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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus

I haven't read the novels, myself, though I might have to now as this is giving me some ideas. This is all conjecture on my part.

My theory isn't that the demons themselves were trying to free Bhaal- if they were, it would only be to consume him, as that's all demons do- but that someone else, perhaps Bane, perhaps an agent of Baator, or some other dark entity, roused the demons and pointed them in the right direction, gave them some method of slipping into Celestia, knowing they'd be defeated but would create enough of a distraction to allow them to make off with Bhaal's essence and escape notice in the confusion.

For what purpose? Well, just imagine all the things you can do with even a sliver of a god's divinity. The possibilities are endless as to motivation. Perhaps someone plotting against Cyric wishes to reinstate Bhaal as the god of murder once Cyric is dealt with, perhaps someone with a score to settle against Bhaal wanted a little personal justice of their own. Perhaps they, like the demons, were simply hungry.

It also raises the question as to why Torm and Bahamut haven't noticed yet- maybe Bhaal's captured essence was replaced with a decoy that could fool a god if not inspected properly, or perhaps they have noticed and are simply keeping a lid on it because they don't want the culprit to know that they know, and are waiting for whoever it was to make their move.

Of course, it's possible the attack was simply an attack and wasn't meant to cover anything, and that Bhaal's essence is right where it's been for the last century and a half. But the possibility of it being stolen and the implications there of are...interesting, to say the least.

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Originally posted by sleyvas

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Originally posted by Chosen of Asmodeus

I haven't read the novels, myself, though I might have to now as this is giving me some ideas. This is all conjecture on my part.

My theory isn't that the demons themselves were trying to free Bhaal- if they were, it would only be to consume him, as that's all demons do- but that someone else, perhaps Bane, perhaps an agent of Baator, or some other dark entity, roused the demons and pointed them in the right direction, gave them some method of slipping into Celestia, knowing they'd be defeated but would create enough of a distraction to allow them to make off with Bhaal's essence and escape notice in the confusion.

For what purpose? Well, just imagine all the things you can do with even a sliver of a god's divinity. The possibilities are endless as to motivation. Perhaps someone plotting against Cyric wishes to reinstate Bhaal as the god of murder once Cyric is dealt with, perhaps someone with a score to settle against Bhaal wanted a little personal justice of their own. Perhaps they, like the demons, were simply hungry.

It also raises the question as to why Torm and Bahamut haven't noticed yet- maybe Bhaal's captured essence was replaced with a decoy that could fool a god if not inspected properly, or perhaps they have noticed and are simply keeping a lid on it because they don't want the culprit to know that they know, and are waiting for whoever it was to make their move.

Of course, it's possible the attack was simply an attack and wasn't meant to cover anything, and that Bhaal's essence is right where it's been for the last century and a half. But the possibility of it being stolen and the implications there of are...interesting, to say the least.

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It was the red knight, she wants to be not only the goddess of planned warfare and tactics, but also the goddess of carefully planned murder (after all, isn't planned warfare just another aspect of murder on simply a large scale). However, she only planned to slip in and become impregnated by Bhaal (planned pregnancy), and she would give the portfolio to her sociopathic love-child, Dexter.

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