Originally Posted by SeanDVincent
Now for someting thats been on my mind. Just my 2 coppers at the moment not an expositional write up.
Omeluum was the Emperor in the first draft.


A rewrite was done while building act 3, and the writers realized that Omeluum, in the society of Brillance, and as the Balduran didn't work, the cloak and Dagger aspects worked, so the stories were cleaved in the second draft, Omeluum was already out in the wilds of the underdark so Omeluum was made more benign and helpful, and Emperor got more secretive and manipulative.

I'd like to see Omeluum and the Society of Brillance take a more proactive role in dealing with the Emperor/Balduran wicked ways, and have more tasks and dialog strings to tie things more securely.

I don't think so. The Emperor is featured (but unnamed) as the evil entity that entralled Selmane in the adventure Murder in Baldur's Gate. Omelleum's story is identical that of Grazilaxx who worked with Drizzt during the Out of the Abyss crisis.

I think Omelleum was always meant to be helpful.

My guess is that TE was always intended to be a third factor for evil parties - the chosen, Daisy, The Emperor - but became more benevolent seeming over time when the Daisy and Emperor stories merged. This is why the emperor is in the intro cinematic.

Just a guess but I think The Emperor 1.0 was intended for parties who wanted to control the worm, not kill it.