"Eris decided to put out a bounty on our heads after you died and apparently having a copy of you she could control was too damn useful. Or else she was just unhinged. He got free and was partially merged with the Zanaffer beast sealed below the city. He also blew up most of Sairaag. Which surprisingly didn't completely ruin your reputation, O Great Sage. Must have been because there were relatively few survivors."

Yes, Zelgadis is bitter that Rezo is still seen as a good man, and he doesn't mind seeing if he can jam the knife in.