#but if there is a world where he truly believes wyll willingly sides with devils

[landlordevil]

Like the game doesn't offer ulder enough. and it's frustrating because some people are starting to see the layers behind wyll's discussion of his horns/why he would be seen as unsettling to the tieflings, but idk if people are also fully understanding not just the role devils play in the game but ulder's own experiences... he says he became a "plaything for devils" when in elturel. That's bad yeah? like I fully believe he loves wyll and I fully believe that part of his firm refusal to listen to wyll stems from not just the real fear of losing his son to powers beyond his control, but also from his recent trauma of being abused by devils and then seeing his own son bear these marks. It's still not fair to wyll. But I find that having a character who's a flawed parent, who tried and tries and still has shortcomings but admits to them, is incredibly interesting and worthwhile to engage with. But also larian seems so uninterested in actually exploring their relationship, as evidenced by how little we get between the two of them lol

#i still go back and forth on how much i think he knew the truth behind wyll's pact. and how he feels about it. #there's a lot of room to play bc the game gives us so little #but if there is a world where he truly believes wyll willingly sides with devils #why would he listen to wyll? why would he listen to a word out of his mouth? when devils use their words to trick and manipulate? #and if he did believe that he lost a part of his son when he started his pact... and now he has the horns and ridges of a devil... #the pain of thinking you truly lost everything that made your son who he was. like it could scare you. #i dunno... #or maybe there's something else going on. maybe he feels entirely differently. hard to know when the game doesn't gaf about him! #but i like ulder :( let's all stop putting him in the 'villain' category what are some of you doing