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<blockquote data-quote="Stormrunner" data-source="post: 3083129" data-attributes="member: 13471"><p>Some more ideas:</p><p></p><p>Killloren are fey.</p><p>Martial-arts movies often have a moral lesson about self-control or the evils of vengeance.</p><p>What if...</p><p>...the leader of the murdering mercenaries was his father? And he only finds this out <em>after</em> killing the man?</p><p>Suppose there was a love affair between a dryad and a human knight (paladin). To make her lover happy, the dryad created a "child" for them out of the essence of nature. But the knight had to leave, to defend the kingdom aganst an invading enemy.</p><p>The knight was flawed. While he believed in the ideals of Good, he saw that many of the kingdom's top officials, even the King himself, were filled with sin and evil. Yet he was sworn to defend his King and kingdom, no matter how flawed they might be. This made him bitter and cynical, and he turned to drink for solace.</p><p>On the morning of the big battle, he was too drunk to be awakened. So his squire hid the snoring knight in the forest, donned the knight's armor and went out to fight in his place. But the squire lacked the knight's skills, and when the men wavered before a fierce assault, he could not rally them. The line broke, the battle was lost, and the squire was slain.</p><p>The knight awakened, to find his troops slain and the enemy victorious. In the clinch, he had proven as weak as the corrupt officials he had sneered at. In shame and grief he rejected his former ideals, becoming an anti-paladin and a sword-for-hire.</p><p>Meanwhile, the evil invaders overran the sacred grove, chopping down and burning the dryad's tree. But a swift-footed fey (satyr or centaur?) escaped the slaughter and fled with the child. Unable to care for the child himself, he left it on the doorstep of the monastery, instinctively sensing the goodness and peacefulness of the inhabitants.</p><p>Many years later the fallen knight is hired to destroy an obscure monastery, never knowing that it contains his own son...</p><p></p><p>Lots of juicy plot hooks here. After killing the fallen knight, reading the knight's diary, and realizing he just killed his own father, Our Hero suffers a crisis of faith, forced to confront his own inner demons. (c.f. the new Jet Li movie, Fearless.) (This could trigger some sort of mini-quest or side trek as he tries to overcome the rage and hatred that have fueled him up to now.) This gives him some new, long-term goals: finding inner peace, and protecting the few remaining fey from the ever-growing forces of evil.</p><p></p><p>Does the fey who rescued him still live? Finding him could be another mini-quest.</p><p></p><p>All these years it was assumed that the knight's squire had fled before the battle in cowardice (after all, when the "knight" rode out no squire rode beside him). Now it seems he was a hero, albeit a failed one. How does the squire's family react? For that matter, how do any remaining members of the <em>knight's</em> family react? Especially when the news is brought by a green-skinned creature claiming to be the knight's illegitimate son by a dryad?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormrunner, post: 3083129, member: 13471"] Some more ideas: Killloren are fey. Martial-arts movies often have a moral lesson about self-control or the evils of vengeance. What if... ...the leader of the murdering mercenaries was his father? And he only finds this out [I]after[/I] killing the man? Suppose there was a love affair between a dryad and a human knight (paladin). To make her lover happy, the dryad created a "child" for them out of the essence of nature. But the knight had to leave, to defend the kingdom aganst an invading enemy. The knight was flawed. While he believed in the ideals of Good, he saw that many of the kingdom's top officials, even the King himself, were filled with sin and evil. Yet he was sworn to defend his King and kingdom, no matter how flawed they might be. This made him bitter and cynical, and he turned to drink for solace. On the morning of the big battle, he was too drunk to be awakened. So his squire hid the snoring knight in the forest, donned the knight's armor and went out to fight in his place. But the squire lacked the knight's skills, and when the men wavered before a fierce assault, he could not rally them. The line broke, the battle was lost, and the squire was slain. The knight awakened, to find his troops slain and the enemy victorious. In the clinch, he had proven as weak as the corrupt officials he had sneered at. In shame and grief he rejected his former ideals, becoming an anti-paladin and a sword-for-hire. Meanwhile, the evil invaders overran the sacred grove, chopping down and burning the dryad's tree. But a swift-footed fey (satyr or centaur?) escaped the slaughter and fled with the child. Unable to care for the child himself, he left it on the doorstep of the monastery, instinctively sensing the goodness and peacefulness of the inhabitants. Many years later the fallen knight is hired to destroy an obscure monastery, never knowing that it contains his own son... Lots of juicy plot hooks here. After killing the fallen knight, reading the knight's diary, and realizing he just killed his own father, Our Hero suffers a crisis of faith, forced to confront his own inner demons. (c.f. the new Jet Li movie, Fearless.) (This could trigger some sort of mini-quest or side trek as he tries to overcome the rage and hatred that have fueled him up to now.) This gives him some new, long-term goals: finding inner peace, and protecting the few remaining fey from the ever-growing forces of evil. Does the fey who rescued him still live? Finding him could be another mini-quest. All these years it was assumed that the knight's squire had fled before the battle in cowardice (after all, when the "knight" rode out no squire rode beside him). Now it seems he was a hero, albeit a failed one. How does the squire's family react? For that matter, how do any remaining members of the [I]knight's[/I] family react? Especially when the news is brought by a green-skinned creature claiming to be the knight's illegitimate son by a dryad? [/QUOTE]
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