Something that might be interesting is someone who falls into darkness like that not because they're turning "OMG Ebil!", but because they see it as the price for doing something that's worth far more to them. Defeating the Garleans once and for all; Destroying the beast tribes; Establishing some new order that makes a better world for everyone.
The ancient Egyptians had a creation story where the first Gods made some snakes and then the snakes helped to create the world. Since the snakes were not of the world, they couldn't survive after it had been created, and so they died. They paid this price so that the world we know could be created.
In the movie Serenity, Chiwetel Ejiofor's character ("The Operative") is doing terrible things because he believes he's helping to create a better world, and that's worth the price he pays for it:
I'd be tempted to go down this route. Don't walk into the darkness because you believe in the darkness. Walk into the darkness because you believe in the light at the other side.
The ancient Egyptians had a creation story where the first Gods made some snakes and then the snakes helped to create the world. Since the snakes were not of the world, they couldn't survive after it had been created, and so they died. They paid this price so that the world we know could be created.
In the movie Serenity, Chiwetel Ejiofor's character ("The Operative") is doing terrible things because he believes he's helping to create a better world, and that's worth the price he pays for it:
Quote:I'm not going to live there. There's no place for me there... any more than there is for you. Malcolm... I'm a monster.What I do is evil. I have no illusions about it, but it must be done.
I'd be tempted to go down this route. Don't walk into the darkness because you believe in the darkness. Walk into the darkness because you believe in the light at the other side.
