[@Ruler Inc]

I just looked up what the nightmare fuel TV trope was.  Oh god.  Cyrus's sanity.  If he can survive each encounter, he's going to be that guy.  Y'all's characters, battle-hardened and with a thousand-yard stare, will look at him and say "that might have been bad, but it wasn't as bad as watching your best friend/leader/frienemy/strongest avenger being skewered and dissolved in-front of your faces bad, toughen up buttercup."