[Neomi]

Plot question for the pros... Spoilers will follow.

This is a long question about how you interpret certain encounters and dialogs in Candlekeep after you are framed for the murder of the Iron Throne members.

While in the catacombs, you encounter several individuals who you knew growing up as a child... only to find that they are actually Doppelgangers who have assumed their identities. Of course, the player probably knows by now that Doppelgangers have infiltrated the city of Baldur's Gate and are therefore likely to be involved in some far-reaching plot.

1. Did the Doppelgangers actually kill those individuals who they are impersonating (for example, the book lady, the innkeeper, and even the leaders of Candlekeep)?
1a. If so, how long have the Doppelgangers been at Candlekeep (i.e. were they present as early as when the young PC set out with Gorion that fateful day)?
1b. If not, where are those individuals now?
1c. Also, how did they impersonate Gorion, who should already be dead?

2. Could the Gorion who was killed by the "Armored Figure" at the beginning of the game actually be a Doppelganger?
2a. If so, why would Sarevok want to send the PC alone into the world looking for revenge?

3. What if the whole scenario in the catacombs actually is some sort of paranoid delusion and the PC's old friends are actually trying to help but the PC imagines them as Doppelgangers and slaughters them (sort of like what happens at the start of the Windspear Hills in BG2)?

4. What, if any, is the relationship between Sarevok and the Doppelgangers? They are present at Candlekeep as well as the coronation, after all. Are they simply mercenaries/pawns, or do they have another agenda?