[the pilot] ch23

I was delighted by the meeting of the zenith artifacts

because specifically of the fact

that none of them know what's coming

what the fuck is going on! even the zeniths don't know!

the battle over Fathom is really good because it pulls the whole book series into one moment

as every character who's interacted with Varic across four books has to make a choice

side with Union, or side with the Last Horizon

or be a bunch of impotent babies, if you're starhammer's faction

the most powerful propaganda machine in the galaxy portrays them as dangerous terrorists and the only thing going against it is people who know what kind of person the captain is