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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Verbatim" data-source="post: 2080101" data-attributes="member: 15549">Kirinke: A charm is a charm. Both Ayden and Teleri have free will, they can think and act and feel, however, their thoughts, actions, and feelings will be cast in a favorable direction towards the one who charmed them. They will not kill themselves, i.e. impalement on a sword, but they can be convinced to "help" out. I think the example was, just delay this dragon for a few moments before you try to escape. If you look close at Ayden's posts and his history, you will see why he was so willing to believe that an angel had came to him. For so many years, he struggled with accepting his calling was that of a priest, he finally gave in received his training and left the Lost Vale feeling that he was more of a musician than a true priest. Since meeting with the others, his opinion has changed of himself, he has lost some of the doubt, but there was always that little bit that cried out "If I am truly a priest, Finder will send me a sign."When he was charmed, it was a simple thing for him to believe. What priest doesn't want to have a messanger of his god come to speak to him/her? Who doesn't want to know that they are worthy of such an honor? When she told him where the basilisk was and begged him to destroy the abomination, how could he not see that as a holy task?The smile Ayden has is not that of someone who is insanely serene, but it is the smile of one who believes their years of service in the faith is about to be rewarded. For Teleri, she does not have to "drink the magic Kool-Aid" and look like someone who has lost her senses, as she hasn't. She is still Teleri, priestess of a goddess who works in moonlight and prophecies, warrioress who has a slightly muffled dwarven sword. She is herself, but she is inclined to agree with the angel among them.Case in point, I am about to write Ayden's post, and in it he will argue with Drogo. His arguements will not be that they should abandon Andreas and Chasity, but that perhaps they should stay a few moments longer and allow the angel to fully explain herself. As Ayden does not want to offend the angel, but he also has a great deal of respect for Drogo, and as such will try to make peace between them.I'm saying all this because when you write that all Teleri can do is smile like one who has lost her senses, it isn't 100% true. She has her senses, but they are tilted in favor of the one who just charmed her. Make sense?Manz: I think your post was right on point, and I like that Drogo once again stepped up and laid it on the line..<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Hope you don't mind Ayden's counter point to his arguements.All: Sorry if I hijacked the thread, but wanted to shed some more light on my take on the whole Charm/Dominate thing.</blockquote>

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