: Er...so it's the REAL D who transports this "hapless
: double" to safety, and the scepter, which Alric
: reports is the center of the D's power, is actually
: completely meaningless? (or is the sceptre ALSO a
: double???) What's the D got to gain from this? Why not
: just fake his death, instead of faking a coma?
Two reasons. First, in the Myth world, great heroes and villains are getting reborn all the time. If Myrdred wants the world to forget about him, it might be safer to appear in a coma, from which he's probably not going to be revived, than to appear completely dead, in which case he might be reborn or get reanimated or what have you.
Second, Myrdred's a sociable guy, and his favorite pastime is manipulating people. Sooner or later he's going to want to return to civilization. But if he does so, there's a good chance that the Light will kill him on sight, or that one of the surviving Fallen Lords will seize the chance to have their revenge for past slights. What better way to test the waters than to send a double in and see what happens to him? As it turned out, it was a good idea; the double got spanked by Shiver's death explosion instead of the real D.
And yeah, the scepter's a double too. I've got three in the closet; Payless was having a sale last weekend.
--SiliconDream
