the emphasis Elias places on “bad luck” and telling people it was not their fault is so interesting to me ESPECIALLY because of the contrast between it and the way he prides himself with being in control all the time “i did everything because i wished to”. one could think that something not being your fault would lift a weight off your shoulders right?
except it isn’t, not really, in a sense it only makes things worse because that way you can only think yourself as the victim, while if things go wrong but you were the perpetrator… of course there’s guilt and anger but you’re also in control.
this also ties, imho, with the fact Elias never once seems to think in terms of fairness or unfairness [as Peter does: “this isn’t fair!”], not even when Jon kills him, not even when he discovers all his efforts at the end of the day were… well, not in vain but almost.
if the world rotates about malevolent forces that wish you harm of course the luck you’re gonna have is most likely bad, that’s just the way things are. which means that the only way to place yourself above that bad luck, above pain and fear, is to be in control -of yourself, of others, of the world- all the time.
from this to ‘i’m gonna destroy the world and reshape it to my own gain’, well… i’d say the path is pretty straightforward.