Are there actually any instances of Elves using their superior power to significantly harm humanity? Driving 4 people insane every generation is a really minor thing when you consider that the Elves have such a superior military advantage over the human nations that nothing stops them from simply utterly eradicating all human civilization. I cannot help but think that the behavior of the Elves towards a significantly military inferior nation is vastly morally superior than the behavior of human civilizations in real life when presented with a similar situation. While this view may be unpopular I also cannot help but feel that while the Elves may not be morally perfect they demonstrated behavior that is far superior to humanity would behave in a similar situation.
Noblesse Oblige [Znt/SI]
This is true.
Seriously? I mean you are completely and utterly ignoring the reasoning for that. Yes every generation they cripple the minds of four humans. They do this however because the last time a void mage was left to his own devices said mage tried to kill every single man, woman and child of every single firstborn species. Frankly the elves are being beyond merciful. After all the lives of every single other species is put at risk by the existence of Markey descendants. And the elves chose not to kill them all(which would be a reasonable course of action from a utilitarian standpoint) for what they might do, but to rather locate the specific individuals who are capable of void magic and lobotomize them so that the species ending power won't move to a new host.
Don't know about you but that does not sound like an evil organization to me. Simply one that understands the stakes and is responsible for people with pointy ears rather than curved.
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chocolote12
A Penguin Flailing Against The Keyboard Of Life.
An open mind is like a fortress with its gates unbarred and unguarded.
Didn't they help carry out a genocide in Brimir's time against a mutual enemy? Or at least were allied with him at the time.
I doubt that the historical records are reliable given the long time span and the highly religious nature of the events taking place around that time.. Even if a genocide did take place than we should recognize that a single genocide over the course of greater than six thousand years is vastly superior to humanities record.
The most fatal illusion is the settled point of view. Since life is growth and motion, a fixed point of view kills anybody who has one.
A sentiment the Eldar would agree with to be sure.
Vittorio's Void Magic can be used to view the past and at one point in the LN Saito is sent to the past and meets Brimir while they're fighting alongside elves. Its hardly much better as the elves know about the Wind Stone crisis and so basically have to do nothing but keep the Void Mages from wiping them out to cause humanity to be wiped out. And IIRC a person a few pages back mentioned that there are a group of elves that want to wipe out humanity before it would cause it.
Evillevi
A Pikachu for everything - Shadow Pikachu,2015
This wouldn't actually work without the additional step of getting everyone to print similar books/talk about similar ideas/ etc.
Now the problem with revolution via books comes not from the fact that it doesn't work, but that it works only if there's a really large movement in producing the content that you want to spread or if the message of a single book is mindshatteringly poignant.
The large production in content is how we, as a society, currently influence people via constant ads that subconsciously affect our decision making. Something as simple as "Coca Cola is the best" works because of the shitload of raw mindless content that we watch/hear/see affecting our judgement as a culture.
Mindshatteringly Poignant message on the other hand rarely affects people because these content are the straw that broke the camels back rather than the fuel to a flame. THis is largely because as a species we're more susceptible to being influence the longer that influence is applied, a single book or even a series of books wouldn't by itself change how people behave in any substantial manner because you'll go through that content in a negligeable amount of time.
Now there are a couple of reason for this, but rather than give you the theory I'll give you a practical example of how content doesn't actually change our behavior by that much especially if we don't want it to. One of the most studied example is in how video games fail to make people more violent (though games that played in isolation promotes anti social behavior over time, violent or otherwise). Now Players of call of Duty may love to indulge in the violent content of COD, but this doesn't actually translate to violent changes or even just accepting violent messages in their day to day life. Largely because the expectation of reward is in the enjoyment of the content rather than in changing oneself*.
*For example an actual real life role model like a sports coach for this nerdy 13 year old can improve/change/brainwash someone because the expectation of reward comes from changing yourself. People like Hitler, Napoleon, and so on can influence culture so much more because they advocate change in one's belief and if you buy into their message, you're more likely to be influenced
Generalissimo
Generalissimo of SufficientVelocity
- Location
- Tropico, Tropico
There is literally zero anybody bothering to hinder smut proliferation anywhere in entirety of Tristain!
- Location
- Leeds
Mention what?
- Pronouns
- she/her
How? If anything elves are consistently shown to be more extreme in their racism than humans, and there are in-text examples of the elves making worse decisions than humans when given similar situations.
See reaction to nuke anologies in each species.
Moderate Humans wrt Genocide Ritual: I don't want to use this, I think its horrifying
Fanatical Humans wrt Genocide ritual: We will use this but only if there's no other path to victory
Moderate Elves wrt Firestones: lets spam the shit outta these in the event of a war with humans.
