Perhaps the one thing that caused me to soon believe there were two identities that made up Taal Zodo, were the changes I myself witnessed between Taal and Zodo. Changes as mere as voice differences, and eye color that often go unnoticed by the general public, but have definitely made apparent that Taal and Zodo are two beings, not one. The first change I witnessed was during the first time Taal Zodo laid eyes upon the shameness of Aleut, Yente Kente in 490az. He marched in through Aleut, hoping to use it as a back door into Capere. However when Yente Kente boldly marched up to Taal Zodo and ordered him to stop his carnage, his voice turned soft and agreed to leave the people of Aleut out of this "As long as Yente kente was ruler". Perhaps there was also a hidden message under such promise, as Yente Kente soon begun her affair with the despot.
The first time I actually witnessed the full change to Zodo was the first encounter with the arrogant paladin, Saint Ardatha Andron. It was as soon as the despot came in the same vicinity with the supposed �Champion of the People� that his eyes grew crimson red, and his voice dropped becoming full of venom and hatred. Though honestly I could not blame Taal Zodo for his hatred of the paladin, as I even became unnerved by his arrogance. Yet the most dynamic change was during that very first encounter, when the saint declared that he was going to obtain Legend, and without the help of any god destroy Zodo. A halo of blackness erupted, and a cape of flame engulfed the entire scenery. It was also then that Taal Zodo, in the full appearance of Zodo told Ardatha that there is no evil greater that Ardatha, and it would be he that forever continues the reign of darkness.
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