Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-39332473-20190808194309/@comment-31763506-20200324043308

Welcome to the "We Don't Trust the Anak" club. Meetings are once monthly after the release. Our motto is "What makes a good man turn neutral? Lust for gold?  Power?  Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?"

Seriously though, there are two problems with your suggestions. The first is that the research gals and Tertia both independently verified the lust/purity duality. (So for that matter has SierraLee.) The second is that the Anak's obsession with balance has been confirmed by Tanurak. Obviously, Tanurak may be mistaken, but my read is that Xerces is being truthful, but not honest in his dealings with us. He's not lying, but he's witholding important information for his own ends. The most glaring omissions being the goddesses. I think he's concerned about Tanurak, but more concerned about Simon, and his killing the Sage was depriving Simon of a potential ally.