JUST because he wants to live no matter what.
He's supposed to be Balduran, but what you're describing there is cowardice.
Wanting to live at the exclusion of all other things is not really an admirable trait. Wanting to live at the expense of giving up his freedom and returning to thralldom, letting hundreds of thousands of others die because he's afraid to live if his own plan isn't the one that saves the world. If that's who he is, is just an irredeemable coward. I'd rather live in Orpheus' kingdom.. Thanks.
I think he's an interesting character too, but no matter how honest he might be, he's not the guy you'd want to hand the launch codes too, if you take my meaning. And in this context, the stones are effectively exact that.
