Oh, and here's the basis of Aodun's logic: 'The world is screwed up. Therefore the gods are fighting, which is bad. Let me go, and I'll fight the gods, which is good.'
From what I remember.
What did you expect of a conversation between the God of Wrath and the then God of Chaos?
Udil being smart enough to negotiate.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAww, you are making me blush now. I never had so many people talk about me. Let along have a long list of titles bestowed upon me.
You didn't pay much attention to them, did you?
I just thought of a new few!
Aww, you are making me blush now. I never had so many people talk about me. Let along have a long list of titles bestowed upon me.
I regard Udil as rather dumb now, though. Releasing an immensely powerful being from it's prison without even negotiating for favors or anything?!
Releasing an immensely powerful being from the prison another immensely powerful being told you to guard?
He's supposed to be intelligent enough to have conquered and keep an empire spanning a continent.
WHY ISN'T HE THAT.
Because he's not smart, he's just powerful, lucky, and beloved by the gods.
By which I mean the god above the Overgod.
Let's see...first, Neyravah gives him a hundred dwarves. Then he kills a giant and destroys Neyravah's artifact. Then he kills Neyravah, becoming a demigod. Then he unites all the dwarves inland and conquers the coast, with help from such things as Emeraldhome industry and (I think) Az-Sho's support. Then he attacks Az-Sho and loses everything. At various points, he gets the support of assorted divine beings for reasons which are usually a mystery to me.
He's either had help or been stupid all through his life.