"If you insist..."  The drow pauses for a moment, gathering his thoughts.  "The disappearance of a Lord, plus the rise of these "new players" in the Grey Wastes makes me wonder... how would Perdition react if one of their greatest sons simply left, creating a hole in their ranks as he set up shop elsewhere in the Depths Below?  What if the reason Mephistopheles has taken no part in the Infernal Offensive is simply that he is no longer of Hell?"