Talk:Manus, Father of the Abyss/@comment-59.178.211.214-20170211092024/@comment-29522860-20170211212047

Well, for one thing, he was driven legitimatly insane by torture.

Two, I personally believe that it displays how he was originally a human. Remember what Dusk says about him.

I still think on that creature from the Abyss that preyed on me. My faculties were far from lucid, but I quite clearly sensed certain emotions. A wrenching nostalgia, a lost joy, an object of obsession, and a sincere hope to reclaim it... Could these thoughts belong to the beast from the Abyss? But if that were true, then perhaps it is no beast after all?

And also the Pendant's description.
 * A powerful magic can be sensed from this ancient stone. Yet men of this time can neither manipulate nor sense its power, which has a distinct air consisting of both reverence and nostalgia.

He is apparently seeking out the pendant due to some deep, spiritual connection that he had to it before his capture. I personally believe this "power" described here to be the true power of humanity, which Manus is clearly well aware of, as he casts his dark sorcery with a clear sort of finesse, despite his new state.

So if that is true, then perhaps the pendant is a reminder of the world before his capture and torture, and he wishes to maintain those memories. As for Dusk, I am uncertain. Perhaps he feels the lust of humans, or recognizes and despises her as a royal of Oolacile.