Went as expected solid first <| sep |> Obviously , I was referring to redaction after the fact . I doubt they are allowed to post anything without it going through proper review . <| sep |> PLS PLS PLS <| sep |> My understanding is that each night hunt occurs simultaneously with the birth of a new dream hunter . My belief is that the Moon Presence is manipulating us and previous paleblood hunters to do his bidding . This time it was to kill Mergo , a child great one . why ? cuz Mergo ' s crying was fucking annoying . ok just kidding . Other reasons which I won ' t go into detail . Whatever the tasks of Djura and Eileen , I bet they were different . Certainly they wouldn ' t have also killed Mergo . That doesn ' t make any sense . The best that I can say is that they acted as pawns of the Moon Presence without ever really knowing it . They did his bidding and moved on allowing Gherman to sever their connection to the dream . Did they really hunt the source of the scourge ? I truly doubt it . Why does it keep coming back then ? My bet is that the Moon Presence is partly the source of the scourge and he uses it to manipulate us into doing his will , while we think we are doing good . The scourge is a curse that brings out the beast darkness deep within man . The curse comes from inciting the wrath of the great ones . So yeh I believe Djura and Eileen were just pawns that sadly didn ' t do anything significant other than fall prey to the Moon Presence ' s Eldritch agenda . As for Queen Analise , I can ' t really say . I ' d say all humans are derivative of the Pthumerians in some way but I don ' t think she is one herself . Her phsycial stature is one reason . she ' s really small while Pthumerians are typically larger . Additionally , Annalise was not aware of the forbidden blood until it was stolen from Byrgenwerth and given to her by one of the scholars possibly Maria . They were just a noble family before this and their introduction to forbidden blood resulted in them becomeing the vilebloods . So I don ' t think she had any prior knowledge . I do believe that over time she may have gained this knowledge . It is clear that she has knowledge of Oedon in some way as she yearns to bear his child of blood , and the empty throne next to her throne is likely meant for Oedon who of course is formless . Perhaps she thinks he is sitting there ? Hard to say for sure there really isn ' t much info .