Fear and Hunger - The Crow Mauler and the God of the Depths

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  @childtaker318 · 1 year ago

  The worst part of the crow mauler isnt when you are running away from them, its when they first enter the room and your not quite sure on where they are

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  @worsethanjoerogan8061 · 2 years ago

  I used to think of Rudimer as a good or decent person. You're right though. He had power, authority, and martial skill, but failed to actually do anything about the evil things he witnessed.

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  @xX-Quackles-Xx · 2 years ago

  Ran a dnd campaign a few days ago. The party traversed into a dark catacombs looking for the towns missing children, and &nbsp;when they delved deep enough into the darkness I played the <b>a terrifying presence has entered the room</b> sound file.<br><br>One of my players let out an audible and fearful sob. I had no idea she even knew about the game and she shouted to the other players &quot;We need to get out of here, we need to get out of here RIGHT F@<a href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/king">#KING</a> NOW!&quot;

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  @maximillion322 · 2 years ago (edited)

  On my first ever run where I really had to deal with the Crow Mauler I was the Dark Priest, with a resurrected skeleton and the little girl. After getting tired of getting killed by him I came up with this strategy: I cast pheromones on the skeleton just because I figured he was the most disposable, had the girl throw a red vial in his face to cut down his accuracy. What I didn&apos;t realize until later is that skeletons are actually immune to blindness because they already don&apos;t have eyes. Meaning that basically the whole fight I was free to chip away at the crow mauler&apos;s body while he just whiffed trying to hit my skeleton over and over again. (I was a dark priest and ghoul marriage so I was able to use a weapon that doesn&apos;t suck)

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  @MajorCoolD · 2 years ago

  Heh, I think you are doing Rudimer a bit of injustice. More likely than not regarding Troturer and the Dark Priests the main issue was that he WANTED to act, but while being the Commander he had explicit orders NOT to interfere with them and lend them any and all support. The former was/is afterall a famed Knight and Warhero and his scientific contributions are noteable, not to mention that the creation of the penance Knights of the Holy See were only possible due to his &apos;scientific research&apos;.<br><br>The part with the Dark Priests is probably conjecture, but my guess is that the rulers of Rondon were growing desperate with the Plague and it IS undeniable that the Dark Priests posess great knowledge and are... &apos;unburdened&apos; by most scrouples that the vast majority of other people would have in the pursuit of knowledge and power.<br><br>Besides, both Ludwig and Seymour mention that Rudimer is a rather brave and tough man, then again, Ludwig isnt one to talk bravery and so we cant know for sure.<br><br>Ultimately Rudimer is a man who by ordinary means found himself locked in a supposedly prestigous position, but without the authority to act the way he wanted (and possibly needed) to, while unable to defy the orders of his hire ups. Chances are if he would have acted against the Dark Priests and/or Trotur he might have ended up in one of those cells.<br>And how would have/could have he fought the spreading madness and erosion of sanity and order all around him while time itself seems to have become a blurr?<br><br>The whole aspect about the banality of evil DOES suit quite well. It&apos;s a typical case of men who are considered to be honorable and brave, find themselves forced to stay their hand in the face of evil that disgusts them due to their own bonds of loyalty and duty that make up who and what they are, while forcing them to ignore atrocities right in front of them.<br>Orders are orders afterall and a good Soldier follows orders and a good officer understands the importance of the chain of command that bind them all, with only the rarest circumstances that allow one to go beyond that or make one&apos;s own decisions.<br>Also I want to point out that ALL Prisons are ultimately places of misery, hatred, pain and suffering - more so in medieval fantasy settings where there arent any guiding principles of human rights and were torture tends to be a common tool in the pursuit of truth in the justice system.<br><br>Then again you might have a point there, however I think like many things in the game it&apos;s meant to be ambigous and lacking a definite answer.<br>All in all, good video man, keep em coming! :D

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  @Radiohedgefunds · 1 year ago

  I didn’t interpret crow mauler as a coward. He was devoted to his kingdom to a fault. The god of the depths manipulated this devotion and wrapped his allegiance to his own. Turning him into the ultimate faithful warrior. He is chosen as to be the crow mauler because of his unique mindset.

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  @Pudding404 · 2 years ago

  The God of the Depths walked so the God of Fear &amp; Hunger could run.

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  @valiensr1037 · 2 years ago

  Personally I think the god of the depths represents concepts like decay, and entropy. While in his domain the body and mind deteriorate at a supernatural speed, and physical forms begin to warp and degrade become feral, subhuman creatures. Only carrion eaters and those who feed on rot and decay &nbsp;gain true power under the god of the depths.

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  @timmyturner6817 · 1 year ago

  Crow Mauler is literally an Oblivion NPC guard.

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  @Sandcastle25775 · 2 years ago

  this goes hard I didn&apos;t even realize that the crow mauler had lore

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  @ebartss · 7 months ago

  So i know im late here but i remember Rag who says the god of the depths is worshipped by the “forsaken and forgotten” and this stuck with me as the god of the depths representing almost the concept of isolation and being lost. Rudimer in my opinion, despite being surrounded by the others working in the prisons, felt so separate/different from them all that it made the company itself make him feel even more isolated and lost on what to do with any of what he was seeing let alone the orders that seem to be opposite to what rudimer “wants” to do. So imo this confusing isolation while still having some sort of deep wish to know what to do is what made him the perfect target for the god of the depths almost in a similar lead up to daan being a perfect target for pocketcat/rher

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  @RoseyPixels · 2 years ago

  Rudimer/Crow Mauler is definitely my favourite aspect of the entire franchise to this day. I very much agree with your interpretation that as a person, he was very inept at taking a moral stance when necessary, much like a soldier who&apos;s been conditioned to only follow orders and hold their nation above all else. It makes his descent that more interesting to me. His shortcomings being exploited by the God of the Depths&apos; influence feels much more at home in this series rather than a harsh but fair soldier being corrupted. Great watch!

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