"Da Vinci's Demons" season 3 premiere saw two characters dear to Leonardo (Tom Riley) die.
Aside from them, thousands of people also lost their lives because of the ongoing war between Florence and the Ottoman Turks.
The number of casualties will rise in the coming weeks. For its third and final season, the STARZ TV series will feature heavy war scenes and drama.
"Bodies are going to drop," Goyer told Variety when interviewed before the airing of "Da Vinci's Demons" season 3 premiere. "This is kind of a 'be careful what you wish for' season."
As for Leonardo, it will not be a good season for him. He lost his two parents in the pilot because of the decision he made. For the rest of the season, Leo will meet challenges he never faced before.
"I always said he has to fail for once," Riley said in the same interview. "He can't MacGyver his way out of every situation. I just wanted him to fail. If you're just the cool guy who steps up and people say 'fix this' and he does, then where do you go? This season people are saying 'you can fix this' and for the first time he says 'I can't.'"
The Italian genius always comes up with device that help him get out of a tricky situation. What if his inventions is taken away from him, improved by perpetrators and used against him? Riley said Leo's growth and how he will respond in this kind of situation will be the focus of the new season.
"He's always let the idea that he could do something override the fact of if he should," Riley said. "He has this macro idea of just being a great creator who creates great things and f-k the consequences. This season forces him to ask the question 'if you can create something terrible, should you?'"
In another interview with Zap2It, Riley said third season is the best one for the "Da Vinci's Demons" after writers come up with something that will put his character in an unfamiliar territory.
"It's great to play the guy who's always the smartest man in the room and always knows the best way to squirrel out of any situation," he said.
"But in this case, it was getting to the point where if the audience always knows he's going to win and he's going to beat whoever else is around him, then where's the drama? And our producer came around and said, 'Well, how about if he actually has to face the smartest man in the room? He has to face himself and he has to take down himself and he's always one step ahead of himself. How can he possibly beat that guy?' And that's why I think [this is] our best season."
