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Fine. Fine fine fine fine, if NO ONE ELSE is gonna talk about Tales from Cazilor/Tales from Cazilor: The Golden Era, I WILL!
With the introduction of the squad roles (Stalwart, Climber, Anchor), I Deeply need to know what role Apollo and Arthur (from the OG album) fill. What was their training like? Are they Blessed? Gifted? We know Apollo was from Domita, but what about Arthur?
Given what little we know, I think Apollo would have willingly joined the Mazmus. (AKA doesn't need to be Blessed, would have willingly made the choice). Being in Domita during its fall and seeing all that destruction could spur anyone to join the Mazmus to make sure it never happened again. And with how much care Apollo has ("dying for a friend is a hell of a way to die" and all of "I Hope I Die Alone"), he feels like the type of person that would push through any hardship if it meant protecting those he cares about. Not necessarily from a sense of duty, but from a love for others.
Arthur, on the other hand, feels like someone who was born Blessed because he is So duty-bound. He "had no fond memories", dreams only of killing Toltag, never rests, etc. He kind of reminds me of Arge in TGE except to the extreme--born Blessed, told he is meant for greatness and has a duty to do Great Things. Except Arge is serving in a more peaceful time, and Arthur has likely only been serving after the fall of Domita, so there is more urgency, more pressure for Arthur. Arthur strikes me as the type that has had a singular goal--killing Toltag and ending the war--hammered into him since birth, and that would mean it is more likely than not that he would be Blessed.
This is, of course, assuming that the relationship between being Blessed and the Mazmus selection and training is consistent between the album and TGE. Which I guess isn't something we'll really know until the source books is released, Naethan reveals more information, and/or another album is released.
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I'm not done with this, Blessed and/or Gifted Arthur.
If you consider "You're Not Welcome" and "I Don't Get Sleep" from Arthur's rough POV, I think it strengthens the arguement for a Blessed and/or Gifted Arthur who has been pressured to do Great Things since a child.
In "You're Not Welcome", we get the lyrics "I can't believe you used to truly scare me / You were like a ghost story told to keep me weary", which could be about Arthur being told tales about Toltag from childhood. And obviously the next line is about how he "slept good til morning" BUT consider the possibility this is a lie! Consider this is how he was SUPPOSED to think about it! That Arthur, a Blessed child, is destined to make a difference, to kill giants, to kill Toltag.
And then "I Don't Get Sleep" is the truth!! How the pressure kept building and building since childhood, because "There's nobody else in the world/ Who can do it like me!". But in reality, Arthur can't sleep, is constantly under the pressure of the expectations put on him since birth. He's constantly doing his best, doing his DUTY, but in the meantime, he's become harsh! He's become so focused on a goal that is so hard to obtain it is breaking him apart!
I'm feral I'm begging someone out there to listen to the album and the dndorks episodes, I'm Begging to talk to someone about my Theories.
Fine. Fine fine fine fine, if NO ONE ELSE is gonna talk about Tales from Cazilor/Tales from Cazilor: The Golden Era, I WILL!
With the introduction of the squad roles (Stalwart, Climber, Anchor), I Deeply need to know what role Apollo and Arthur (from the OG album) fill. What was their training like? Are they Blessed? Gifted? We know Apollo was from Domita, but what about Arthur?
Given what little we know, I think Apollo would have willingly joined the Mazmus. (AKA doesn't need to be Blessed, would have willingly made the choice). Being in Domita during its fall and seeing all that destruction could spur anyone to join the Mazmus to make sure it never happened again. And with how much care Apollo has ("dying for a friend is a hell of a way to die" and all of "I Hope I Die Alone"), he feels like the type of person that would push through any hardship if it meant protecting those he cares about. Not necessarily from a sense of duty, but from a love for others.
