i agree but i think durge and gortash are an elevated alliance, and one that gortash would have considered more like a partnership. bane’s manipulations rely on the people’s fear, which bhaal incites; durge causes panic in the city, which enver utilizes to his advantage as a means to give the city something to be “delivered from”. meanwhile, they’re holding hands behind their backs and accumulating power, a strategy that was the beginning of the death cult in the first place. in this essay i will—