"[He] doesn't lend himself to plots. He doesn't have that good a mind." -- William Safire
When Sigurd of Chalphy gets accused of engaging in nefarious plots along with his school buddies Cuan and Eltoshan, it's laughable... and not just because we've been privy to Sigurd's actions and know that's not the case. Sigurd, is, quite patently, the tool he ultimately is, not the plotter he's made out to be.