Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-151.225.142.234-20140517150540/@comment-202.156.139.88-20140522123547

Alduin1996 wrote: The reason the LDB survived was because Karliah fired her blood freezing arrow at you. After she gets you out of the Sanctum you release that you are in her debt. The poision was a advanced paralyisng poision that she was going to use on Mercer so she could hand him over to the guild and make him pay for what he had done. I was pretty amazed at that poison, it worked on a godlike vampire with precognition (supposedly immune to poison!) which would have utterly tore Mercer to shreds if the poison wasn't there.

I wouldn't consider the LDB to be in Karliah's debt, is she didn't do anything and Mercer turned on the LDB, Mercer would have his ass handed to him over 1000 times.

Thus, Karliah SAVED Mercer...

Anyway, I'd say Gallus was not a really good guild master - he might have planned many epic heists, but the fact that the LDB or some other guild member didn't plan it is the limitations of game mechanics.

Given enough time, anyone could learn the Falmer language. LOL

He knew the sanctum was a trap, yet he didn't bother to bring backup? Or he didn't just stick his nightingale blade through Mercer at the guild? He is indecisive and not cautious enough! That is not a good guild master.