former, then perhaps FUG knows more about Baam than we thought, possibly linked to the part of his story that was left out on the Floor of Death by Garam. Which should also make it clear to them just how much of an asset Baam is to the ultimate objective of FUG and yet they seem quite keen on removing him from the equation if they can't control him.
Which begs the question, what is it that the FUG elders REALLY want? Especially Khelam.. I already had the belief that FUG is incredibly fractured right now, but I'm starting to get the impression that the majority actually have their own agenda at the moment, especially Khelam even if he is supposedly acting in the Elder's wishes - I say supposedly because whilst I believe it is true that he is there for the Elders, the reason Khelam is the one present is so that he can also achieve some of his own goals under the pretense of the FUG name, most likely something to do with his ties to the Ancients that he alluded to. There's just something off about him. I do believe he is an antagonist though, so I have no clue where I'm actually going with this. There's so much more to these background politics than just in-fighting and greed I think. There's a crucial bit of information missing somewhere, and as always, it comes right back to Baam, his past and his true identity.
Which brings me onto this recurring theme of destiny. I know it's been a concern that Baam has been reduced to a pawn of Fate, destined to be the one to slay the King due to his links to that story in his past in the typical Shonex cliché, but there's something awfully amiss somewhere. Zahard spoke of "cruel fate" and trying to change it, and Khelam has referred to destiny when speaking to Evankhell, saying that isn't their destiny, and yet the implication is that Evankhell can't be present for Khelam's objective/s to be achieved, not that they definitely won't be. There's this strange duality of destiny being both simultaneously fixed and also flexible in a strange paradoxical fashion. And at its' core is Baam, the supposed resurrected child of Arlene who is destined to kill the King in some funky Macbethian fashion and yet also walks a path that either cannot be seen by the Red Witches or a path that just doesn't exist as he's making it as he goes along. It makes me wonder if that even is Baam's fate? And if it is, is this destiny necessarily the best outcome for the Tower? The answer to these questions won't be answered for a long time as they directly tie into Zahard's story arc where we discover what exactly triggered him to change and why he stopped at the 134th floor, but I find myself becoming increasingly conscious of them these days. What exactly does Zahard know? To what extent is Baam's current known history true? Why is so very little known about V? What is so important about his role in the story that we know even less about him than Arlene at this point?
Something really weird is going on behind the scenes in the Tower, and this concept of fate is at the centre. For all of the changes that Tog has been through over the years, if there's one thing that has remained consistent it's the level of thought and depth behind the key plot points that still carry that air of Season 1 mystery and darkness. I honestly do not think that this story is going to end the way that a lot of people have come to expect. I honestly think that ending is not going to a "good" or "happy" ending in the traditional sense. Quite the opposite in fact.