(05-06-2015, 05:16 AM)Apl_Juice Wrote: I personally am not a fan of the Dark Knight lore solely because it feels as if it overlaps with a concept already present in many player characters. Many of our characters are incredibly powerful individuals when placed next to the every man, and many are moral or at least passively lawful as to avoid trouble. As such, the adventurer concept is already presented as being this heroic person coming to solve everyone's problems. In addition, perhaps it is simply a characteristic of roleplay, but I feel as if most characters will intervene when someone is roleplayed as 'being in trouble' simply because it is an opportunity to take part in roleplay.Â
Alternatively, many players have their own arc and story which, 9 times out of 10, involves them struggling against some force for the sake of their friends, family, or people in general. As mentioned above, adventurers are portrayed to be heroic; they are at least certainly moral as they are a loose group that has support from the city states in the form of leves and Free Companies (which wouldn't happen if they were a bunch of troublemakers).
Perhaps Dark Knights just came to be thanks to Ishgard's restrictive society (does Ishgard have adventuerers? Probably not, right?). Perhaps they are less job/reward -centric than the typical adventurer. Either way, I can't personally find cause yet to view them as being much different, at least not yet.
It's referenced in the 35 range that no, Ishgard does not have adventurers or free companies. There is the Holy See, the Temple Knights and everyone else.
