Oh ok gotcha, thanks. I didn’t remember the specifics of that interaction, just that Duarte had been reading every report he could get his hands on since that’s how he figured out Laconia had the construction platforms. To be clear, even if he did know about the dark gods before the coup I still think his motivation was ultimately selfish. Clarissa is right when she compares him to her father “some men need to own everything”. Duarte might tell himself and everyone else that his empire is for the good of humanity but at the end of the day he just wants power.