Also, I'm not sure where the 'western' reference came from.
Probably out of your pen
published in Jaiman (1989) (p 11)
By the way, for sure in this time it did make sense: Logarlis is in the west, so the west is ruled by the bad guys. Easy as this.
But the newer, refined story, is better. The only thing I don?t like is this "Aeryk working for the White Mage". That?s too smooth.
In my version Logarlis thought Aeryk would work for him. But after getting into the rulership of Su-Lyak, Aeryk (in his younger years
) refused to work for Logarlis. So Logarlis was forced to crush (for his forces costly) the military force of Su-Lyak and, partly, of the Yarthraak.
That?s why in our timeline there still some rivalry and a quaarel between those both.
That?s also why this time, in the Third Age, Logarlis himself helped Kier Ianis to escape. Kier is supposed to be his "weapon" if Aeryk tries to bull
doodoo (kidding?to twit him again? what strange reviewing mechanismen ist this?) him again .