Fanatical Elves wrt Firestones: Genocide all humans now. You don't want genocide? Filthy race traitor we'll blow you up too!
They kind of have to, since there are so few of them, compared to humans.
- Pronouns
- she/her
Stop trying to make them sound like woobies. The elves were already guaranteed to win any war with the Halk humans due to superior techological, military, and magical power. That decision was not a matter of racial survival.
Firestones were the 'easy' solution of a nuke. I say 'easy' because that if the elves had actually started using firestones so freely that likely would have been enough to convince the humans to start abusing their own nuke equivalents, leading to MAD. Or worse considering Louise learns a void spell which she claims could destroy the world in the same volume.
Chapter Forty-Four
- Location
- https://discord.gg/z9tBvbh
Chapter Forty-Four
I stared at the landscape passing us by below us. The road to Lutece, the capital of Gallia, would take nearly a week by carriage, perhaps more. Thus, rather than have me waste weeks of my time -or perhaps afraid I'd take very opportunity along the road to drink, be merry and generally enjoy my freedom- for the trip to and back, a flying vessel was prepared. Freedom calmly took the sun on the deck of said ship, his tail swishing back and forth.
A complement of manticores were taking the sun too, their knights hanging around the lower decks preparing themselves for the moment they'd parade across the streets of Gallia. I didn't like the fact I had to parade together with them, but there wasn't much I could do to prevent it.
I missed Wardes, but he had his duties, and a squadron of manticore knights was definitely in the overkill territory.
"This is going to suck," I mumbled, my arms crossed over the edge of the flying vessel. "Isn't it?"
"Craa!" Raven cawed, flapping his wings by my side. "I love you!" he hopped a bit closer, rubbing his side against my shoulder as I smiled gently, patting his head with my left hand. With how things went, we'd be reaching the capital in less than two days, and any assassination attempt would have to, at the very least, require a cannon to blow the ship apart.
The form fitting ceremonial wear I had to put on was flawless. It was a silly thing, but at the court of Gallia, light blue and blue were colors reserved for royalty, and royalty alone during parties. While deep purple in dresses was such in Tristain. It was a matter of keeping to the class status, or something of the sorts. Thus, since I was going to marry into royalty, my clothes were dark blue. It was to indicate that while I wasn't royalty yet, one day I'd marry into it. Course, if the engagement fell through, then those clothes would have to be burned -they'd be destroyed anyway eventually, because Brimir saves us from reusing the same clothes at important ceremonies!
Fashion was important, and I hated fashion.
"Your grace," the leader of the squadron spoke, catching my attention. "They are about to serve supper," his face was clean shaven, his eyes a light hazel color just like his hair. The guy had presented himself a few hours prior, and would practically be my shadow for the entire trip. His name was kind of long too -perhaps he had a lot of family members that his parents cherished, but I did vaguely remember there was a Joseph-François in his long list. He was a Chevalier, a small noble with little to himself, but the chance to prove his worth and become someone higher in rank within the military.
"Lord De Damas," I said as a way of acknowledging his words. "What is in program for today's course?" I began to walk away from the ledge, the man following me three steps behind.
"I have been told it will be a service of Gallian cuisine to better accustom your grace to the foreign menu," he answered. "The chefs hope it will be to your grace's tastes."
"I am sure it will," I replied. I was not nicknamed The Sewer Systems that Works of Italy by my friends for no reason. As long as it wasn't poisonous, I'd eat it. Even if it was poisonous in large amounts, I'd still eat it. Hell, I'd eat it as long as it tasted good, but also if it tasted horrible if I was hungry.
Apparently, Gallian cuisine loved their fishes. They loved their fish, and they loved their venison. They loved their fish and their meat not mixed together in the same plate, but pretty much set as different dishes in the same time slot.
By all that was holy, I could get used to Gallian cuisine.
"My compliments to the chefs," I remarked as I stared at De Damas, the man having politely finished his own lunch. We were dining with the captain of the ship, who was a noble by himself. A certain Rouette, a fallen noble that had yet found employ as a ship captain -perhaps because he had found employment, he had fallen from grace. The fact was, as long as a noble didn't work, he was a noble.
The moment a noble had to work, he stopped being a noble and became a fallen noble. Nobles did not need to sweat, after all. Sweating was considered in bad taste.
"We will land at Lutece's main port tomorrow afternoon, your grace," Rouette said. "From there, the road is straight all the way to the Grand Troyes."
