@Christmas_Snow: They didn't twist it so much as the five were playing like goofs and making the game not fun for me and Ken, and so we pulled a fast one on them, just for kicks. They reacted poorly IRL and decided to have their character be jerks. Ted, the GM, let it happen, and he adapted the module to allow for me and Ken to be, for lack of a better term, wildcards. After the module completion, the rivalry continued.