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<blockquote data-quote="DreadPirateMurphy" data-source="post: 4769936" data-attributes="member: 20715"><p><strong>The Dead</strong></p><p></p><p>The shadar-kai are reflections of humanity in the Shadowfell, just as eladrin are reflections of humanity in the Feywild. If pride can be said to be the defining characteristic of the eldarin, then cold logic defines the shadar-kai. This turns into something a lot more horrifying than one would think on first impression.</p><p></p><p>Shadar-kai are <em>not </em>undead, though their existence as part of shadow means they are not fully living either. The reason humans refer to them as “The Dead Ones” has more to do with their attitude. They are completely emotionless and practical. They have none of the more endearing attributes of humanity such as sympathy or humor. If the most practical way to accomplish a task is to butcher an orphanage and turn the orphans into zombies, they will do so without conscience. They have no sense of vengeance, but they appreciate the educational value to others of punishing those who act against them. They can enter into a bargain, but they feel no qualms about violating the spirit of an agreement if they can gain advantage in doing so. If they can get out of a deal by killing the other party in secret, then they will. Self-interest is their driving factor.</p><p></p><p>There are philosophical questions about whether the shadar-kai are truly evil, or whether they just commit evil acts. Anybody who has survived dealings with this race of sociopaths finds such questions naïve at best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DreadPirateMurphy, post: 4769936, member: 20715"] [B]The Dead[/B] The shadar-kai are reflections of humanity in the Shadowfell, just as eladrin are reflections of humanity in the Feywild. If pride can be said to be the defining characteristic of the eldarin, then cold logic defines the shadar-kai. This turns into something a lot more horrifying than one would think on first impression. Shadar-kai are [I]not [/I]undead, though their existence as part of shadow means they are not fully living either. The reason humans refer to them as “The Dead Ones” has more to do with their attitude. They are completely emotionless and practical. They have none of the more endearing attributes of humanity such as sympathy or humor. If the most practical way to accomplish a task is to butcher an orphanage and turn the orphans into zombies, they will do so without conscience. They have no sense of vengeance, but they appreciate the educational value to others of punishing those who act against them. They can enter into a bargain, but they feel no qualms about violating the spirit of an agreement if they can gain advantage in doing so. If they can get out of a deal by killing the other party in secret, then they will. Self-interest is their driving factor. There are philosophical questions about whether the shadar-kai are truly evil, or whether they just commit evil acts. Anybody who has survived dealings with this race of sociopaths finds such questions naïve at best. [/QUOTE]
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