Ok false alarm he came back again. Phew. I should probably care that Janel is ok, too, considering she's actually one of the main characters but.... well...

Book 4: WHAT'S THIS? GOOD KNIGHT BOY HAS COME BACK AS A COOL DEMON? !!! Generic Good Knight Boy is now BACK as a MAJOR CHARACTER and he has cool shadow powers now and I am so validated in spending the last 3 books saying "but.... what about Jarith? Can we talk about Jarith again?"

Book 1: Jarith died, just one of many casualties of the Hellmarch and cannot be brought back.
Book 2: 1 off-hand mention to Qoran having a dead son ("He's not a main character Luke, stop fixating on knights")
Book 3: Re-affirm the tragedy of a good knight boy dying, how sad that he can't be Returned

you take that mental image back

Talon is my other beloved darling. Please do mention the murders. The cannibalism and chaos is what makes her so fun and sexy. And thus we have the dichotomy of problematic faves

I can NOT stop thinking about the time Kihrin told him to turn into a dragon and he did it in the whiniest way possible. "Uggggh fiiiiine if you INSIST this is soooo annoying" [turns into a giant dragon like this is such an inconvenience my GOD]. I love him

Ok. After a week straight of throwing myself against the wall with Ocean versus Russia 6, I have finally bested them and will never play this match-up again. There is only one frontier left for me with Ocean.... Habsurg (Livestock) 6 😰.

yes.... YES! Drown in your ocean of despair! I will sink this island into the depths of the sea before I allow Russia to take it! Ocean is the best!

RUSSIA CAN YOU MAYBE CHILL

Never mind, I lost on turn 3 because of the starting Beast locations against Russia 6 being very inland and could do nothing to stop them murdering my tigers and triggering the loss conditions. Stupid Ocean