>>537039280
That's fine, but it really should have then switched to the ambitious blonde gladiator, her rival for the throne appointed by the old political power elite, and corrupted him instead and Augusta has to defeat him, symbolically cementing her place as the Ephor while simultaneously defeating the Dark Tide and her own temptation for power.
That would have been a very satisfying conclusion to Avidius(was that his name? i can't even remember, he was so forgettable)'s side plot and the Leviathan's whispers side plot.

But like... instead he just dies or something? He gets injured at some point and that's the last you see of him, and then it's implied he was an actor created by Cristoforo?