Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-45244906-20200324032159

Once you accept the possibility that the other guy is lying to you, many possibilities open up.

The Arak of Philon could very easily have been lying about everything. Especially about his own motivations. He told Simon that he - Xerces - was an agent of order and balance. But he's currently in a position where he benefits from both. What if his actual goal is simply power, and he told Simon what he though he wanted to hear?

Alanon could very easily have been, if not lying, at least mistaken. He viewed the world as a duality of lust and purity, with himself as a perfectly pure being. What if that's not it at all? What if the actual duality is something else entirely? Yin and Yang. Dark and Light. Cake and Pie. His own cowardice limits his perception.