[ Wrathion switches over, since she seems to prefer talking and texting someone who talks back is... probably rude? Anyway, his voice is probably at least familiar to her from the spa if nothing else! He speaks carefully, thoughtful. ]
Our details are, at least, one side of a story since we've never spoken to him. My personal impression has always been that he may well believe he is helping, but be... misguided. Of course, it could well be the reverse.
Matthias was q scientist working at the Ellethia Institute of Technology, that much we know for certain. Scientists chased the secret of immortality there, and that investigation involved... mirrors. These mirrors are dangerous, powerful, some grant wishes but... not always in a way you might expect. They give power at a cost.
We learned that the previous... leader of the project left citing ethical concerns. Matthias took over. Then Ellethia... Well, many people there died. Whatever they unleashed is still happening, and I suspect Matthias is touched by that power. Many of the undead lords we have met have interacted with him. My suspicion has been he is granting them their powers, powers that are useful and yet terrible in kind -- much like the gifts the mirrors give.
Sethica, for example. The child there. Matthias.... helped him, but kept things from him too. Brought him to Serthica, where he spread his sickness until everyone began dying, and trapped those there as puppets to keep the child from being lonely. He never told the child his father searched for him. We cannot know if he thought this all a kindness, but you see why we find him difficult to trust?
un: Black Prince; voice!
Our details are, at least, one side of a story since we've never spoken to him. My personal impression has always been that he may well believe he is helping, but be... misguided. Of course, it could well be the reverse.
Matthias was q scientist working at the Ellethia Institute of Technology, that much we know for certain. Scientists chased the secret of immortality there, and that investigation involved... mirrors. These mirrors are dangerous, powerful, some grant wishes but... not always in a way you might expect. They give power at a cost.
We learned that the previous... leader of the project left citing ethical concerns. Matthias took over. Then Ellethia... Well, many people there died. Whatever they unleashed is still happening, and I suspect Matthias is touched by that power. Many of the undead lords we have met have interacted with him. My suspicion has been he is granting them their powers, powers that are useful and yet terrible in kind -- much like the gifts the mirrors give.
Sethica, for example. The child there. Matthias.... helped him, but kept things from him too. Brought him to Serthica, where he spread his sickness until everyone began dying, and trapped those there as puppets to keep the child from being lonely. He never told the child his father searched for him. We cannot know if he thought this all a kindness, but you see why we find him difficult to trust?