: I play the game all the time. Still, I'm not sure what
: your "answer" is, Mr. Cryptic.
: My recollection of With Friends Like These is that we are
: told that in order to make allies with the Trow, all
: we need to do is win a game of territories. That or
: kill the Trow seeded on the board at the game's start.
: I don't remember anything in the pre-level text or said
: by The Deceiver in-game that explains why the Trow
: have made "friends" with The Deceiver, which
: is what we're talking about.
: Care to elaborate?
"The Deceiver claims to be held in high regard by the Trow as a being of “furor poeticus”. He has told us of their battles against the Myrkridia and believes he can win the Trow to our cause."
"furor poeticus" means "poetic madness" in Latin (or "poetic fury," to forestall another long thread about the best translation for it :-) and is used to describe those with mental (usually artistic) gifts thought to be of divine origin. People who go into fits and then find they've written down a 10,000 line epic poem, that sort of thing.
--SiliconDream
