Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161212225518/@comment-14138255-20161215205323

What makes you say he doesn't have brains? In many stories, madness is simply having too much brains (real life is a more complicated matter). In HP Lovecraft's stories, characters turn into gibbering loons because they have become exposed to information they were never prepared to recieve, they would go mad from the revelation of how insignificant they really are in the universe and beyond, though on examination his "reveletions" were about as "shocking" as finding out your grandmother was Jewish, which was a frightening thing in his day (Lovecraft was a vicious anti-Semite even for his time, despite marrying a Jewish woman. His wife must have been extremely patient).

For Tyrian, discovering Salem for him could have been like meeting God or one of the Old Ones, so perhaps he was saner before he met Salem, where his mind snapped. He probably was unhinged before meeting her. Either way, his style reflects his sanity (randomness is a tricky thing to control, but if used right and skillfully can be difficult to overcome).