"Without a doubt, they'll have guards along the road to show the way," I replied. "I will remit to your experience on the matter of parades, Lord De Damas," I looked at the Chevalier, who in turn bowed his head lightly as a mean to say that he accepted.
"On the matter of the parade, your grace," Joseph-François said, "your manticore might not be used to it. It would be best if you used one of ours."
"Well," I sighed. "I suppose I should err on the side of caution. Though wouldn't that leave one of your knights on foot?"
"We brought a few more manticores," Joseph-François said. "One is meant as a gift to the crown of Gallia."
Both of my eyebrows rose at the same time. "Wasn't the gift of the royal family of Tristain a beautiful handcrafted crown?"
"The manticore comes as a gift from your family, your grace," Joseph-François said.
My family? More like, my mother. So, my mother had gifted the crown of Gallia -Isabella- a manticore. As if to say, this way, you can both go riding in the sky together. Well, really, as far as gifts went it was quite the interesting thing. I wasn't acting just as Isabella's betrothed though, but also as a sort of ambassador for the foreign crown. This basically meant that I was bringing the gifts of half of the Tristain nobility to the party, the royalty and pretty much would also need to spend the next day discussing certain key points of the alliance between our two countries.
They had given this highly dangerous, highly risky, utterly mad responsibility to me.
Well, myself and Joseph, to be more precise. And by Joseph, I didn't mean Joseph-François, but Joseph de Gallia.
Of course, I was pretty sure whatever we said to one another would be meaningless, and the true diplomats would deal with it behind locked doors elsewhere.
I was only there to put on a nice show, grin, smile for the crowd, make Isabella happy and the crown of Tristain happy, and hopefully ensure the foreign nobles of Gallia wouldn't be too angry or too biased against me by giving them a good old show of let me wash your hands so that you may wash mine. This, unfortunately, was probably going to be my life.
So...in the end...
I was going to be the head of a parade, drink half a barrel of wine behind closed doors with Joseph, and then go back home to resume my schooling.
All in all it wasn't a bad thing, all things considered.
"Nevermore! Nevermore quoth the raven!" Raven cawed from his perch behind me.
"Also, you will have to go without your familiar for the duration of the parade and the ball, your grace," Joseph-François said, and to that, my eyes widened in sheer grief.
This world truly was cruel beyond belief.
I stared at the landscape passing us by below us. The road to Lutece, the capital of Gallia, would take nearly a week by carriage, perhaps more. Thus, rather than have me waste weeks of my time -or perhaps afraid I'd take very opportunity along the road to drink, be merry and generally enjoy my freedom- for the trip to and back, a flying vessel was prepared. Freedom calmly took the sun on the deck of said ship, his tail swishing back and forth.
A complement of manticores were taking the sun too, their knights hanging around the lower decks preparing themselves for the moment they'd parade across the streets of Gallia. I didn't like the fact I had to parade together with them, but there wasn't much I could do to prevent it.
I missed Wardes, but he had his duties, and a squadron of manticore knights was definitely in the overkill territory.
"This is going to suck," I mumbled, my arms crossed over the edge of the flying vessel. "Isn't it?"
"Craa!" Raven cawed, flapping his wings by my side. "I love you!" he hopped a bit closer, rubbing his side against my shoulder as I smiled gently, patting his head with my left hand. With how things went, we'd be reaching the capital in less than two days, and any assassination attempt would have to, at the very least, require a cannon to blow the ship apart.
The form fitting ceremonial wear I had to put on was flawless. It was a silly thing, but at the court of Gallia, light blue and blue were colors reserved for royalty, and royalty alone during parties. While deep purple in dresses was such in Tristain. It was a matter of keeping to the class status, or something of the sorts. Thus, since I was going to marry into royalty, my clothes were dark blue. It was to indicate that while I wasn't royalty yet, one day I'd marry into it. Course, if the engagement fell through, then those clothes would have to be burned -they'd be destroyed anyway eventually, because Brimir saves us from reusing the same clothes at important ceremonies!
Fashion was important, and I hated fashion.
"Your grace," the leader of the squadron spoke, catching my attention. "They are about to serve supper," his face was clean shaven, his eyes a light hazel color just like his hair. The guy had presented himself a few hours prior, and would practically be my shadow for the entire trip. His name was kind of long too -perhaps he had a lot of family members that his parents cherished, but I did vaguely remember there was a Joseph-François in his long list. He was a Chevalier, a small noble with little to himself, but the chance to prove his worth and become someone higher in rank within the military.
"Lord De Damas," I said as a way of acknowledging his words. "What is in program for today's course?" I began to walk away from the ledge, the man following me three steps behind.
