: We don't know when Phelot was bound by Deceiver, for all
: we know he bound him in the Great War. Since Phelot
: was alive during the Great War, we know they didn't
: die when Balor did, perhaps he served soeone else.
The pregame text mentions that Myrdred wounded or harmed Phelot somehow before he was grabbed by the elemental claw. It's conceivable that this mention was vague to explain how Phelot turned sides.
: I spose it's all conjecure. Unless someone can come up
: with definate proof to either extreme. I just think
: the fact that SB seems to have NO command over magic
: (except for using artifacts like Tramist's Mirror and
: the Tain), it'd be hard for him to create Shades.
: Unless he foud an artifact for that as well. :)
I dunno... making oneself a nigh-immortal, shape-shifting, earth golem-claw commanding, Cloudspine shattering, physically invincible to swords and arrows maniac certainly does entail *some* command over magic. :D
-Welly
