So I just gave this episode a rewatch to see if I could get anymore information on Darius. After watching “Hollow Mind” it feels like Darius would have been against Emperor Belos for quite sometime. I mean my theory is that when Emperor Belos killed the last Golden Guard, the person who was Darius’ mentor and the most powerful witch he has ever known, it deeply hurt Darius and turned him against Emperor Belos. This would mean Darius has been against the Emperor since “Separate Tides” at the very least, possibly longer. And as of this episode, it is quite evident Eberwolf is also against the Emperor. This would mean during the episode “Eda’s Requiem”, Darius and Eberwolf were already against Belos.
Now, something I noticed while rewatching this. When Raine Whispers gets announced as the new Head Witch of the Bards Coven, it is Darius and Eberwolf who are leading the ceremony. I don’t think at this time Raine is aware that Darius and Eberwolf are in fact on the same side as them, but I suspect Darius and Eberwolf are aware of Raine being on the same side as them.
Raine tells Eda that they worked their way up the ranks of the Bards Coven, finding likeminded individuals along the way and forming Bards Against the Throne. My theory is, that this did not go unnoticed by Darius and Eberwolf and that they suggested Raine should be the next Head Witch of the Bards Coven with the intent to recruit them in time to their cause.
I then suspect that Darius and Eberwolf volunteered to capture Raine with the intent of recruiting them. Throughout Darius and Eberwolf come off rather aggressive and as if they are true followers of the Emperor but there is the odd slip up, like Eberwolf has to prompt Darius into telling Raine that they will pay for their treachery. But like maybe Darius and Eberwolf were putting on a show for whoever maybe watching. And they would be right to be paranoid, as Kikimora appears as Raine escapes and Darius expressly says, “I told you we didn’t need help.”
As for putting the other 3 BATs in the conformitorium, having to keep up the ruse of being on the Emperor’s side perhaps he did this with the logic of “it is a sacrifice for the greater good.” Which as much as I hate to say it, I cannot argue with his logic. So far in “Hollow Mind”, Darius, Eberwolf and Raine seem to make a brutally efficient team and with their rankings as Head Witches, the 3 of them simply have access to the Emperor and his plans that Raine’s compatriots in the BATs don’t. Plus maybe in time Darius, Eberwolf and Raine can manufacture the necessary circumstances for an escape which won’t incriminate them.
Darius is an intriguing character though and I definitely want to see more of him. Eberwolf also, given we know even less about Eberwolf than we know about Darius.
Okay, I have just watched “O Titan, Where Art Thou”. I don’t really have many thoughts but I did bloody call it didn’t I? Darius and Eberwolf volunteered to capture Raine for the purposes of recruiting them. And the BATs are free from the conformitorium too. I bloody called it!
Also I love Darius’ response to them being called the CATs
So I’ve just given this a watch and I’ll be honest, at this time I don’t have many thoughts. It is a great episode with potential to feed into my thoughts in the future. I mean in truth when I watched “Eda’s Requiem”, I didn’t have many thoughts beyond fixating on the one small portion where Amity appeared that episode. Yet I have since revisited “Eda’s Requiem” as we have learnt more about Darius and Eberwolf. So the point is, in time this is an episode I’ll be likely to have more thoughts on as the plot progresses.
It is interesting to learn that King is the last remaining Titan though and that last scene with the Emperor’s Coven surrounding the Owl House. Damn!!!
One thought has just entered my head though. The Collector is working with Belos and he is the God of the Titan Hunters. While Belos is one hell of a villain on his own, I wonder if the Collector in the end will prove to have even worse plans for not just the Boiling Isles but the entire Demon Realm given his reach seems to expand further than that of Emperor Belos.
Tomorrow, I’ll give “Hollow Mind” a rewatch to learn more about the Collector.
