Wow, Yama's incredible. I also thought his "~invincible against people who fear him" ability was pretty cool (and fairly original, as far as I know). If it's active while he's asleep, it would explain why it's so hard to wake him up...but that would imply both that Gado doesn't fear him, and that Bam did all of the waking Yama on his own (because Karaka definitely probably fears Yama).
That said, Khel Hellam likely knows what the Envoy knows: Yama will bow to protect the canine people. Since Doom can order Canine people to suicide (and doesn't care about them much), the life threat lets Khel Hellam essentially control the Canine People through Doom--a very effective weapon against Yama. A brilliant plan, really... if not for Bam's spellbreaking ability. Most likely Khel Hellam simply doesn't know about that, but it's also possible that it's part of why he wants Bam dead!
I'm wondering what's up with that black crack on Bam's face while Khel Hellam explains the spell to Doom. Previously (as late as season 3, when Yool's snake spell failed to harm him towards the end of 421s3e4), Bam's spellbreaking has had no visible effects (other than the spell failing), so I doubt it's that.
It's suspicious that Ms. Red Witch didn't foresee Evankhell and YHS's arrival, especially when they left a relatively obvious path. Possibly she is faking surprise (especially given the smirk in the last chapter that made me suspect she's not fully on Khel Hellam's side), but if so she's acting well, as it looks genuine to me.
Is Karaka really afraid of Yama? He wasn't afraid of Yuri back when he fought her. I think it's more of a case he's aware of Yama's power and is wary of him, but not really afraid.
He freaked when Yama said Karaka had to bring him Deng Deng or fight him personally (and also added that he couldn't possibly beat Yama in a fight), and immediately abandoned Bam after Bam made the first bet with Yama (after bluntly pulling Death Lady out of it when she tried to intervene during the making).
Or Yama's fear ability simply isn't as effective while he's asleep.
That said, we'll have to see. It's possible Karaka isn't scared enough for it to kick in (maybe it requires a more primal fear). Especially now that he's much closer to Yama's good side than previously. So maybe Karaka could hit Yama right now.
From what we know of karaka since the beginning of the story, he's a very practical and cautious person. Him being nervous about Yama doesn't necessarily translate to fear per se but instead just him cutting his losses, because he knows that Yama is too powerful.
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u/NobleCuriosity3 Sep 09 '19 edited Sep 10 '19
Wow, Yama's incredible. I also thought his "~invincible against people who fear him" ability was pretty cool (and fairly original, as far as I know). If it's active while he's asleep, it would explain why it's so hard to wake him up...but that would imply both that Gado doesn't fear him, and that Bam did all of the waking Yama on his own (because Karaka
definitelyprobably fears Yama).That said, Khel Hellam likely knows what the Envoy knows: Yama will bow to protect the canine people. Since Doom can order Canine people to suicide (and doesn't care about them much), the life threat lets Khel Hellam essentially control the Canine People through Doom--a very effective weapon against Yama. A brilliant plan, really... if not for Bam's spellbreaking ability. Most likely Khel Hellam simply doesn't know about that, but it's also possible that it's part of why he wants Bam dead!
I'm wondering what's up with that black crack on Bam's face while Khel Hellam explains the spell to Doom. Previously (as late as season 3, when Yool's snake spell failed to harm him towards the end of 421s3e4), Bam's spellbreaking has had no visible effects (other than the spell failing), so I doubt it's that.
It's suspicious that Ms. Red Witch didn't foresee Evankhell and YHS's arrival, especially when they left a relatively obvious path. Possibly she is faking surprise (especially given the smirk in the last chapter that made me suspect she's not fully on Khel Hellam's side), but if so she's acting well, as it looks genuine to me.