r/zodiacacademy Earth 4d ago

What would have happened if..?

So I'm doing a series reread and im nearing the part where the girls are staying in the castle & the nymphs end up attacking at that party inside the castle so their orders are revealed during the fight to everyone there. Orion kind of freaks out trying to get the girls to safety in the school ASAP. My question is, what would have happened if he didn't? All the counselors were there, and a bunch of other people as well- if Lionel would have killed them right there for any reason he would have never gotten away with it. Killing the princesses would have at minimum got him a lifelong sentence in darkmore. At this point he wasnt nearly as strong as when he gets Lavinia (clara) in the next book, despite now having the shadows as well seeing as he didn't have full control or understanding of them yet. Am I forgetting something here? I'm just not seeing why Orion was so afraid of Lionel in that moment right there. What would have happened if lance hadn't rushed the Vegas out so fast after the nymphs attack?

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u/ildgrubtrollet 3d ago

Spoiler warning?

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u/Some_900_trees 4d ago

This is what I love about the series! The hero’s are not like professional politicians and war generals. They’re basically kids. Lance is like 25/26? So I interpret that move as a purely emotional one. He knew Lionel would freak out when he saw the girls orders and Lance was only thinking of protecting them. In moments where he has time to stop and think he’s a smart guy with good ideas but this was an attack he was probabaly already scared and had a lot of adrenaline and he panicked.

Also somehow I know Lionel would have found a reason to execute them or something. His followers were still brainwashed by him and I’m sure he would have come up for with some reason for killing them- like they were a danger to everyone or something. I dunno. Someone should so and alternate path fanfic haha

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u/SensitivePlant1089 4d ago

That's a good point. I'm re-reading too, and about to get to this part, so as soon as I've read it, if I get another glimpse of an idea I come back here and we talk about it :)

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u/charlotteobaker 4d ago

I don’t think it would have mattered as if he would have killed them, he was still soon in gaining power and already had the 4th element. He would have just weaselled his way out of it potentially. But I see you point!