: Actually, I think that the 'shade' Mazzarin really was
: the same as the Avatar of that same name. First, if he
: was able to basically predict the future (via the
: total codex), he may have faked his death at the hand
: of the Watcher (the deceiver did it), and later let
: one of the Fallen Lords think he was bound into their
: service.
He could turn to a page *near* his own fate, but even he didn't have total control. And the flavor text indicates that he honestly expected to die when he confronted the Watcher.
: **note* I think there was a discussion here about Shades
: being bound to a specific Fallen Lord, not directly to
: Balor. (Balor -> Fallen -> Shades)*
: Anyway, then he was able to basically let the Light
: appear to kill him, using only weak magic so as not to
: hurt the cause of the light too badly. (of course, he
: did more damage to some of us the first time we saw
: him...)
Hard to see why he'd do that when he could simply kill himself, or refuse to fight, though. Unless he was just barely able to fight his mind-control enough to get himself injured in the battle that stoned the Watcher, or something....
--SiliconDream
