Spoilers for "Start of Darkness," the prequel for Team Evil:
[sblock]In "Start of Darkness," it was revealed that Redcloak's ritual to "control" the Gates doesn't in fact grant control to the ritual casters. What little control it provides is given to the Dark One, the goblin god, and consists of not much more than choosing what plane and general area the rift appears in; so, for instance, he could dump it into some other god's throne room.
The Dark One's plan is to use the threat of the Snarl to blackmail the other gods into re-evaluating goblins' place in the multiverse... at least, that's what Redcloak believes. (Whether this is actually true remains up for debate.) Meanwhile, the casters of the ritual have a good chance of ending up dead for their trouble.
Of course, Xykon was never interested in making life better for goblins, and Redcloak knew that, so he lied to Xykon and told him that the ritual would enable him to control the Snarl. Being something less than an expert in arcane theory, Xykon bought it and has been operating under that assumption this whole time. If Tsukiko figures out the ritual and tells him the truth... ain't gonna be pretty. Though Xykon might just sit on the information until Team Evil actually gets hold of a Gate.
(Another fun fact about the ritual: It requires both an arcane and a divine caster to perform, which is why Redcloak needed Xykon to begin with. Tsukiko presumably qualifies to do it all by herself. Are we about to see another player angling for control of the Gates?)[/sblock]
