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Lord Soth wrote:Lord Soth. I wish he'd stayed in the setting rather than getting removed.

Agreed, Ravenloft is the perfect place for a Death Knight.

Lord Soth wrote:Lord Soth. I wish he'd stayed in the setting rather than getting removed.

Respectfully disagree.
While yes, Soth made an intimidating villain, I was immensely cheered to actually see him set foot on the road to redemption. ^_^;

After I read death of a Darklord it is hands down Harkon Lukas. He was already in my top 3.

Madeira[sp] is a close one too

steveflam wrote:After I read death of a Darklord it is hands down Harkon Lukas. He was already in my top 3.

Madeira[sp] is a close one too

Have you read Heart of Midnight?

Yes I have!

Scolar of Decay is one of my favorites too

Rock wrote:

Lord Soth wrote:Lord Soth. I wish he'd stayed in the setting rather than getting removed.

Respectfully disagree.
While yes, Soth made an intimidating villain, I was immensely cheered to actually see him set foot on the road to redemption. ^_^;

You have to admit he is a lot better than Inza!

Every darklord who starts out as a sociopath is lame, in my hopinion; It's the reason I changed Dominic background;

Mistmaster wrote:Every darklord who starts out as a sociopath is lame, in my hopinion; It's the reason I changed Dominic background;

As a prerequisite I agree. But conceptually a sociopathic individual being cursed with governance must make for a bit of angst in the least.

Now whether or not the darklord in question takes an active or inactive role in their Dark-anointed duties is a whole other can of worms..

Not all Darklords are rulers. And I do not mind sociopathic darklords which became such later in life, driven to it gradually, like Ivan; is the bad seed concept which irks me; a Darklord IMOH should be an individual, born innocent, who took bad choises knowing they were bad, without excuses. It should have some reason for sympathize and some admirable quality. a Darklord should also be a tragic character; for example, my Dominic wanted power for the prestige of his family, sacrified family for power, and now, he can't have more power, nor he can console himself with his family. My Drakov, instead, wanted to stop the anarchy and the civil war in his country, which costed him the lives of his family, forging it back into a glorious, stable, powerfull empire; now, Falkovnia is feared, but he needs to costantly repress those people he wanted to save, and he can never reach the goals he sacrificed friendship, family, his youth and his own serenity to; he wanted to build a legacy for his country, but that legacy keeps cumblig on itself, leaving him perpetually insatisfied; he is undefeated on the field, yet true victory always evade him.