Mammon probably intended to just live forever (as his species is capable of doing without the help of external magic) not realizing that he was still vulnerable to senility. My favorite theory about Incubus is that he plan to tear the entire Concordance apart just so he can spit in the other demiurges' faces. Agreed that Jadis would like to get off this Ride, now. It stopped being fun millennia ago.
In this setting Solomon David is practically begging for some bum with a rusty sword to walk up, cut him, and ask for new sandals or something. That just seems to be the kind of thing that happens around here, especially in the side stories.
So here's a fun game to play for the rest of this book: every time someone says "Paternum", mentally translate it into "Daddy".
i think zaid will surprise us all and be a secret badass who doesnt want the key or the throne or ANY of it also i predict a lot of jealousy from cio
also wait lmao they're DEFINITELY not gonna recognize each other, zaid glo'd up and allison has kicked so much ass and changed so drastically
That, or he recognizes her immediately because while the mouse attitude is gone, she's still trying too hard. meanwhile allison "you look like fuckin will turner"