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<blockquote data-quote="jkason" data-source="post: 2487142" data-attributes="member: 2710"><p>Are there specific traditions in Eberron? If not, then the below should cover the basics of how I'm planning to interpret Midian's druidism. If so, I'd appreciate it if someone with the books might help me find the closest tradition to this:</p><p></p><p>Midian has a very "everything has a place and purpose" view of nature. If it exists, there's a reason for it. Since everything is an aspect of nature, artificial constructs are just as natural as anything else. That their parents made them with tools and spells rather than the standard sexual coupling doesn't change the fact that they now live. </p><p></p><p>Incidentally, I figure that same philosophy would extend to the necromancer. Death is a part of life, and exploring it is no more unnatural to Midian than searching a deep cave. Though it is probably a lot more dangerous.</p><p></p><p>This sounds a lot more like true neutral than Midian actually is. Everything has a place, but in the case of evil, that place is largely "to test and strengthen good." He doesn't believe--as, say, his family does--that there is a way to fully and completely eradicate evil from the face of the world. He does, however, believe that part of the purpose of good (and part of what strengthens goodness and helps maintain a natural balance) is to struggle against evil whenever possible. For Midian, the fight of good vs. evil is very much a "journey not the destination" element in the world.</p><p></p><p>As an aside, I figure Midian gets a mischeivous kick out of Johan. He's a paladin, but he's not a Rightson kind of paladin. His existence seems to affirm Midian's theories that good isn't somehow inextricably bound to law. And on a more personal note, the idea of his family meeting his traveling companion and discovering he has their gifts without their strictures would probably drive them wild, a thought that causes Midian a perverse "nyah nyah" kind of glee.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jkason, post: 2487142, member: 2710"] Are there specific traditions in Eberron? If not, then the below should cover the basics of how I'm planning to interpret Midian's druidism. If so, I'd appreciate it if someone with the books might help me find the closest tradition to this: Midian has a very "everything has a place and purpose" view of nature. If it exists, there's a reason for it. Since everything is an aspect of nature, artificial constructs are just as natural as anything else. That their parents made them with tools and spells rather than the standard sexual coupling doesn't change the fact that they now live. Incidentally, I figure that same philosophy would extend to the necromancer. Death is a part of life, and exploring it is no more unnatural to Midian than searching a deep cave. Though it is probably a lot more dangerous. This sounds a lot more like true neutral than Midian actually is. Everything has a place, but in the case of evil, that place is largely "to test and strengthen good." He doesn't believe--as, say, his family does--that there is a way to fully and completely eradicate evil from the face of the world. He does, however, believe that part of the purpose of good (and part of what strengthens goodness and helps maintain a natural balance) is to struggle against evil whenever possible. For Midian, the fight of good vs. evil is very much a "journey not the destination" element in the world. As an aside, I figure Midian gets a mischeivous kick out of Johan. He's a paladin, but he's not a Rightson kind of paladin. His existence seems to affirm Midian's theories that good isn't somehow inextricably bound to law. And on a more personal note, the idea of his family meeting his traveling companion and discovering he has their gifts without their strictures would probably drive them wild, a thought that causes Midian a perverse "nyah nyah" kind of glee. [/QUOTE]
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