Ari he/him Posted November 16, 2017 Posted November 16, 2017 So after WoR I had a pet theory that Moelach or one of the other Unmade had managed to influence Taravangian in his creation of the diagram to push him towards Odium by feeding him some of his key insights which seemed at the time to be possibly based on prescience rather than scholarship. (as we find out in OB, however, things like the movement of the Unmade have been rigorously studied. Whoops) Unless Odium is feigning surprised delight at the Diagram, I guess that particular part of my theory is out the window, even if Taravangian ending up working for Odium is still in play. I had thought it would be cooler if he started out an unwitting pawn that thought he was too smart for Odium, rather than simply trying to get an upper hand in negotiations, and then eventually got turned into a knowing collaborator due to his unsavory methods. Part of my assumption here was also that he wouldn't be able to have any collaborating Radiants in his group, which is clearly not the case! Look forward to learning more about Ashspren in future books, but I suppose this way there's much more potential for further treachery.
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