
Originally Posted by
SirShady
Yes, the part where...
the lizard enters an interdimensional portal that COINCIDENTLY holds the weapons of mass destruction he needs to steal the throne because... Well because he's evil...
is the real turning point where the writing got good. Everyone that didn't think that part was a stroke of pure genius obviously is DISTORTING REALITY to not enjoy themselves.
To be fair,
Zoraal does know the Golden City holds immense power to shape reality, as Sareel tells him much earlier. He's also certainly just aware of the potential given the lengths his father went to to seal off the Golden City, and the stories from the giants. So it's not exactly coincidental. Sphene also did say the tech was adapted to war after their agreement, so it's not like the death army was sitting there entirely. We're told many times there was a huge shift in production of war machines, and the 8-man raid was closed off to fuel Zoraal's war efforts. Plus it's been 30 years, that's a long time in a technologically advanced society.
As for him doing it because he's evil, we're shown he's got major daddy issues and a severe inferiority complex, which is only exacerbated when our team succeeds after he fails. Plus he has an... admittedly very stupid "peace for everyone by making everyone suffer" view on global politics. I do wish they went into where he got that idea beyond "well Tural was suffering from war, and then Dad stopped it, and now people are happy.. so 'War -> not war -> happiness'!" It's very dumb. They could have spent some time going into it but... they didn't. They might in the future but that doesn't solve the issue now.
Then yeah at the end his motivation, probably after 30 years of stewing in his own emotions, shifted to feeling like his father screwed him out of inheritance. Which is a pretty major shift to happen off-screen.
Edit - It's Sareel Ja, not Seraal Ja.