10-24-2005, 08:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-24-2005, 08:56 PM by Bob the Beholder.)
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Medivh was a mage. Sort of. The whole 'Guardian' thing was a bit beyond your average mage.
In the novel The Last Guardian, which it scares me that I'm nerdy enough to own and have read, the majority of Medivh's duties as a Guardian, before the whole 'setting demon-crazed orcs on every living thing', were mainly finding and stopping warlocks, before they screwed up and summoned a demon that was too much for them, which would then go about killing and maiming at random.
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As far as Warcraft novels are concerned, I may as well note that some of my opinion on the horde being particularly non-evil comes from the novel Lord of the Clans. For example, this quote from none other than Grom Hellscream, the first chieftain to drink Mannoroth's blood and doom the Orc's to the bloodlust:
"Listen to me, tiny human. Tell your people that the orcs had you, and chose not to harm you. Tell them that they showed you mercy. Also tell them that if they try to find us, they will fail. Will will be on the move soon."
And on the next page...
"Iskar, my old friend, you have seen me when the bloodlust has come upon me. You have seen me wade in blood up to my knees. I have killed the children of the humans ere now. But we gave all we had fighting in that manner, and where has it brought us? Low and defeated, our kind slouch in camps and lift no hand to free themselves, let alone fight for others. That way of fighting, of making war, has brought us to this. Long have I thought that the ancestors would show me a new way, a way to win back what we have lost. It is a fool who repeats the same actions expecting a different outcome, and whatever I may be, I am not a fool. Thrall was strong enough to defeat the finest we had to offer. He has tasted humankind's ways and turned his back on them to be free. He has escaped from the camps and against the odds managed to find me. I agree with his choices here today. One day, my old friend, you, too, will see the wisdom in this."
Rinnhart,Oct 24 2005, 12:33 PM Wrote:It's hard to balance world-destroying powers.
...And I think Medivh was a mage.
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Medivh was a mage. Sort of. The whole 'Guardian' thing was a bit beyond your average mage.
In the novel The Last Guardian, which it scares me that I'm nerdy enough to own and have read, the majority of Medivh's duties as a Guardian, before the whole 'setting demon-crazed orcs on every living thing', were mainly finding and stopping warlocks, before they screwed up and summoned a demon that was too much for them, which would then go about killing and maiming at random.
*edit*
As far as Warcraft novels are concerned, I may as well note that some of my opinion on the horde being particularly non-evil comes from the novel Lord of the Clans. For example, this quote from none other than Grom Hellscream, the first chieftain to drink Mannoroth's blood and doom the Orc's to the bloodlust:
"Listen to me, tiny human. Tell your people that the orcs had you, and chose not to harm you. Tell them that they showed you mercy. Also tell them that if they try to find us, they will fail. Will will be on the move soon."
And on the next page...
"Iskar, my old friend, you have seen me when the bloodlust has come upon me. You have seen me wade in blood up to my knees. I have killed the children of the humans ere now. But we gave all we had fighting in that manner, and where has it brought us? Low and defeated, our kind slouch in camps and lift no hand to free themselves, let alone fight for others. That way of fighting, of making war, has brought us to this. Long have I thought that the ancestors would show me a new way, a way to win back what we have lost. It is a fool who repeats the same actions expecting a different outcome, and whatever I may be, I am not a fool. Thrall was strong enough to defeat the finest we had to offer. He has tasted humankind's ways and turned his back on them to be free. He has escaped from the camps and against the odds managed to find me. I agree with his choices here today. One day, my old friend, you, too, will see the wisdom in this."