Who else thinks that the Laws of Vadel are twistedly opposite to the Laws
of Malkion? Thus 'Do not ruin that which you Love' becomes ' Thou must
ruin that wich you love' - interpreted as a commandment to rape, murder
and Tap one's own children. Perhaps Vadeli progression between castes is
mandated by Vadel too, in which case is it possible that Hrestol got his
caste-restriction-breaking ideas from the Vadeli and not the other way
around. If this is true, it means that this aspect of New Hrestoli
Idealism is Vadeli-inspired! Just wait till the Rokari get this snippet of
information.
My own theory is that after the fall of the Kingdom of Logic, Vadel
realised the world was going down the tubes. If everything was going to
end up twisted and corrupt - why not beat everyone else to the finishing
post? Vadel decided to go with the flow of the inevitable disintegration
of the universe. The Vadeli know that everyone else will inevitably end up
the same as them, so they are secure in the knowledge that when that
happens they will be the natural rulers of the universe.
Simon Hibbs