I like Ecles arch,he is the most complex out of them, well probably along with the mage. I honestly liked any of them two the best, too bad the final pick will be a lot more obvious and a way more simple character. From Ecles perspective, everything makes sense, he was a price and it's now a slave, disrespected and looked down upon by everybody including his love/ obsession who is using him and treats him condescendingly. Of course he was gonna do something crazy, his life is fucked up. Honestly, I know most people wants the cool dude Kalisto, but an ex-price who prefers to keep acting as a slave and betray everybody to stay by your side is hot... Except it got a liiitle bit out of hand and betrayed Pen too.
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Oh well, nothing's perfect.
This whole story is not supposed to be realistic. The characters don't behave as real people, at times, there are some kinda real- world problems, but at the end , it is fantasy, supposed to stay as fantasy. Nobody promised a masterclass in BDSM, the characters are not trying to form part of the BDSM community. This is not a manual on how to handle YOUR bdsm life. The author doesn't have a responsibility to present medical facts of sex education. You are supposed to be of age and maturity to get your own sex education.