Talk:Fillip Dahl/@comment-112206-20181230223739/@comment-94.3.182.181-20200429151459

Sorry for late reply but regarding your second paragraph and the effects of the mermaid curse..

Nathan killed Lars because he saw him as responsible for his brother (Samuel's) death in chapter I. Olus attempted mutiny as he didn't believe the captain had really caused the kraken to retreat, and decided they could get rich by selling the shells, then attacked Thomas because he didn't want the captain to know about the mutiny talk. Brennan clubbed John because he saw the situation as John shooting Olus without reason (probably not knowing Olus had stabbed Thomas, since he went straight down and heard the shot, then was asked to get the surgeon's kit), hence could have determined John had gone mad. Leonid may have wanted to escape or prevent the escape, he shouts that "you're not taking the last boat" meaning he could be intending for the captain etc to escape on the last boat. He probably killed Paul due to Paul attempting to stop him and allow the retreat (Paul being the 1st mate's steward, Leonid may also have seen it as Paul allowing mutiny and desertion of the ship). William, Henry and Lewis wanted to sell the shells as well, and knew only the captain knew where they were.

Admittedly these could have been exacerbated by the mermaid curse as you postulated, but the curse is not the reason behind it. Plus honestly they'd seen a lot of their friends and crewmates die during the whole excursion, for one reason or another, and seen a lot of betrayal (especially involving Edward Nichols), so they would probably be paranoid and stressed enough as is without the crab rider and mermaid problems too, that may have pushed them over the edge but there were probably reasons enough in their minds for them to take the actions they did.