But Hill could still be certain of one thing: that man definitely had not died, much less been handed over to Sia Tower.
Otherwise, Asmodeus would not have been so unprepared.
Lathander's chosen, whether alive or dead, were enormous trouble.
The Lord of Dawn might indeed have gotten several hundred million of his own followers killed, but no one could deny that he cared deeply for them.
There was even less need to mention his chosen. If even one died, Lathander would go mad.
Though the Lord of Hell did not go out of his way to avoid taking the Lord of Dawn into account when plotting, he would not do anything that might provoke Lathander.
The Great Peacock was not actually difficult to scheme against, because much of the time, he simply did not take things to heart.
Even if he belatedly realized someone might have used him, if the matter was not serious, he would at most cause them a little trouble. The severity depended on how much amusement he had gotten out of it.
He might even laugh it off.
But things like killing one of his chosen, or a high-ranking follower capable of leaving Toril and traveling the Astral Plane independently... well, it would not be impossible for it to end in a God War.
Yet the most troublesome part was that Lathander's people could not simply be locked up, either.
Their ability to create chaos was even greater than that of the Demon Lords of the Bottomless Abyss... one careless move, and the Great Peacock might appear out of thin air!
If the Bottomless Abyss could still talk tough when faced with matters related to Lathander, then the Devils of the Nine Hells, from top to bottom, were all deeply repulsed by the Lord of