: You can probably dig the initial discussion out of the
: archives, but my response to this question when
: originally posed was: a) The Light embodies a
: chaos-order balance, so Great Heroes are less extreme
: in their orientation than Levellers. Alric's just
: inclined to add more freedom and unpredictability to
: the existing society, whereas a chaotic Leveller like
: Moagim would completely tear down society to the
: Myrkridia level.
But that goes against your original theory. Chaos, order and Balance are three completely different things (in fact they are viewed as opposites of one another in certain eastern cultures and even role-playing games, which I shant mention for the sake of briefness). So the Light being a force balance just _doesn't_ work if it's lead by an embodiment of chaos or order. A more plausible explanation might be that, in essence, the Dark tends towards Chaso and the Light towards order, but neither towards balance :)
: b) Alric lives in a culture that's accustomed to
: authority. If he simply stepped aside and didn't
: direct society at all, assorted nobles and archmages
: would quickly fill the void and start running things
: themselves. Someone has to exercise enough control to
: stop everyone else from exercising even more.
Actually, that's one of the most ordered forms of government that there is. If Alric really wanted to create Chaos, but still have a working society, he would reliquish power, thereby creating a feudal society (lots of petty nobles kept in check by eachother). Not only does this prevent one noble from rising to absolute authority (speaking of which, why do keep saying that Alric is afraid of this when he himself practices it?), but it also has enough Chaos for any "Chaos-spirit-incarnate" to enjoy. :P
-Discordia
