Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-2112031-20170322125406/@comment-2112031-20170404193208

I'm mostly wondering why they felt the need to introduce the Council of Elders in the first place. I'm guessing the writers needed a group of evil elders to whom Alan Rikkin could present the Apple and were not aware of the existence of the Inner Sanctum.

Speaking of which, a thought occured to me that Alan Rikkin might have been the Grand Master of the Inner Sanctum, assuming, of course, that you think of the Inner Sanctum as a Rite. It's the only explanation I can think of for how Rikkin can be a Grand Master and a Guardian simultaneously.