Elder-Basilisk
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It is not canon, but there were a number of Living Greyhawk modules that dealt with Rary. Those modules implied that Rary was manipulated into betraying the circle by a powerful but unknown threat.
I'm not sure the Co8 even existed officially in Gygax's campaign, and the format certainly was different from what we see in the published material. Offhand, I think at least two of the 'full' members were actually henchmen (Otto I'm pretty sure, Riggby the other? whatever) but from the things Gary wrote about Robilar (ToEE, land of black ice, and certain events under Greyhawk Castle including the release of Iuz), while fun-loving I would have never guessed he had 'Good' written anywhere close to that alignment line.
According to his write-up in the 1980 supplement The Rogue's Gallery, Robilar is Lawful Evil. I think this was published before the Rary/Robilar betrayal was brainstormed.
Hmm... <looks it up>... yep Lawful Evil in Rogue's Gallery (pub 1980). Though apparently Gary commented on the descriptions written by Brian Blume on Dragonsfoot as 'fanciful and underpowered'. Looking at Rob's blog, Robilar was supposedly Neutral in 79 (but I would think he'd get some input in the Rogue's Gallery write-up at the time), heh....
Actually, looking at Rogue's Gallery again, quite a few of the 'home' campaign PCs are either Neutral or Evil. Despite Rob Kuntz's problems with it (that Robilar would never betray his boon companions), I see Sargent's interpretation as a realistic eventuality in Robilar's story arc.
I thought Gygax said a lot of those stats were made up as many of the original players (notably Gygax himself) would not give up their character sheets to share their game secrets.
Thats one of the stupidest things I have heard in quite some time.
I quite enjoyed Rary's arc through LG. Likewise, I liked how Iuz was dealt with.It is not canon, but there were a number of Living Greyhawk modules that dealt with Rary. Those modules implied that Rary was manipulated into betraying the circle by a powerful but unknown threat.