[x] Let them in
@Gally
So, I've been thinking about why Mordred even started down his whole path of darkness in the first place, and his reasoning never really made sense to me. Which, by itself, would be fine--evil people being irrational, big deal. But his sudden change in character between him being sealed away in the final battle of Camelot and him being reawakened at the start of the quest has had me wondering. On top of that, whenever Mordred muses about his past, he seems to always
avoid thinking too hard about
why he acted the way he did when he rebelled, and what he was even trying to accomplish (yes, he outlined his goals and reasons in generic/vague fashion, but he never seemed to have fleshed out his thoughts on the matter in a way that held water, even in terms of internal consistency). Couple that with just how readily and happily he acclimated to a normal lifestyle with the reincarnations of his former enemies as friends (and abandoned his ambitions of conquest or revolution pretty much within days), and now the bombshell that Mordred is and has been under mind magic for quite some time...
Was Mordred's whole "turn to the dark side" something caused by external, magical influence? And was some factor involved in him being sealed away and reawakened again many, many years later (or his soul bond with Annabelle, perhaps) responsible for undoing or disrupting some/all of that influence that basically allowed him to return to his more normal self?
It's the only thing that allows me to reconcile Mordred with how he's been since the start of the quest (and the Mordred from his earlier days, before his rebellion) and the Mordred who sided with all kinds of horrible, monstrous people and factions to tear down a country full of innocent people for the purpose of...starting a country of his own from the ashes of the one he'd just destroyed? While somehow taking on all of the evil factions he'd just sided with and aided in destroying their greatest and most powerful foes? Because, really, if all he wanted to do was make a country like Camelot
but better, all he had to do was start up a nation/kingdom of his own somewhere else. Somewhere that was ruled by people whom he could reasonably justify in overthrowing, but one that wasn't so strong that he had to ally with the worst of the worst to do it. That way, at least, he wouldn't have to murder his own friends and family (along with his own countrymen), and he wouldn't be removing the greatest opposition to forces he
really didn't like and didn't think he could coexist with beyond a temporary alliance. So yes, being severely influenced by mind-magics makes far more sense, and explains the sudden, drastic shift in character.
