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And its all yhs!taurtis dream

I think Grian has the most interesting character arc in Kingdom of Valor, he was sent on missions by an irrisponsible king who saw them as nothing more than expendable idiots, was imprisoned by the same king after he had completed said mission, and spend god knows how long in the dungeon before being unfortunately saved by Olga, who would disgustingly sexually assault the wizard. The next morning he’s hobbled in a corner, having had an axe ran between his toes, passed out, assumedly being licked in his sleep, stripped and redressed to wear a leather gimp suit with assless chaps, and whatever the hell else Olga did all night. He thankfully knocks Olga into a pit full of wraith’s where she’s swarmed and killed, and with Grian’s mental state and moral compass slowly deteriorating, he murders almost the entire population of the viking village and claims himself king.  The episodes and events after show how poorly he’s taking it all, he robs and kills a poor couple who’re going to get medicine for their sick children, he regularly indulges in cannibalism, and becomes a tyrannical king much like the one he had previously served under. His torture at the hand of the bandit and rat only made him worse, having been beaten, stabbed, and whatever else happened in that cave, which he completely snaps, screaming about wanting to murder everything in his path and trying to kill himself by beating his head into the wall.  Grian gets his stuff back but is a shambling mess of a man, with a completely unfinished story, as he gets separated from Sam by unknown means and is most likely either still ruling his “kingdom”, manically running around the world, or dead. He is a tragic character who has the worst done to him in the series, having been imprisoned, raped, and tortured, his absolute dive into madness and tormented life are a show of how awful and brutal their world is, being a medieval fantasy universe filled with disgusting, evil people, and good people who become evil as a result.  Just like most other serial killers, Grian is an evil man who’s mania and brutality is just a result of terrible, terrible abuse.