Since the series is produced in The Netherlands, it has its own very different and unique perception of entertainment and culture from most other countries. But knowing about the country's history is crucial in having some understanding of the closing episode. Whereas this country today is very different from what it was 500 years ago, and even though today it is generally known to be very gentle and civilized by and large. This was very different 500 years ago, when Ares was supposedly started.
It's history back then is full of exceedingly violent seafaring maurauders, who went out to pillage, plunder, and engage in 'trade', in the name of certain companies, and this often violent propensity to conquering the world, brought extreme wealth.
Knowing about its history therefore might make a huge difference to the viewer, as is precisely that culture and its violent, and by today's standards barbaric acts of the past, that makes the connection during the final episodes. Without giving more away, there is the link between Ares between the 'gilded' or 'golden' age of Dutch mercantile endeavors, and how that came about, and when this link has finally been made evident, the ending makes more sense.
It's history back then is full of exceedingly violent seafaring maurauders, who went out to pillage, plunder, and engage in 'trade', in the name of certain companies, and this often violent propensity to conquering the world, brought extreme wealth.
Knowing about its history therefore might make a huge difference to the viewer, as is precisely that culture and its violent, and by today's standards barbaric acts of the past, that makes the connection during the final episodes. Without giving more away, there is the link between Ares between the 'gilded' or 'golden' age of Dutch mercantile endeavors, and how that came about, and when this link has finally been made evident, the ending makes more sense.
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