someyoungguy
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My personal theory is that while he's ostensibly collecting them to prevent a great evil that can be accomplished with them (there have been hints they might be able to be used to summon some kind of eldritch being or equivalent), he intends to actually initiate it. His subordinates buy this because in their presence, from what we've seen in game so far, he seems very earnestly invested in keeping the universe safe and preventing the evil that the medallions can bring. I think a lot of the members of his organisation are shielded somehow from the dark machinations of it. I think the double agent that has helped us has either somehow seen through this facade or is actually a triple agent drawing us into a trapDo we really know what her thinking is? Or she is punished, or she helps MC in the end.
I'm not convinced that that 'enemy' doesn't have all those medallions for himself only. But we will see...
A lot of his interactions with the members of his organisation imply that he's built up some sort of cult of personality around himself and is pretty effective at brainwashing and manipulating people. The people who do trust him seem to do so to an unhealthy extent. In that sense, I think it's fair to give any of the members who realise what is happening and try to help us the benefit of the doubt, since they've all been bamboozled into helping this guy gain power and subjugate innocent bystanders.