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The Great One
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No, mentally. As in, you need a certain mindset for each wind, and holding that mindset changes how you think without any magic involved.
If you use the Dhar mindset you become a supervillain even if it never corrupts you, because using Dhar is synonymous with being enough of a supervillain to make it do your bidding.
The entire point of the Ulgu tongs is to use the Ulgu mindset to mess with things that require non-Ulgu mindsets.
The mental effect of channeling a Wind isn't just metaphysical influence. It's the mindset you need to command it. Kragg's belt protects us from Dhar exposure, like a hazmat suit. It does not protect us from the psychological effects of having the mindset one uses to channel Dhar directly, because that's not Dhar doing something to us, that's just our brain adopting a mindset reflexively, the same way it reflexively adopts the mindset required to use Ulgu.
This is my breakdown of the mental affect of dhar and how it is only as dangerous as the mentsl effect of ulgu or another wind.Now, you're portraying this as an absolute certainty, and I find claims of utter immunity to all downsides of one of the pillars of setting darkness... hubristic. However as a specific counterpoint-
Rune Belt =/= preventing Evil Magic Mind Grooves due to Human neuroplasticity.
This either refers to using dhar directly in which case using ulgu tongs makes it even safer or this refers to using dhar through ulgu tongs which means that it is mentally safe. The end result is that we can wield Dhar without going through mental or metaphysical or any other form of corruption.First, I absolutely agree on not using dhar. The only time I would agree on using anything other than the second secret would be if the empire somehow approved of is learning it or the empire somehow ceased to matter.
With that out of the way, this is the WOG concerning the affects of using Dhar besides corruption.
Ignore the part that links dhar and serial killers for a second.
Instead focus on the bolded bit that explicitly compares the mindstate produced by dhar to shyish and then the other winds. Then read the second bolded point that explains that the college already taught her how to deal with this.
Now if researching serial killers still seems like a big thing, let me remind you that Mathilde just murdered over 40 human beings this turn. She is not a modern day person like you or me. War and death is a part of her life, and she already deals with it. She's not going to become a serial killer just because she researched serial killers for a week.
Tldr it's no more dangerous than wielding ulgu to Mathilde personally. It's still dangerous for those around us and for our reputation.
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