Quote Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf_c View Post
As to how Thor didn't notice the backdoor: easy. It's the same way a developer of computer code does need his boss' approval to buy new hardware to run his new program, but that doesn't mean his boss ever bothers to read or understand the program being developed. He's just providing the resources to run it.
I think it might not even be him that's providing the resources in this case. I think this comes down to the Domain Agreement--e.g. a cleric of Thor who uses Flame Strike is actually tapping into Loki's power, since he is the god of fire. A Death Ward spell would presumably come under the portfolio of Nergal (since they were on the Western Continent and in the juridisdiction of the Western Gods), and he would be entirely happy to include a backdoor for the use of his servant Malack.