Gideon caused his down defeat when he tried to stop the characters from trying to stop the ritual by framing them for arson

How did trying to stop the characters from trying to stop th ritul by framing them for arson result in Gideon causing his own defeat? you ask

Simple, because at 80 seconds to midnight I had the idea to stop the ritual by setting the warehouse on fire and if Gideon hadn't tried to stop us by from trying to stop the ritual by framing us for arson then I would never have had the idea of stopping the ritual by setting the warehouse on fire

Basically The Pcs will meet him once during The 1st 3 adventures that play a important role in the campaign and depending on how these encounters end determines the role this Npc will play in the rest of the campaign

If 2 or more of these encounters end with The Npc and The Pcs parting on good terms then The Npc will eventually become 1 of The Campaigns most powerful Heroes and in the end in order for The Pcs to have a chance of winning he kills the main villains 2nd in command

If 2 or more of these encounters end with The Npc and The Pcs parting on bad terms then The Npc will eventually become 1 of The Campaigns most powerful Villains and to have a chance of winning the Pcs most powerful ally must sacrifice themselves to kill him

Any other combination will result in The Npc being neither A Hero nor A Villain and by when the final part of the campaign starts he will side neither with not take a side, that way regardless of who wins theirs no chance that he will have fought on the losing side

In case your wondering yes the other Npcs in situations 1 and 2 are role reversed, by which I mean that in situation 1 The Npc that's the main villains second in command is the same 1 that in situation 2 kills the main villains second in command but shortly after he dies from his injuries

The guy should be declared legally insane and spend the rest of his life in a lunatic asylum, I mean seriously?, if he had simply put aside his hatred of Thieves then The Dowry would see him being A Senior Earl, his oldest child would 1 day inherit the title of Senior Earl, The Future King arranging for his 2nd oldest child to get The Senior Earls former title of Senior Baron and The Future King making his 2nd youngest child, the daughter that's in love with A Future King is the youngest, also become A Senior Baron

The worse, for his family and not just for him, bit is that his daughter would have been A Queen, admittingly she would only(?) be A Queen by marriage but she would still be A Queen, he would be the brother in law of A King, he'd 1 day be the father in law of A King, any grandchildren she gives him will be royalty and if he lives long enough then he will be get to witness 1 of his grandchildren become either A King or Queen