Arthur, on the other hand, feels like someone who was born Blessed because he is So duty-bound. He "had no fond memories", dreams only of killing Toltag, never rests, etc. He kind of reminds me of Arge in TGE except to the extreme--born Blessed, told he is meant for greatness and has a duty to do Great Things. Except Arge is serving in a more peaceful time, and Arthur has likely only been serving after the fall of Domita, so there is more urgency, more pressure for Arthur. Arthur strikes me as the type that has had a singular goal--killing Toltag and ending the war--hammered into him since birth, and that would mean it is more likely than not that he would be Blessed.
This is, of course, assuming that the relationship between being Blessed and the Mazmus selection and training is consistent between the album and TGE. Which I guess isn't something we'll really know until the source books is released, Naethan reveals more information, and/or another album is released.
Join me for more theories and thoughts I scream into the void while Cazilor has no fandom, thank you thank you.
If you are not listening to Tales From Cazilor: The Golden Era you are MISSING OUT! Cause hollllyyyyyyy shit that last episode
If anyone needs me I'll be in the corner making Tales From Cazilor OCs. So far the squad name is the Midnight Ravens, and I have Calendula (Blessed, Anchor), Veila (Stalwart), and Adriel (PSK, Climber). Yes, they have playlists. Yes, I'm working on art.
Yes, I'm hoping to GOD I won't have to change a bunch of shit after the sourcebook comes out because I'm making them based off of the sprinklings of worldbuilding we've gotten from the album and TGE.
I have a lot of creative energy built up, and apparently this is the project my brain has focused me on, so...
YES ALL OF THIS!!! I feel like there has to be an INCREDIBLE level of stress put on every person born Blessed, and that comes through in the similarities between the Scrittori twins and Arthur. Hell, even Winnie. The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that Arthur is Blessed at the very least. Arthur not having any noticeable Gift tells is a really good point though! It would also be a great source of angst if Arthur was so committed to his duty to the Mazmus that he wanted nothing more than to be Gifted, only for him to go through the process and nothing happening. But if he was Gifted, all the pressure of using his Gift "properly" (i.e. to fight giants in the Mazmus) would ALSO be an incredible source of angst.
I really hope we learn more about Arthur and Apollo's squad. In the sourcebook would be wicked, but my guess is we won't really know more about their dynamics until the next album. I'm still putting my money on Arhtur being a Climber 😂
Fine. Fine fine fine fine, if NO ONE ELSE is gonna talk about Tales from Cazilor/Tales from Cazilor: The Golden Era, I WILL!
With the introduction of the squad roles (Stalwart, Climber, Anchor), I Deeply need to know what role Apollo and Arthur (from the OG album) fill. What was their training like? Are they Blessed? Gifted? We know Apollo was from Domita, but what about Arthur?
Given what little we know, I think Apollo would have willingly joined the Mazmus. (AKA doesn't need to be Blessed, would have willingly made the choice). Being in Domita during its fall and seeing all that destruction could spur anyone to join the Mazmus to make sure it never happened again. And with how much care Apollo has ("dying for a friend is a hell of a way to die" and all of "I Hope I Die Alone"), he feels like the type of person that would push through any hardship if it meant protecting those he cares about. Not necessarily from a sense of duty, but from a love for others.
Arthur, on the other hand, feels like someone who was born Blessed because he is So duty-bound. He "had no fond memories", dreams only of killing Toltag, never rests, etc. He kind of reminds me of Arge in TGE except to the extreme--born Blessed, told he is meant for greatness and has a duty to do Great Things. Except Arge is serving in a more peaceful time, and Arthur has likely only been serving after the fall of Domita, so there is more urgency, more pressure for Arthur. Arthur strikes me as the type that has had a singular goal--killing Toltag and ending the war--hammered into him since birth, and that would mean it is more likely than not that he would be Blessed.
This is, of course, assuming that the relationship between being Blessed and the Mazmus selection and training is consistent between the album and TGE. Which I guess isn't something we'll really know until the source books is released, Naethan reveals more information, and/or another album is released.
Join me for more theories and thoughts I scream into the void while Cazilor has no fandom, thank you thank you.