Quote Originally Posted by Kish View Post
I would venture that every evil god would balk at "if you have a plan to increase your personal power at the expense of the other gods that looks like it might work, all three pantheons will unite to smash your pawns" being established as a precedent.

Essentially the same answer as the recurring "why is the rest of the Northern pantheon letting Hel's scheme proceed instead of just overpowering her?" question.
I am not sure. Hel still has to play by the same rules as everyone else while the Dark One is a complete outsider. Hel is not planning to take away any of the gods' power just increase her own, maybe even enough to become top dog but she would not become any more powerful than Odin, Dragon or Marduk are at the moment. And to even get that far she had to make allies and promises. With the Snarl as leverage the Dark One wouyld not simply get the upper hand in their game, he would get to rewrite the rules entirely.