#we really need to get more info about ludinus like. the choice to fixate on ruidus is in fact brilliant.

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Anyway returning to Lore Stuff but: feels really likely The Crush was due to Ludinus's attempt to contact Ruidus in the late 500s, which is what led to the fall of Molaesmyr. I wonder if he even realized until centuries later, since I don't think he was able to communicate with Ruidus until he started working with Ruidusborn which feels comparatively recent. Imagine unwittingly setting into motion a natural disaster that permitted the final stages of complete imperial takeover on an entirely different celestial body and then finding out 200-odd years later that this is extremely beneficial to your lifelong dreams.

#i really do understand the depths of his hubris because he keeps...not failing upward he is too smart to fail #but he keeps stabbing in the dark and hitting precisely the right thing. i do wonder if he orchestrated the eve of crimson midnight #timeline gets a bit wonky there due to Writers Doing Math #or if he was just a clever opportunist #critical role spoilers #critical role #we really need to get more info about ludinus like. the choice to fixate on ruidus is in fact brilliant. #he could have taught liliana or two a thing given that he basically saw priests saying RUN and was like. bet. #but like...his notes in molaesmyr don't mention the people on the moon #just a sealed alien entity. did he know? did he think the moon was only a prison? #we ALSO need the actual history of ruidus. can chet just. touch the ground. can fcg cast legend lore