YMMV / Dreamblood Duology

• Magnificent Bastard: Prince Eninket, while still a child, learned how the Hetawa controlled his kingdom of Gujareh through Dreamblood addiction. Resolute to stay in control, Eninket murdered his father and most of his siblings to take power, then investigates the history of his country to discover the Hetawa murdered their founder when they were unable to control him. Using this to blackmail and control the Hetawa, Eninket decides to become a god through the consumption of massive quantities of Dreamblood, sincerely believing an immortal monarch will be best for his people and beloved wife and children. Needing to cause tens of thousands of deaths for such an amount of Dreamblood, Eninket corrupts an elderly Gatherer into becoming a Reaper, then assembles a mercenary army to attack the neighboring nation of Kisua, intending for his Reaper to devour both armies and generate the Dreamblood he needs. To further his plan, Eninket intends for his army to conquer all of Kisua, then march forth on the rest of the world. Locking away his only surviving brother for trying to stop him, Eninket plans for the novice Gatherer Nijiri into becoming yet another Reaper for his schemes and is only ultimately stopped by Nijiri's unforeseeable defeat of his first Reaper.
• The Woobie: Tiaanet has had a life of abuse from childhood. Her father, Sanfi, has sexually abused her to the point she became pregnant with his child, that child Tantfuti is the Wild Dreamer who causes people to die around her whenever anyone sleeps in the same vicinity as her due to the overwhelming sorrow and rage she feels, and her mother hates her for all of it, shovelling verbal abuse on top of that. Plus, her father intends to use her to further his own power by trying to have Prince Wanahomen marry her as the first of his wives, even letting him sleep with her to try and persuade him, only so he can potentially assassinate him and rule Gujaareh himself. It’s quite clear that Tiaanet wants nothing of her father’s plans and has become so traumatised she’s turned off all emotions to deal with all she’s been through.