[Eclipse]

I made a fun little post about this on another thread....

/e takes a deep breath

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~I see it...

Paladin = Dreadknight

as

Warrior = Inquisitor

But on different levels of thought.
What does a Paladin stand for? Protecting the innocent, worshipping the pure God in a way that shares their power with the weak. Dreadknights are those who forsook this pure God in favor of a God or Gods who were perhaps less cliche, less in your face, or perhaps just seemingly more powerful and attractive. So a Paladin vs a Dreadknight is like a christian crusader vs a heathen knight, a Hun, a soldier who drew power from hell instead of heaven (according to the church) but who's to say which religion is good or evil? Not one of us can make that decision.

What about the other side of the spectrum?
I would go so far as to say that a Warrior is representative of neutral incarnate, or even to get very risky: Atheist. An Inquisitor represents zealotry incarnate. A Paladin has strong faith, but won't kill you for disagreeing. An Inquisitor will, and then probably kill your kids just to be safe. So when you have the Paladin vs Dreadknight, you have good vs evil, but on their own terms...And it depicts the churchy nature in a good light, whereas the Inquisitor vs Warrior depicts the churchiness in a bad light.

Both are necessary, but does it say anything about ourselves if we choose one of those classes? I would say it kind of does, but not the way you might think.

A Warrior is the ultimate pragmatic individual. He would probably worship whatever God fit his needs the best at any given time, whereas the Pally/DKnight likely have to give their souls to their chosen God. The Inquisitor is the ENFORCER of the faith, but I strongly believe that the Paladin's church, and the DKnight's church could both have Inquisitors.

You guys still with me?

I think I'll spare you from my rambling now...
Sorry bout that, and btw I love that song Jainn! ~



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-Eclipse