If the Elder Gods were all confined and the Younger Gods were all good guys, where did the renegade Styrics get their power?
This is one of those cases of not enough information. There are two possibilities here. Either the renegades somehow found another Elder God besides Azash who still had power despite his confinement, or else not all of the Younger Gods were as lily-white as we’re led to believe. In the first scenario, it could be that the Elder Gods could still grant spells to individuals in their confined state, but because of their lack of worshippers they were somehow cut off from being powerful enough to command Bhelliom. On the other hand, it’s been proposed that it’s entirely possible that there was resentment among the Younger Gods, and, that there were one or two who would actually grant spells to renegades. It’s doubtful, however that the resentment extended so far as to go along with Zalasta’s plot to destroy Aphrael, therefore necessitating Zalasta’s alliances with Azash and Cyrgon. It has also been suggested that the younger Gods produce something of a “pool” of magic that their followers c
