"Don't Screw This Up."

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TDO probably also recognizes that, for better or worse, he's not finding a higher-level cleric who is this committed to the Plan. So it might be "Don't screw this up" in part as "Everything you've cost our people, you'd better get this done."

Then again, according to Jirix, TDO referred to Redcloak as his "true prophet," so maybe he doesn't feel that way.

Kind of like how Ike felt about General Patton: he's an abrasive, motivated, loose cannon who happens to be really good at this war thing, but he's my abrasive, motivated, loose cannon who happens to be really good at this war thing.

This was the first time TDO told Redcloak to keep fighting for the gates. He might have been tempted to settle for Gobbotopia, destroy Xykon and put his feet up. His God didn't want him accepting a silver medal when gold was still an option.

TDO knew Redcloak would be a *terrible* leader, whose hatred and neuroses would pit Gobbotopia against any nearby human territory and fall victim to the same problems Tarquin faced on the West Continent. While Redcloak was an effective war leader, he wasn't the right goblin to rule peacefully. Getting Redcloak out of Gobbotopia and back on the campaign was the best chance of Gobbotopia surviving indefinitely.

Which fits my Ike / General Patton scenario somewhat.