: I'm getting confused, perhaps you can clarify...Balor
: bound the Deceiver, though probably knew the Deceiver
: hated him. The Deceiver captures Alric in the Barrier.
: Was this under orders from Balor? If yes, Balor is
: pretty damn dumb, knowing the Deceiver would find some
: way to subvert him (i.e., feeding Alric false info).
: Besides, why would the Deceiver bother to do all this
: (and risk getting caught by Balor), all the while
: believing Alric would be killed anyway (since,
: according to you, he couldn't just let Alric go) and
: thus would never act on this false info?
: If he wasn't acting on orders from Balor, then you're
: sayiing the D was able to take an army and capture
: Alric on his own initiative, but couldn't let him go?
: Not much sense here...
: Also, I think you're misinterpreting the way that Alric
: got this info. It never says "Balor told Alric
: they were bound to him." It just says that Alric
: learned it somehow. My theory is that just as Balor
: looked into Alric's mind, he inadvertantly let Alric
: look into his mind (like in Indpendednce Day, The
: X-files, etc.). Also, if you still think the info he
: was given wasn't really true (which is debatable), it
: may just be because Alric was in such a trying
: situation when he got this info.
Looked into his mind? I thought you were the one who said "This isn't the X-files..." ;)
The Deceiver placed Alric in the containment field because Balor wasn't supposed to know the Deceiver interrogated Alric. If Balor interrogated Alric, why would he allow such an easy rescue (5 men, one a J-man? C'mon!)? Wouldn't he make sure such a valuable enemy was guarded or dragged back to his own fortress?
Plus, why would Balor interrogate Alric? What information could he possibly hope to attain? He wasn't interested in political manuevers and he must have known Alric would never give up any military plans. It seems a waste that Balor would come all the way to the edge of the Cloudspine, talk with him, leave and then let him out for rescue.
It all seems very odd.
Chris
