Well, the people in earlier (pre book II) discussions did not rule out Bess being there; it was simply "unknown" at the time.

We have no evidence of where she was at that point.

Based on book III, and Talarius' comments there, I will assume he's never seen a goddess in the Mirror (since he had never met a god or goddess before). So no one has any idea how she would show up.

However, presumably, if she can fool people with demon/wizard/animage sight into believing her when she says she's an archdemon she can presumably control her aura. Think of how Maelen saw Tom. Demons can see similar information if they try. Their interpretations may vary.

I.e. If she couldn't hide her aura, no one would believe she was an archdemon. They would think demon prince or god or something.

However, I will also say that most demon princes and arch demons do tightly guard their aura's. If you have significant control over your power you can "hide" to demon sight. This is important to them since they don't want others to know for sure their true power level. Lillith and Sammael are particularly good.

If you were to see their full power, then chances are, they are exercising it at that moment and you'd better hope you are on their side.

Now, the question is, what does the Mirror see? And how true is it? Well, it is obviously better than wizard/demon/priest sight or why use it?
But we just don't know.

Well that last bit brings up an interesting question. Hitting on Hilda. (which is what Trisfelt is doing, but that's another topic)

They were still regularly scanning the city after the truce, to ensure things were safe.

Now, the question is, where does the mirror come from, it's a Holy Mirror, so presumably it is a religious artifact of Tiernon (or another Etonian)

However, we do know that not all of Talarius' magic items were Etonian Holy Artifacts; in particular Ruidan was in fact, an Artifact of Doom...ooh there's a great book title Artifacts of Doom! Made by Völund, aka Wayland the Smith. He's like some sort of jotunn or something. Used to sleep around Valhalla, bedding valkyries and such. He also hung out all over the Celtic and Germanic regions of Earth. Remember, he's also the guy that forged Excalibur (aka Caliburn) for King Arthur, which would link him to Avalon and the Grove. Guy really gets around.

Anyway, assuming that the Holy Mirror of Erastimus is a Tiernonic Artifact, do his avatars have a backdoor key that lets them escape detection? Does it only work on Evil? Although, as you know, I don't like that word, I find it tediously imprecise.

Or just steal it and use it to measure his enemies.

I like that idea better.

BTW, for all you crazies out there with your conspiracy theories about me. I point out that I was there during the mirroring and was lost in the haze of lower class demons. Which is strange because I have a lot of class!

I Yam what I Yam, and that is one Sweet Potato of a Demon!

What abilities? Other than my ability to converse with so called "imaginary people" in other dimensions.

You know the others in the cave crew gave me lots of crap for talking to you people in the forums. They don't believe you exist.

Just the other day, Antefalken asked me what flavor was my imaginary closet of jello friend. He was hoping for Black Cherry but I am rooting for Fruit Punch.

Hmm,

It might be very difficult to do. Probably impossible.

Maybe you should borrow a trick from your cousin, the "stuff" like fellow.

Give someone a bit of yourself on a plate and ask them to try it (you probably don't want them to know it's actually you--unless they are really stupid) and then, before your extrusion starts digesting them from the inside, ask them what you tasted like.

<jiggle> You mean we're the voices in your head??? Oh, I've always wanted to the voice in someone's head.

....OoOoooooooOoOOOOo, Tizzy, you must kill and rape your way across AstlaaaaAAaaaAAaan! Not necessarily in that oooOOooOOOoooOoOOOoorder! And cookie up TooOOOooooOOOOooom!

Ok, cheesy ghost voices aside, getting someone to try to taste me I think would take too much logistics at the moment. I think I'll table that for later. Though I'm hoping I'm lime flavored. Always been partial to that.

I don't know. People are so rude nowadays. I mean, I talk to the live things I catch all the time, but they never talk back. Sure, there's all the screaming at first, until I swallow them and they suffocate, but no talking. I've even offered to only digest their bottom half, so they can talk, but no, just a lot more screaming.

I don't really get it.