Karlach Is So Adorable

Karlach is so adorable

Valentine's Cards from the Worst Team in Town

having just finished the prophecy arc in valhalla the decision NOT to make eivor a hidden one is more baffling to me than ever - were they worried that they were retreading ac4's plot or something? because the groundwork is there!! it's all there!! her entire story is about how the search for glory to the exclusion of all else is ultimately meaningless and it's more important to love (and be loved by) the people she cares about! and all of that is encapsulated in the prophecy arc right at the end of the game: eivor turns away from odin and rejects his desire for her to become just like him, craving glory, to be the last one standing. she stabs him with her hidden blade (!!) that was given to her by basim and hytham (the former still being her friend for all intents and purposes here!) and turns to her friends and family, including hytham front and centre. she embraces her father and shares a tender moment with him after spending her entire life abhorring his legacy and thinking that making it right was all that mattered! even when the hamtunscire arc begins she says she's going to join guthrum because she owes it to her clan and her people - not just because she wants the glory. this would evolve so naturally into her seeing the hidden ones as a better cause, acting in the shadows without credit for the betterment of others (including her clan), which are qualities she snubs at first but clearly still values and appreciates when you consider her conversation with hytham in the last chapter. it makes sense! it's all there! WHY

You just know that Basim must have been insanely popular during his time as a trainee at Alamut. He's comfortable with all types of people (from his background with scholars and pick pockets), including both adults and children. He's kind, clever, charismatic, idealistic, a little bit cocky, with a hint of mystery (the trauma).

What I'm saying is that he definitely had lots of friends and admirers. I personally don't believe he ever let anyone get super close to him (something that just got worse after accepting Loki's memories), I do think after the events of ACV that he still had people out there who were as confused as Hytham about Basim's "betrayal".