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<blockquote data-quote="Abyss" data-source="post: 52954" data-attributes="member: 2688">I was reading the FRCS today when I came across the description of &quot;Scyllua DarkHope&quot; a fallen paladin who is now a blackguard dedicated to Bane. I was quite disatisfied with the story of how she began down the dark path. Basicly it says that she devoted her life to ending the corruption of one &quot;lord Orgauth&quot; (who in reality was a pit fiend) but this was not known by her. So when she finaly managed to corner him, he surprisingly surrendered to her and offered to make right what he had done wrong. Then it says since she accepted his offer by &quot;listening to his honeyed words&quot; she fell from grace. Then all it says is that he lead her down the path of corruption and boom shes a badass now. Now that description, to me, seems very very weak. I have trouble imagining how a paladin, of TYR no less, could so simply be &quot;lead&quot; down the path of evil. A paladin can smell evil a mile away and would quickly realize she was heading down the wrong path. Anyway it got me wondering, what does it really take to make a champion of good, someone who is truly good in their heart, turn to the dark side so to speak? Anyone got some good scenarios for how this might occur? perhaps ones with a little more plausability then &quot;she listened to his honeyed words and suddenly renounced all her goodness and became captain of an evil army and foe of all that is good&quot;? What makes men and women who are truly pure of heart throw it all away?&nbsp;-Abyss</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Abyss, post: 52954, member: 2688"] I was reading the FRCS today when I came across the description of "Scyllua DarkHope" a fallen paladin who is now a blackguard dedicated to Bane. I was quite disatisfied with the story of how she began down the dark path. Basicly it says that she devoted her life to ending the corruption of one "lord Orgauth" (who in reality was a pit fiend) but this was not known by her. So when she finaly managed to corner him, he surprisingly surrendered to her and offered to make right what he had done wrong. Then it says since she accepted his offer by "listening to his honeyed words" she fell from grace. Then all it says is that he lead her down the path of corruption and boom shes a badass now. Now that description, to me, seems very very weak. I have trouble imagining how a paladin, of TYR no less, could so simply be "lead" down the path of evil. A paladin can smell evil a mile away and would quickly realize she was heading down the wrong path. Anyway it got me wondering, what does it really take to make a champion of good, someone who is truly good in their heart, turn to the dark side so to speak? Anyone got some good scenarios for how this might occur? perhaps ones with a little more plausability then "she listened to his honeyed words and suddenly renounced all her goodness and became captain of an evil army and foe of all that is good"? What makes men and women who are truly pure of heart throw it all away? -Abyss [/QUOTE]

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