Ermor <--> Pythium

Duncanish · #1 February 1st, 2005, 03:43 PM

I always kind've thought that Ermor was brought down by the study of Death magic. They slowly became corrupted as they sought out more and more knowledge and finally stumbled onto something they couldn't control, which ended up nearly destroying them. The major Death nations (Ermor, C'tis) can all be viewed as somewhat evil by their general descriptions, and those few with only a little skill in Death (like S&A) aren't nearly as "evil."

PrinzMegaherz · #2 February 1st, 2005, 05:17 PM

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I always kind've thought that Ermor was brought down by the study of Death magic. They slowly became corrupted as they sought out more and more knowledge and finally stumbled onto something they couldn't control, which ended up nearly destroying them. The major Death nations (Ermor, C'tis) can all be viewed as somewhat evil by their general descriptions, and those few with only a little skill in Death (like S&A) aren't nearly as "evil."

I don't think C'tis is necessatily evil. They helped Pythium to resist Ermor's fate (at least in serpent cult). One could say that death magic is not suited for human beings, and will corrupt those too deply involved with it. The inhabitants of C'tis control death magic rather than being controlled by it (or, if you take desert tombs as an example, it's rather natural for them to have interact with the undead)

quantum_mechani · #3 February 1st, 2005, 05:38 PM

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I always kind've thought that Ermor was brought down by the study of Death magic. They slowly became corrupted as they sought out more and more knowledge and finally stumbled onto something they couldn't control, which ended up nearly destroying them. The major Death nations (Ermor, C'tis) can all be viewed as somewhat evil by their general descriptions, and those few with only a little skill in Death (like S&A) aren't nearly as "evil."

I don't think C'tis is necessatily evil. They helped Pythium to resist Ermor's fate (at least in serpent cult). One could say that death magic is not suited for human beings, and will corrupt those too deply involved with it. The inhabitants of C'tis control death magic rather than being controlled by it (or, if you take desert tombs as an example, it's rather natural for them to have interact with the undead)

Exactly, one of my favorite things about dominions is that 'good' and 'evil' nations are in the eye of the beholder.
Even blood magic, when you read the description, is not so much evil as that the only means of accessing it are.

Vicious Love · #4 February 1st, 2005, 07:57 PM

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I always kind've thought that Ermor was brought down by the study of Death magic. They slowly became corrupted as they sought out more and more knowledge and finally stumbled onto something they couldn't control, which ended up nearly destroying them. The major Death nations (Ermor, C'tis) can all be viewed as somewhat evil by their general descriptions, and those few with only a little skill in Death (like S&A) aren't nearly as "evil."

I don't think C'tis is necessatily evil. They helped Pythium to resist Ermor's fate (at least in serpent cult). One could say that death magic is not suited for human beings, and will corrupt those too deply involved with it. The inhabitants of C'tis control death magic rather than being controlled by it (or, if you take desert tombs as an example, it's rather natural for them to have interact with the undead)

Exactly, one of my favorite things about dominions is that 'good' and 'evil' nations are in the eye of the beholder.
Even blood magic, when you read the description, is not so much evil as that the only means of accessing it are.

Ditto regarding both PrinzMegaherz's and quantum_mechani's posts. One could even make a case for Marignon being good. Or the lesser evil, at any rate.