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<blockquote data-quote="Barastrondo" data-source="post: 298292" data-attributes="member: 3820">If he's a bishop, he should know that assassinating one of the esteemed and most holy leaders of the church, even if said leader of the church is demonstrating some show of doubt in the righteousness of their cause, is an outright evil act, and likely counter to the desires of Oronthon Himself even if it is &quot;in the best interests of the Church.&quot; Hethio has so much invested in the dogma and the trappings of the Church, such a need to be right, that he misses out completely on the larger picture, which is what makes him such an excellent antagonist. What we as omniscient viewers see as &quot;what he should do&quot; isn't at all what he sees as &quot;what I should do.&quot; Pure human nature — and it's that insight into human (and inhuman) nature that's one of the things that make this story hour so strong. I, for one, love the attention to detail, even as I envy it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barastrondo, post: 298292, member: 3820"] If he's a bishop, he [I]should[/I] know that assassinating one of the esteemed and most holy leaders of the church, even if said leader of the church is demonstrating some show of doubt in the righteousness of their cause, is an outright evil act, and likely counter to the desires of Oronthon Himself even if it is "in the best interests of the Church." Hethio has so much invested in the dogma and the trappings of the Church, such a need to be [I]right[/I], that he misses out completely on the larger picture, which is what makes him such an excellent antagonist. What we as omniscient viewers see as "what he should do" isn't at all what [I]he[/I] sees as "what I should do." Pure human nature — and it's that insight into human (and inhuman) nature that's one of the things that make this story hour so strong. I, for one, love the attention to detail, even as I envy it. [/QUOTE]

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