"I have been told it will be a service of Gallian cuisine to better accustom your grace to the foreign menu," he answered. "The chefs hope it will be to your grace's tastes."
"I am sure it will," I replied. I was not nicknamed The Sewer Systems that Works of Italy by my friends for no reason. As long as it wasn't poisonous, I'd eat it. Even if it was poisonous in large amounts, I'd still eat it. Hell, I'd eat it as long as it tasted good, but also if it tasted horrible if I was hungry.
Apparently, Gallian cuisine loved their fishes. They loved their fish, and they loved their venison. They loved their fish and their meat not mixed together in the same plate, but pretty much set as different dishes in the same time slot.
By all that was holy, I could get used to Gallian cuisine.
"My compliments to the chefs," I remarked as I stared at De Damas, the man having politely finished his own lunch. We were dining with the captain of the ship, who was a noble by himself. A certain Rouette, a fallen noble that had yet found employ as a ship captain -perhaps because he had found employment, he had fallen from grace. The fact was, as long as a noble didn't work, he was a noble.
The moment a noble had to work, he stopped being a noble and became a fallen noble. Nobles did not need to sweat, after all. Sweating was considered in bad taste.
"We will land at Lutece's main port tomorrow afternoon, your grace," Rouette said. "From there, the road is straight all the way to the Grand Troyes."
"Without a doubt, they'll have guards along the road to show the way," I replied. "I will remit to your experience on the matter of parades, Lord De Damas," I looked at the Chevalier, who in turn bowed his head lightly as a mean to say that he accepted.
"On the matter of the parade, your grace," Joseph-François said, "your manticore might not be used to it. It would be best if you used one of ours."
"Well," I sighed. "I suppose I should err on the side of caution. Though wouldn't that leave one of your knights on foot?"
"We brought a few more manticores," Joseph-François said. "One is meant as a gift to the crown of Gallia."
Both of my eyebrows rose at the same time. "Wasn't the gift of the royal family of Tristain a beautiful handcrafted crown?"
"The manticore comes as a gift from your family, your grace," Joseph-François said.
My family? More like, my mother. So, my mother had gifted the crown of Gallia -Isabella- a manticore. As if to say, this way, you can both go riding in the sky together. Well, really, as far as gifts went it was quite the interesting thing. I wasn't acting just as Isabella's betrothed though, but also as a sort of ambassador for the foreign crown. This basically meant that I was bringing the gifts of half of the Tristain nobility to the party, the royalty and pretty much would also need to spend the next day discussing certain key points of the alliance between our two countries.
They had given this highly dangerous, highly risky, utterly mad responsibility to me.
Well, myself and Joseph, to be more precise. And by Joseph, I didn't mean Joseph-François, but Joseph de Gallia.
Of course, I was pretty sure whatever we said to one another would be meaningless, and the true diplomats would deal with it behind locked doors elsewhere.
I was only there to put on a nice show, grin, smile for the crowd, make Isabella happy and the crown of Tristain happy, and hopefully ensure the foreign nobles of Gallia wouldn't be too angry or too biased against me by giving them a good old show of let me wash your hands so that you may wash mine. This, unfortunately, was probably going to be my life.
So...in the end...
I was going to be the head of a parade, drink half a barrel of wine behind closed doors with Joseph, and then go back home to resume my schooling.
All in all it wasn't a bad thing, all things considered.
"Nevermore! Nevermore quoth the raven!" Raven cawed from his perch behind me.
"Also, you will have to go without your familiar for the duration of the parade and the ball, your grace," Joseph-François said, and to that, my eyes widened in sheer grief.
This world truly was cruel beyond belief.
Dragonskyt
Ashen one, hearest thou my voice, still?
- Location
- Kiln of the First Flame
You know Shade's got ahold of you, when withdrawal symptoms start making themselves known, after a whole day of lack of updates.
- Location
- United States of America
It's almost 6 am in America, and my first thought was: "Huh, its almost 6. Shade probably put up a new chapter. "'
You sir are spoiling us all rotten with your ridiculous update speeds.
You sir are spoiling us all rotten with your ridiculous update speeds.
Mizu
Software Developer
- Location
- Victoria, Australia
take every opportunity
Hm, a gift of a manticore to your betrothed? Amusing message there, Karin.
I'm not. IIRC, they don't procreate as quickly as humans, so even if they do win any wars, their forces keep getting whittled away.
- Pronouns
- They/Them
...Shade's one is female right? Who wants to bet that the gift one is male?
Because that's its OTP. Your auto-complete has good taste.