A thread of loose ends

[Errorname]

I share this suspicion.

Yeah. It feels like the only thing that might induce an epiphany in Redcloak, having whatever future civilization the goblins end up building not be defined as a slave state founded on the ruins of a mostly noble city they destroyed is probably a necessary thing for the ending, and having Redcloak build his entire future in the shadow of a growing rift that threatens to destroy everything feels like too big of a set-up to not fire.

However it happens I hope Jirix is up to the task of evacuating the city because boy, if he doesn't a lot of people are going to be annihilated.

Spoiler: Hypothetical Scenario Which Is Definitely Never Going To Happen In Comic But Could.

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Xykon discovers the switcheroo and tries to kill Redcloak. The Oots tries to save RC.

Xykon says, "You may have stolen my gate and my phylactery, but in this dungeon I have discovered the secret of the rifts. Soon I will be creating them in the homes of the gods themselves, starting with the plane of The Dark One. And you, Wrong Eye, I shall save just long enough to see me crowned chief of the gods before I end your suffering by destroying you and your entire race!

Teleport!"

Credit where it's due, you've found basically the only situation where it would make sense. But I still don't see the actual advantage of this beyond "hey, this way we get to see what Xykon's astral fortress is!", the drama here could all be done equally well in the Final Dungeon and shifting the location either requires a detour to actually get to the new location or it happens instantly, in which case what was the point?