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The world of Centuria is a cold one, where many are scared by the horrors of their past and death can come even to the noblest of souls.

Volume 1

Chapter 1

• It is made clear early on that Julian is not someone who had a good life, at all, as it would take a certain kind of desperation to stowaway on a slaver ship out of hope for better opportunities. The opening narration goes over now he had never possessed anything of value, and that the
• Julian reveals to the other slaves that his own mother sold him into slavery, and more recently he overheard his master intending to kill him… leading Julian to kill him first. The listeners can only respond with disturbed silence.
• The massacre of the slaves is both horrifying and depressing to behold. After spending the chapter showcasing their humanity, the slaves are cut down like worthless cattle by their captors. Just as Julian was growing from the horrors of his past, he is suddenly subjected to a new trauma.
• In the end, so soon after gaining her as his first true mother figure, Miria makes a Heroic Sacrifice to save Julian. Apart from the blessing of the Sea Witch, all Julian is left with his a baby to raise and a fresh (literal) shipload of trauma to live with. Poor kid.

Chapter 2

• While the opening flashback of Julian and Miria is itself quite heartwarming, it is also a somber reminder of the latter’s death and what Julian has lost.
• Julian almost losing the will to keep fighting due to the thought of being reunited with Miria and the other slaves he befriended on the ship, with him only being broken from this by Diana’s cries.
• A flashback shows the day Julian was sold off to the blacksmith by her own mother, who was smiling as she walked off with the pittance in her hand, not even looking back once at the son she just betrayed. The following night, Julian lays teary-eyed in a bed of hay.

Chapter 3

• While the fate of Titi’s birth family is not elaborated upon in this chapter, their apparent absence and the fact she is under the care of Angvall despite them not being blood related carries some sad implications.
• Julian expresses his Survivors Guilt, believing that he should have died so that Miria could live and be with her daughter.

Chapter 4

• The opening is a flashback to Julian’s time as a slave to the blacksmith, who is shown quite callously discussing his intention to kill Julian while remarking on how he was sold by his own mother and so has reached a rock bottom which none could hope to climb out from.
• The village which Julian seeks work in is unwelcoming to outsiders. The apparent leader shows No Sympathy to Julian’s plight, and sends him on an implied Snipe Hunt under the pretense of the boy proving himself. It's a sharp reminder that not everyone in the world is willing to show immediate kindness to total strangers.

Volume 2

Chapter 5

• The state of Joseph’s father, Pops, can be a disconcerting one due to how clearly his age has muddled his mind. The impact may be especially poignant for those with loved ones experiencing dementia.
• While Pops does not go into specifics, there is a strong implication he has suffered greatly in the past.
• When Joseph is snatched away by ‘’something’’ from the forest, his wife Marie is left distraught, needing reassurance from both Angvall and her father-in-law.
• When Julian decides to head into the forest as well, he leave Diana behind with a clearly worried Titi.

Chapter 6

• During a flashback showing Pops teaching Joseph about hunting, the former makes it clear that the most important task of any hunter is returning home. As those who are lost to the woods bring hardship to their families. Pops laments he has lost so many friends and does not want to lose his son as well, which serves as a somber reminder of what is happening in the present.
• The sight of the numerous bodies strung up from the tree and beast are a terrifying one which soon almost becomes despairing as Pops recognizes them as his lost friends. For a time, Pops can only stare in sorrow and horror, even flashback to a time long by of him happily chatting and drinking with his friends.
  Pops: Those clothes, I’ve seen ‘em before. They belonged ta my friends from long ago… Gozef, Datt, Ruth.

Chapter 9

• While everyone survives the horrors of the forest, it was only barely. Angvall in particular is left bedridden with significant wounds. Titi is only able to sadly watch over her adoptive big sister.
• Titi confides in Julian about her past. She is a war orphan whose parents were among the many casualties. As she explains this, her face is hollow.
  • When they first met, Angvall apologized to Titi over the failure of herself and other soldiers at protecting her parents. Even as Angvall asks Titi to let her help, she also says it is okay if Titi hates her.
• His recent experiences have only made Julian’s already present Survivors Guilt even worse, with him blaming himself for everyone that just nearly died due to his presence seemingly provoking the forest creatures.

Chapter 10

• Even after being reassured by Angvall at the end of the last chapter, it's evident that his growing Survivors Guilt still eats away at Julian. He initially even thinks about moving away with just himself and Diana.
• While the steady abolishment of slavery in the kingdom by the Supreme Lord is certainly a joyous reveal, it is made bittersweet by the memory of the 100 slaves who were murdered before they could find their own freedom.

Chapter 11

• The chapter opens with a flashback to Angvall being told of her mother’s death by her father, and ends with the reveal he also ended up dying. Both her parents are said to have smiled until the very end.
  • After reflecting on her parents, Angvall laments that she is not as good as them at smiling. It is tragic that for all her altruism and noble qualities, she still harbors self-doubt over living up to the example set by them.

Chapter 12

• Julian not knowing his own birthday, and only being able to guess at his general age, is a small but poignant reminder of his depressing upbringing.
• During the calm before the storm, with Julian finding family, being accepted by a community, and gaining a house of his own, he has been left thinking about how blessed his life has become. This is all cut short by the arrival of Prophetess Elstri, and her declaring that Diana is the source of the prophesied calamity that is destined to destroy the king and country.

Volume 3

Chapter 14

• After they became a Family of Choice, seeing Angvall trying to pull a Suicide by Cop at Julian's hands is genuinely hard to watch.

Chapter 21

• Angvall's death. After the past few chapters had shown in great detail that she's easily one of the kindest characters in the story, seeing her get killed by Arkos for the sole purpose of pissing Julian off is extremely hard to watch. Even worse since they made it seem as though she was going to make it out alive by Julian arriving at the end of the previous chapter.

Unsorted

Chapter 28

• Angvall's funeral is honestly heartbreaking. Titi, who is normally so happy-go-lucky, breaks down sobbing as her adopted big sister's body is lowered into the Earth. And for Julian's part, he blames himself for Angvall's death and doubles down on his self-loathing.

Chapter 33

• While Arkos certainly had it coming, it's hard not to feel sorry for Lacrima mourning for her brother. As evil as he may have been, Arkos was the only one of Lacrima's siblings to pay her any mind.