This one personally despises the entire thrall leveling system from it’s odious time consumption to its RNGesus devotionals and it’s general absurdity (we have concussed this person into unconsciousness and then tortured them into subservience. Their ability to grow and develop has basically been gelded. But that’s ok, most likely they’ll be punished as much as rewarded when leveling up thanks to “perks”)

But muh gladiators! Yes, professional entertainment got better at professionally entertaining when trained in a controlled environment for years. Every other slave combatant of any note either starts as a child or is an extremely high treachery risk.

What about Conan? Excellent question. What about Conan? He’s at the bar, go show him your truncheon and then put him on the wheel. Oh wait, it doesn’t work? Could it be that noteworthy, powerful, and important individuals aren’t the stock we can enslave? You know the very people in such stories who grow in strength thru adversity and their own will rather than being left broken husks waiting for someone else to act for or upon them?

This one personally prefers the previous level less thrall system. But if we are keeping this Atropal grade abomination around, anything that circumvents it gets approval here.

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