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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 8312764" data-attributes="member: 6796468">Conan was Good. Neutral Good, specifically.Go through his life, and with all the brutality he commits, the violence that follows him, the blood on his breast and pouring from his wounds... And he was a good person. Not -KIND- by any stretch of the imagination. Not the sort to throw coins to penniless paupers on the streets or fund an orphanage. But when he sees people in trouble he rescues them. When evil rears its head he fights it. When a Mad King threatens to destabilize the region, Conan marches into his throne room and pauses when he begs for his life, ready to offer mercy, and only throttles him to death when the Mad King tries to kill him.But the people he fought weren't &quot;Morally Grey&quot;. They were wicked, cruel, hateful, and evil in their core. Thoth Amon of the Ring didn't have some secret emotional motivation that casts all that he did in a potentially positive light. He wanted power for power's sake. As a child he grew up a penniless orphan on the street with his kindhearted sister and his friend Amon. When Amon got the chance to study at the temple, Thoth BASHED HIS HEAD IN with a stone. As a -CHILD-. Because he figured the Priest of Ibis wouldn't know the difference between Thoth and Amon and he was right. Dar, the Beastmaster, is the same. He doesn't even -want- to fight. He just wants to live a happy and simple life with his animal friends and maybe a matressable lovely. But when evil strikes, or danger hits, he stops what he's doing and fights. Mad Martigan. Willow. Prince Corwyn. Captain Navarre.Okay, Navarre you might be able to argue on, or Conan in the movies since he only goes after Thulsa Doom out of revenge and just -happens- to get a big payday out of it. But by and large?Heroes are Heroic in any medium. And Villains are Villainous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 8312764, member: 6796468"] Conan was Good. Neutral Good, specifically. Go through his life, and with all the brutality he commits, the violence that follows him, the blood on his breast and pouring from his wounds... And he was a good person. Not -KIND- by any stretch of the imagination. Not the sort to throw coins to penniless paupers on the streets or fund an orphanage. But when he sees people in trouble he rescues them. When evil rears its head he fights it. When a Mad King threatens to destabilize the region, Conan marches into his throne room and pauses when he begs for his life, ready to offer mercy, and only throttles him to death when the Mad King tries to kill him. But the people he fought weren't "Morally Grey". They were wicked, cruel, hateful, and evil in their core. Thoth Amon of the Ring didn't have some secret emotional motivation that casts all that he did in a potentially positive light. He wanted power for power's sake. As a child he grew up a penniless orphan on the street with his kindhearted sister and his friend Amon. When Amon got the chance to study at the temple, Thoth BASHED HIS HEAD IN with a stone. As a -CHILD-. Because he figured the Priest of Ibis wouldn't know the difference between Thoth and Amon and he was right. Dar, the Beastmaster, is the same. He doesn't even -want- to fight. He just wants to live a happy and simple life with his animal friends and maybe a matressable lovely. But when evil strikes, or danger hits, he stops what he's doing and fights. Mad Martigan. Willow. Prince Corwyn. Captain Navarre. Okay, Navarre you might be able to argue on, or Conan in the movies since he only goes after Thulsa Doom out of revenge and just -happens- to get a big payday out of it. But by and large? Heroes are Heroic in any medium. And Villains are Villainous. [/QUOTE]

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