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I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A HORRIFYING AMALGAMATION OF EVERY LEVIATHAN + NEWT INSIDE THE CORE SORTA LIKE THIS WHERE ITS THEIR HEADS AND PARTS MOLDED TOGETHER AS ONE BODY LIKE THE CLUSTER FROM STEVEN UNIVERSE OR SOMETHING
PLEASE LET THE CORE’S PHYSICAL FORM BE SIMILAR TO THIS PLEASE
out of all the paintings, who do you think the first leviathan was? the one that started all this “invading other worlds” shit 🤔
—friends had caused him, only to find out after reading leif’s letter that the pain was caused by his family and that she was willing to embrace the scariness of change and freedom. because of the actions he had been pressured to commit, andrias felt irredeemable + hated himself.
to make up for it and “redeem” himself in due time, andrias implemented radical changes 100 years later, transforming amphibia into a society where newts are in charge, toads are warriors / enforcers and frogs are workers / farmers, based on his own experience with leif and—
we actually do see the consequence of this from when andrias loses the box: the kingdom falls into ruin and the leviathans can no longer continue invading. they had to wait until their birthright came back to them 1000 years later + held andrias responsible as heir to the throne.
to just stop using the box would result in dire consequences: they needed resources since (as aldrich says) “invading other worlds is expensive.”
their way of life needed to continue with consistency or else they would not be able to reach that “greater purpose”
examples of greatest feats would be advancing their medical technology with the mossmen and finding the secrets of immortality with the shadowfish, creatures they captured and enslaved from conquered worlds.
and with the box, the leviathans rose to power and created a world and empire that was theirs. the core and aldrich were too stubborn to give everything up because they spent countless generations perfecting their society and monarchy that they built with the box’s power.
also mother olm said that “the olms believe the stones serve a greater purpose and should be left alone while others (i.e. the leviathans) believe their power should be used for conquest”
she also believes 3 heroes will save amphibia from becoming the worst version of itself.