I really hope than Fandaniel and Zenos are not... (spoilers)

[TeraRamis]

because not everyone needs depth. Not everyone needs a tragic back story and needs a whole history on why they are bad. Some people are just evil, and he is the fun type of evil to go against. When you see his scene. You are not sure what is going to happen. How far will he go in the search for the pleasure to fight with me again? Just like people who go far into what they love even at the risk of personal well being. He is willing to run over anyone and everyone for his fun. I love that about him.


Now if you want to talk boring. Raubahn now that is someone I wish would just get killed off. Let his son take over or something. Such a dull person.

Very few people are 'just evil.' Even serial killers and sociopaths have backstories; reasons why they are they way they are.

Moreover, people who are 'just evil' don't rise to the top - they don't realistically have the focus to get there. When you're stomping on every small furry animal, or setting fire to every orphanage, you tend to get distracted, or arrested, or murdered. Even people who fall into positions - royalty like Zenos - don't typically survive very long when they're complete incompetents fixated on bloodletting. They get stabbed in the back. This is why there are so many prominent examples like Nero and Edward II - real gutless, self-obsessed sacks of crap - who were overthrown; because people around them were tired of cleaning up the messes spawned by their hedonism and avarice.

Now, I get it: Zenos has some garbage excuses like 'he's all powerful!' and 'he has a pet Ascian!' but all that does is erode his believability further. Erozea is a land of kingdoms and empires; where armies tend to triumph over the strength of individuals. I get that Zenos is strong (inexplicably, but whatever) - but is he stronger than... 100 adventurers? Can he fight an entire army Peter Jackon's Sauron-style? I have serious doubts about that. And, as a result, the fact that Zenos has no real followers other than Fandaniel makes him significantly less impressive than other figures within the lore who can marshal tens of thousands of men at arms. Because Zenos, at least thus far, does not appear to be a God. And nihilistic Gods are the only thing we should really fear - not nihilistic playboys who like to take little naps and crack wry smiles as if their edginess and capacity for random violence is somehow cutting edge storytelling.

The story may improve - I'm not saying it cannot improve; I'm not claiming that they don't have an ace up their sleeve to make all this a lot more riveting. But as things stand right this moment, I am completely disengaged when watching these two caricatures.