Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8229234">She is cursed to desire love and to be rejected. No one is saying you shouldn't' have more varied female dark lords. I have said over and over, there should have been more female dark lords, and if you had more, they would have been more varied. But my point is you shouldn't get rid of or avoid characters like Ivana Boritsi, Jacqueline Renier or Gabrielle Aderre because those are three of the best dark lords from the original line (heads and shoulders above the male dark lords you mentioned IMO). The more interesting male dark lords, tend to be more like these three, and the reason, I think, is largely because of the gothic setting (where romance is a very important thing). True you still want other characters who aren't those things. It should be all characters who are in love, dealing with family issues, etc. But there should be a sizable number of characters featuring those things. It will lack the romance and melodrama that made the setting great if you don't. So I am simply saying, don't throw the baby out with the bath water. Don't classify great female dark  lords as weak, lazy or bad design, simply because there were not more varied entries (the lack of a female equivalent to Azalin doesn't make Jacqueline Renier less interesting or cool: she is a much better domain lord than Azalin).</blockquote>