Thread:SCORNFUL1/@comment-28358106-20160716183018/@comment-28358106-20160725161132

I agree with you on all points,  and you outline exactly why I was excited about the both of them being in it. The moment Hound was set up as a longtime friend of the Doc, I knew he had to play a part in the story. His greatest strength is his tenaciousness. And Praetor moved to Whitemarch to find peace, and wound up becoming something of its champion, so now he feels a responsibility on top of his burdens, especially having gotten close to Doc's family. The children are just barely alive and won't last forever (except for Lucida) so it gives urgency to everyone's actions.

As for the Doc himself, there are of course reasons for his doing what he has done, the outcomes of which he isn't fully aware, and it isn't as simple as his becoming drunk with power from the Glyph. If you haven't already, it would fill a lot in storywise if you read the short story on my blog. It's essentially Ibrahim's bio, as dictated by the Regent of Whitemarch and recorded by her seneschal. It'll tell you everything about his life...as far as others know it. If you've already read it, then you should have a better idea of what's going to happen. (And, I quote some lines from it in the RP, because Hound and Praetor have already read it and it gives them context, and weight to the moment.)

This story isn't as much about the Doc as it is about what he has done, and how Hound and Praetor have to deal with it. It's as much their stories as it is Doc's. He of course has reasons for doing what he's done, the breadth of which will be shown in the next part.