Estinien and Dark Knights (2.55 SPOILERS)

[Belhi]

He may not have died.... but he seemed pretty much possessed by Nighog and near insane when he vanished. I expected him to turn up supporting the dragons, not at the side of our far too handsome Lord Commander.

He lost control at that pointand interestingly that event does seem to play into the current story. He now has a strong connection to Nidhogg and can actually hear Nidhogg's Dragonsong.

Estinien is greatly influenced by his anger. When he fought us the rancor of Nidhogg, which by Midgardsormr's comments would be incredibly strong, spilled over into him as his own anger left him open to it. At the time his anger was directed at Alberic due to what he saw as his foster father's failure and cowardice. However his deepest hatred is towards Nidhogg who destroyed pretty much his entire world during his childhood.

I think he's still something of a loose cannon cause his anger purveys him but it's now directed at Nidhogg, probably made stronger since he can now practically feel the Wyrmlord.

To be fair to others, I did the DRG line pretty recently so its still pretty clear in my mind. The thing that really surprises me is how few people seem to mention what happened to us at the end of that fight. Estinien wasn't the only one who seemed momentarily possessed. I think the potential implications of that could be as big as what happened with Estinien.