Talk:Aredian/@comment-109.157.251.53-20150906124826/@comment-5102537-20150907155109

Indeed. However, I would say that it was simply lazy writing. Uther was blind to many things, but changing his opinion about the existence of certain magic creatures or happenings almost every week didn't make sense either.

I could excuse the fact that he refused to believe that someone like Aredian who fought magic so intensively and effectively, could be evil. Yet it didn't make sense that he would reveal himself to Uther without the king being suspicious. On the other hand, Uther feared and didn't trust Sarrum, a king who hated magic even more. Trusting Aredian and his brutal methods but distrusting Sarrum... Weird.

As for Gaius, I'm not sure that Uther really believed that Gaius had used magic. When Gaius confessed in front of the entire court, Uther had no choice but to sentence him. However, allowing Aredian to question Gaius and using his very questionable methods was indeed out of line. At least Uther didn't agree at first.