User blog comment:Zahard/Part II: Review, Summary, and Questions - 21/04/2012/@comment-4076672-20120424123421/@comment-4076672-20120424144409

I think she teleported him or the Guardian teleported both of them. After all, when Baam accepted her outreached hand and showed determination to carry on(to STILL go after the girl and to still live and not give up), he passed the Guardian's test. And when you pass the test, you teleport(the safety mechanism 'cos the staircase area is dangerous and Baam was too weak yet to take on a giant monster).

Well, I don't think Zahard and the 10 warriors actually planned to become some evil-doers. Rather, the empire likely turned from some dream those people had, into some perverse nightmare as it grew and grew(like how many MNCs started off as some honest ambition, into gargantum corporations which trample on others' rights).

And every system turns corrupt in the end when enough time has passed 'cos they eventually stray from their own original principles. That's when a new system comes forth. After all, we don't see everything the same way after 5 to 10 years have passed.

Plus, I think they became reluctant to give up all that power, for whatever reasons they had, like giving up all the hard work they made.

I don't think there's anything like "antangonist" or "protagonist" in TOG. Rather, everyone just has their own roles and ambitions to fulfill.