> > Except that it was Jorkandros who was in charge at the time - if
> anyone
> > gets court-martialled it will be him. Tatius may have arranged for
> the bat to go to WW but losing it was nothing to do with him.
> Maybe it was all part of an elaborate Tatius plot to gain command.
That's *cunning*. I can't say I'm convinced (yet), but it's cunning. And some Lunar (Jokandros?) may even believe it.
> Its not entirely unlikely that he would have expected the Orlanthi
> to teleport/ fly to the back of the bat.
They hadn't done it before, as I recall.
> From what I understand Broyan had been mindblasted.
Last bit of the attack. There were plenty of other people left on board.
> Maybe when the High Priest of the Bat
.... Who reports to Tatius...
> saw that his troops/ The Bat gaining the ascendancy he activated the
> Bat Banish Mechanism!???
Tatius would have to be a *very* fast thinker for this. The plan to let the Orlanthi keep not quite losing came up as a means of killing Orlanth. Which only became possible once Orlanth appeared in person at Whitewall. Which was at the *end* of the Bat-Blat.
Tatius had five minutes max to recognise what had happened (deity locked in right here), decide on an overall strategy, and communicate it to the chief Bat-priest. That's assuming he was even there to witness events.
I know he's good, but that good???
I can't believe he would arrange for the Bat to lose a fight just so as to discredit Jokandros.
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