Quote Originally Posted by Gurgeh View Post
Just a correction here: spell preparation at dusk is not part and parcel of being an evil cleric.

The High Priest of Hel prepared his spells at dusk, but that's got nothing to do with Redcloak - in fact, Redcloak's first appearance in this location had him just finishing up with refreshing his spells in broad daylight! Given the action is set at the north pole, there's also no reliable way to tell what time of day it is unless we've got a good indicator of the time of year. If it's midsummer then it'll be light all day long!

A Cleric will always be able to prepare at least two spells of a spell level they have access to, since they're always granted a domain spell along with their normal, level-scaled allotment. So even if Redcloak is 17th level and doesn't have high enough wisdom to get any bonus 9th-level spells, he's got capacity for one more 9th-level spell on top of the Implosion he just cast.
Point taken from you and others regarding the number of 9th level spells available.

But we do have an indication: at the end of #1039, Xykon did specify "tonight", so most likely Redcloak does prepare spells at dusk, or at least he currently does.