Why does Caed Nua get destroyed?

[Belgeroth]

I get that the statue of Od Nua rising out of the ground would wreck all the outer buildings and that whatever wall Eothas passes through will be crushed but why the castle itself? The initial cutscene doesnt show Eothas destroying the keep. He also has no reason to given that he explicitly states he doesnt want to cause destruction he just feels like he has to. It doesnt even serve any purpose to the plot since you'd still have to buy a ship and follow Eothas to get your sould back.

[TaurusBully]

Od Nua was burried right bellow it. It probably destroyed at least all of it’s foundation when it has risen.

[Belgeroth]

He was buried in front of it. If I blow a hole in my front garden my house won't collapse. His right hand may have been in the basement, I dont recall. But if that alone was enough to destroy the entire keep then thats one shoddily built keep.

[Lokiel]

Considering the sheer size of him, he probably caused a landslide getting out of the ground.

[alanwest09872]

Create a giant size sink hole in front of your house. See what happens

[Drake]

Originally posted by Belgeroth:

He was buried in front of it. If I blow a hole in my front garden my house won't collapse. His right hand may have been in the basement, I dont recall. But if that alone was enough to destroy the entire keep then thats one shoddily built keep.

If i dig a hole the size of a building in front your house I can garranty you, you don't want yo be inside when that happens, just the matter pushing up, like the statue rising out of its hole will generate enough vibration to wreck everything around, only the foundations will be standing.

[Procrastinating Gamer]

What the last three said - I wouldn't be surprised if the statue had ended up somewhat load-bearing as the Endless Paths were constructed or modified over the centuries. And even if it wasn't, the sheer amount of ground that Eothas would've displaced would've screwed the keep's foundations beyond belief.

There's also the fact that while the hand was infront of the keep, the way the statue was posed meant that that hand was further forward than the rest of the body. So while the hand and some of that arm were in-front of the keep, the rest of the body was - if not directly under - then close enough that he probably bashed the back of his head on the foundations as he came up.

[Belgeroth]

Has to be that. Never thought of it since in the intro you can see the ground is completley even throughout.

[Lokiel]

Add to that that the statue was actually moving. For comparison sake, the statue of liberty weight 225 tons. We don't know how tall he is or how dense is Adra but in all likelyhood he weights several hundred tons. Imagine THAT slowly walking across you backyard. He doesn't need to want to destroy the keep: just by walking he can cause a lot of damages to it, especially after the landslide caused by him getting out of the ground which should have wreacked havoc on the foundations. I'm pretty sure the endless paths are collapsed too.