#they aint rampaging monsters like the elder dragons

[meeeeeeese]

Sometimes I wonder how much Abaddon knew about Tyria. Like, his whole motivation and the cause of his conflict with the other gods was that he wanted to keep the bloodstone unsealed to keep humanity as magically gifted as possible. However, letting more magic into the ecosystem could only accelerate the next Dragon awakening, and Zhaitan waking up right beneath their feet in Arah would have been very bad.

So like, what was Abaddon's plan here? The scroll of the Five True Gods suggests he and the others had at least some knowledge, but did he have a plan here? Or did his nature as the god of magic just compel him to act to maximise the presence of magic on Tyria?

(which, as an aside, there's some evidence (see: Balthazar's refusal to back down from a war with the dragons, the speculation in The Bastion of Knowledge and Abaddon's general obsession with magic) that the power of the gods changes their outlook and moral alignment, pushing them towards the promotion of their domain)

It's possible that, as the god of the ocean, he was in communication with Soo-Wan and had a plan with her to protect humanity in the event of a dragonrise (which would, as a side effect, clear out all the other major civilisations on Tyria, allowing humanity to become the sole masters of the world). But, with all the relevant parties dead any such deal is likely lost to time.

Finally, while I'm on the Abaddon speculation train, I do wonder if it's just a coincidence that the Human god of magic, and the dragon who first split void into Tyrian magic are both aligned with water. Maybe there's some kind of connection between magic, void and the ocean? (incredibly crackpot connection time but, well, mist is just a form of vaporized water... Call me a conspiracy theorist but maybe it's connected man)