What’s sad is that it coulda been cool. Imagine the season’s general premise stays the same, collecting the parts of Nezerac, but the context is different. Imagine Eramis is awakened by the witness, who promises to return the Fallen to the status they were before the whirlwind as long as she succeeds. Obviously Mithrax and the guardians can’t allow this, so they try and stop her. As the season continues, we (the player) acquire the parts, but these are tainted by memories of the past showing us little bits of the collapse, and how humanity fell so quickly, but also perhaps a small weakness to the witness and their disciples. Throughout the season Mithrax struggles with the thought of returning the Eliksni back to their former glory with Eramis, but he believes in his guardian allies and Eido who argue the witness would never make good on their deal. The season could culminate in the final mission where we engage Eramis for the final piece of Nezerac, his eyes. During this mission, Mithrax hesitates before destroying the eyes, and when he touches them he sees the final memory, not of the collapse but the whirlwind. He learns the creature he and Eramis have been gathering was the one that led the downfall of his race, and with Eramis pleading with him, describing how powerful the fallen could become he makes his decision destroying the final part ensuring he never returns. He accepts that the fallen may not ever be what they once were, but that they could move on from the past, rebuild, and not suffer in the shadow of what they were. Reaffirming the house of lights commitment to the guardian, and finishing his arc.