We could always ask Macbeth to confirm it, but I'm pretty sure that they changed the story. (Larian is great at dialogue and character, but less so at making an overall plot and story.)
Ok, here we go
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@ Macbeth, if you ever should read this (and should you have a few moments to type a short reply):
Can we trust Zandalor's word and his diary as made known to all the humankind in
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin/posts/443345 ? Or was this great wizard under the influence of drudanae as he was dipping his quill in ink so that the actual events do not have anything in common with the product of his clouded mind?
