(06-13-2014, 09:31 PM)Jana Wrote: I kind of skimmed the thread so I may have missed it, but was anything along the lines of a well-intentioned extremist brought up? I played a secret-villain back in Tera who thought she was fine because everything bad she did was for the "greater good." It's a good way to play a villain without having to twirl a mustache in public roleplay, I think.
Aye. Dresden is fanatical to the Holy See and genuinely believes the end justifies the means for the thriving of Ishgard. Murder, lies, scheming, anything that brings heretics to justice is his credo because he believes Halone guides his actions through the Archbishop. He doesn't see himself the villain, just a conflict of perspective to those he's a villain to.
I know there's some people who play Garleans who truly believe in uplifting Eorzea through means of war be justified. Those count as well-intentioned extremists, I think.
