Quote Originally Posted by Provengreil View Post
Xykon would be better served abandoning the whole scheme at that point. As much as we remind ourselves that he's smarter than he looks, he's simply not book smart and not going to get book smart. Even customized epic magic will serve up minimal benefits when he has only a hazy definition of what he's trying to do.
I wouldn't be exactly surprised if we find out Xykon was trying to subvert or otherwise work around the ritual because he suspected it didn't do what he was told it would do, but I do think this is an important point to remember. Xykon, as a character, is far more likely to Meteor Swarm Redcloak in the face than he is to pull an elaborate double-cross. He's more of a front-cross kind of guy.