Editing Idoneth Deepkin (section)

==David Guymers Idoneth Fiction==
David Guymer is the Black Library author who was set to the task of writing the Idoneth Deepkin fiction, as he did in "The Court of the Blind King" and his short story in "Myths and Revenants." Unfortunately for us, this man has a knack for contradicting lore.

Though it is established that becoming an Akhelian King or Queen is done via meritocracy across enclaves, he wrote that Briomdar has an inheritable throne, like a monarchy. Whereas most Idoneth see the loss of each others' lives as to be avoided where possible, Guymer has them engage in murderous duels and violent infighting at the drop of a hat with little consequence. While this behavior would fit the Fuethan and maybe Dhom-Hain, the enclave in the story is the Brimodar (canonically one of the friendliest and most level-headed enclaves).

Pointless abuse against Namarti is rampant; they are not only seen as cursed and unfortunate, but borderline not worth living. While some enclaves such as Fuethan treat them like this, again, this is very out-of-character for the Brimodar. Where the Battletome established that Namarti are born without eyes, Guymer for some reason thinks that their eyes are ritualistically removed in their youth.

While the actual prose is great, his novel is filled to be brim with lore contradictions that make the Deepkin much worse than they actually are.