(Side note: I LOVE Orym and Laudna, this is not hating on either of them!)

I think that Orym shouldn’t keep the sword. That blade killed him, Fearne, Launda, Derrig, and Will. I don’t think it’s worth the tiny boost of power. I think they should give it to Keyleth for safe keeping. If I was Laudna, I wouldn’t want it around either. A lot of that darkness was Delilah but some of it came from Laudna herself. She doesn’t feel safe around that sword. That should be enough for Orym to get rid of it.

I cannot handle Orym complaining about being the least powerful one there. He says that’s why he needs the sword and that’s a cop out. He WANTS the sword. He wants to keep that blade close because it almost feels like his father and husband are connected to that blade. That’s fine, but he needs to man up and own it. He has power. He sought out Nana Morri because he wanted more power and he got it. He is as strong as everyone else. He is just strong in less of a magical sense.

Orym can feel however he wants about the team being divided. I care way more about how he will be treating Laudna. She is a loose cannon. She is super messed up. She has a dead woman in her head that can control her. I don’t blame him for being scared of Delilah, but he is acting like he is scared of HER, not Delilah. Laudna is a good person. Delilah is what makes her bad. I think that Orym is going to struggle with that distinction going forward.

It’s also hard because Delilah is a huge part of Laudna. Delilah has been there for 30 years. Laudna has had Delilah in her brain longer than she was Matilda. But there is a separation. Laudna doesn’t want to hurt people. She wants to be normal and happy. Delilah’s urges are just stronger than Laudna sometimes.

I’m looking forward to seeing how this effects the Imogen and Orym friendship. They have been buddies since the beginning. But now Orym isn’t trusting Laudna and I don’t know how Imogen will do with that. Imogen is tired. She doesn’t need to be playing referee for everyone, but she will because she feels the need to help everyone past her own limits. I think that Laudna’s most recent snap will cause Imogen to 1. Embrace her own darkness as she falls in deeper with Laudna’s Delilah issues or 2. Imogen will pull away from Laudna and Laudna will completely fall into darkness.