When the White Collar team encouraged Diana to write Arkham Files, the intention was to influence Azathoth's behavior. Neal and Peter had already been abducted by him and a repeat performance was a constant threat. Several months after Diana published the first story, they discovered that Rolf's brother Klaus was alive. In the next story, Diana introduced a character to represent Neal's former mentor and master art thief. Klaus called himself the Leopard, so Diana chose a saber-toothed leopard named Sornoth to represent him. When Diana portrayed Sornoth as an unthinking killing machine, her goal was to mock Klaus for what he had become since joining Ydrus.
Warning for minor spoilers to The Musicians
In Chapter 5 of The Musicians, it becomes evident that Diana prodded what was already a raw nerve. Klaus is awaking to the realization that not only has he been manipulated by Python but also by Rolf. Until very recently, Klaus never questioned the wisdom of Rolf's advice, but the black marks against Rolf are being to accumulate. Rolf was the one who encouraged Klaus to form an intimate liaison with Python and go into partnership with Ydrus. Rolf masterminded the strategy to recruit Neal, including the use of Penfold's virtual reality programming.
When Klaus witnesses the severity of Neal's symptoms, he's stricken with remorse. He has already become disenchanted with Python. Will he eventually turn on Rolf as well? Is this one leopard who could actually change his spots?
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