Role

Chapter 3

At last! A being that embodies Baendra's way of life and principles. A
Divinity to keep her focused on using her judgement, for what is judgement but
the application of evidence in context, and what are context and evidence if
but a collection of facts?

This manifests itself in several aspects of her life, evidenced by her
creation of the Prepared Elixir, yet her reluctance to attempt the Projection,
even though she suspects she knows what went wrong with K'tengs attempt and
how to rectify the problem. Despite her beliefs, she still seeks to translate
the language used by K'teng before risking acting on them, though she has got
no further than recognising a very few words as being of Stormish and Dark-
elven dialects, suggesting that this is mere coincidence given the lack or a
more complete match. In addition, she is unsure of whether references to the
main shrine refer to the larger one with the spider, or the small one east of
K'tengs bedchamber. Her bargaining with the scions (Kwalin and Etarekoth) is
also done with the aim of gathering the conclusive proof of her theories that
she needs. She intends to research a little more into astrology at the
Lycaeum too, in order to ensure that she understands all the implications of
what she sees through the telescope in the Observatory.

Her thought process is evident also in her dealings with the Dark Lord
Scarabaeus. For some reason (perhaps due to the doctrine of the Cult), she
finds her instinct is to believe him when he speaks of various Paths to Power
and one, in particular, that is not bestrode by the Mad Priest. However,
she has learnt to control her instinct and act solely upon evidence. Her
further research in the Lycaeum and the Library of Hamsah yielded her little
material to act upon, for she could find little information regarding the
city, Temple, or Conservator that the Whisperer in the Darkness spoke of.
<continued in next section>