One interesting thing is how he seems to suggest that the Extreme Bismark/Ravana and their goal to reach Azys Lla to absorb the Warring Triad were not part of any Ascian plan...

Obviously, if he is related to the Ascians, he'd try to improve our opinion of them... Though he could always be telling the truth... I'd quite like it if the Ascians plans have just backfired instantly... They tried to manipulate the Warrior of Light in the past, would be quite interesting if the Warriors of Darkness instantly ended up threatening the Ascian Master Plan...