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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Renraw Kem" data-source="post: 3439715" data-attributes="member: 50295">Renraw's player, here...Yes, he wanted to screw Apep, that's a huge part of it, but this is where the Gaius Baltar influence comes in pretty heavily...Renraw believes he is innocent.  And, as in the case of Baltar, I think it's hard to say where to draw that line.  Yes, he's a horrible little weasily, lying scumbag, but that's also what might've saved him from the noose.  He had no idea what he was doing meeting with the kobolds, but he's convinced himself he was only intending to gather information so he could save himself (and certain select others) from the inevitable attack.  And when he agreed to kill Tucker, it was only because agreeing was the easiest way out of that particular situation.  He had no idea what he would really do if the time came.  It's why he was terrified walking away from the meeting, and why he was terrified when Khenemet-Apep came for him.  He had dreamed of becoming a wheeler-dealer, but it turned out that he didn't have what it takes.So, inside the Zone of Truth, he would've told...the truth.  He had intended to gather information on the attack...he agreed to kill Tucker, but he had no intention of doing so.  If the spell forced him, he might also have to say that he MIGHT have killed Tucker if circumstances forced him into it, but there's really no way of telling.If just meeting with the kobolds (and lying to them) would have been enough to hang a man for treason, then Renraw would've walked to his death with his head held high, a proud martyr, only trying to save Maidensbridge from herself  (ie, himself from the kobolds).</blockquote>

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