Well, It's looks like a propaganda written by Rhalic himself.
Yes, it is obviously the schoolbook version, even without Zixzax's correction (which I almost mentioned, but it was late and didn't think it relevant).
The point, however, is that the Lord of Chaos was not presented as one of seven gods.
There no mention that whole purpose of creating mortal races is for them to become gods food after their death.
Um... no, it didn't foreshadow events of a game released 15 years later.
Larian did not map out the lore and plotlines for the series in advance. DD barely got made. Publishers had various requirements, technology and the people working at Larian changed, etc.
I'm not saying there couldn't have been more of an effort to expand on the earlier lore, but being too strict on that would also have consequences for what could be done in future games.
The demons were even in Dragon Commander, which was 8000 (or something) years before D:OS, which means that Lord of Chaos was active.
No, it just means there were demons then.
The reason for setting the game so far in the past was specifically so that it could be a little bit dieselpunk-ish without affecting the plotline or lore around the RPGs.
Only one thing I am absolutely sure of, it's that Epstein didn't kill himself.
