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Backstory dump episode for Helck this week and it looks like we are getting another next week to continue the story. Some thoughts in no particular order:
Looks like we are getting more Helck/Cless backstory next episode. These exposition dump episodes can sometimes be a slog to get through, but I don't feel this one was too bad. We already spent so much time with the characters that we actually want to know more rather than doing two whole episodes of backstory on a character we have just met.
Yeah, I feel like Helck having already awakened as a hero from very young and not remembering is a plot point for later. Specially with the whole thing about the crown inducing artificial awakenings in the population.
Makes me think that town was maybe a testing ground for hero awakenings and was attacked on purpose to see if any of them took. Which is likely how Cless was also able to became a hero. Something that I feel would normally not happen.
I like this theory. It's a classic fantasy story beat of having the church/government be the actual evil ones. Also, what we have seen of the human king has not shone the best light on his character. I hope we find out more about Helck's hero awakening in the future.