Syndrome of "Man in mask"+ stupidity of the heroes. Again (SPOILER!)

[Dualblade]

If I remember correctly, part of the reason Ilberd hated Raubahn so much was because he felt he had abandoned his home IE Ala Mhigo. He needed coin to help fund the/his resistance...said so himself that many of those who took part in the false flag operation were more motivated by coin (presumbably greed overpowering their fear of the Empire that patriotism did not.) Given that he had also already taken Ala Mhigan lives and was known to atleast backstab one organization he may have felt the mask was needed to ensure people didn't just think he was an opportunist. For example Osbert, who was inspired by our character early on in our adventurers, would almost certainly not be helping Ilberd if he had known the Griffon was him.


With this said, it seems that while Ilberd had more going for him when it came to planning for the resistance movement up to and including being charismatic enough to bring many to his cause and smart enough to have enough coin to persuade them into actually doing things...he is a TRUE believer in freeing Ala Mhigo. He knows that even his resistance isn't enough...either he would ultimately need the other City-states to help or he would need to bring in a higher power. He knows Primals are strong, and thats before he even joined the Braves. He most likely also gained some more knowledge beyond what he knew from the Ascians off screen. Elidibus must have had some dealings with him atleast after his defeat during 3.0 and before giving him the eyes. With all this, his apparently knowing that the fervent prayers of the dieing for salvation could finally free his homeland? He would gladly give his life.

And so he did.

This is of course assuming I remember that detail from 2.5 right. If not everything I said here could be wrong.

As far as Ilberd and the mask goes...almost EVERY SINGLE PLAYER guessed correctly that the Masked Man was going to be Ilberd before he even put on the mask. In part because we know things our character has no way of knowing. If the game was real life most likely the mask would already be affecting his voice simply because its slightly distorted just coming out of the mask, and thats before going into what others have said about one and the like. And of course we didn't really interact with the actual Griffin that much, we had more interaction with Osbert as one of the fake Griffons.