a) Primal - not himself a Dravainian - conjured by tens of thousands of Dravainians on the border of life and death perpetually tortured for the sole purpose of fueling a primal
b) Captured by Allagans and thrown into outer space, unable to answer the call of his supplicants while still being able to hear them
c) Kept in an extraterrestrial prison so long that the empire that imprisoned him is dust by the time he's released, and then only by another empire that wants to use him
d) Blown to smithereens by an old manbird before he can fulfill his purpose
e) Pieced back together in the elaborate prison of his long-dead captors through the same agony that birthed him in the first place
f) Has to listen to Answers on endless loop