Now, EmpireUser, I'll tackle your post bit by bit.
EmpireUser wrote:Hi there my fellow Elf Allies (and DE for that matter). As I go through the full 35 pages I just wanted to post my opinión as an empire player on what might seem the main focus of this threat.
I know your feelings when you talk about loosing your main characters, the Empire just lost nearly all of the heroes as we know them:
Volkmar The Grimm (Dead)
Kurt helborg (Dead)
Schwarzhelm, Luthor Huss, plus Valten Lost in Action
Karl Franz (Dead and Rebor, most likely will die at the end of it all)
Balthasar Gelt (Now virtually Necromancer)
Almost half or more than half of the Empire is in ruin and our main characters are lost or dead with the exception of KF, it is a fact that the next Empire RB will contain new Heroes or the ones that survive filling the role of the old ones. The main issue here (personal opinión) is that for you Elf players is hard to accept what is happening to your race because elves do not Age and your Heroes have been alive for a lot of years (4000+).
I can't talk for the others, but I can say I'm not bothered about this. When tET started, I assumed that about every single SC was going to die. I actually wanted some of the newer characters (such as Eldyra) to live, rather than the old ones.
EmpireUser wrote:On the other hand from what I read Malekith becoming the Phoenix King will be hard to accept from a fan point of view (only comparable as having Archaon leading the Empire) but it is in fact revealed that Malekith is and always was meant to be the Phoenix King, and that if he had stood in the flames for just a second longer he would have ascended (Probably because it is true that someone betrayed him).
Is the fact that he is the rightfull heir of the throne so hard to accept? I mean, you HE folk where wrong all the time, probably you have a hard time trying to accept you where wrong all this time (you are proud and arrogant as you only can be) and that the DE where in fact right.
So. Some God points you to a guy who has been murdering your family and friends for over 6000 years and says "he is your boss". Furthermore, he (the God) has shown that he is a dick, untrustworthy and has actually sabotaged your country because no one would rule it until Malekith had passed "his test". You go and accept him, right? Maybe it's because I'm an atheist IRL, but I can't avoid but feel that a god like that doesn't deserve worship, and being chosen by him would just be a negative.
EmpireUser wrote:You just where slap in the face with the fact that he the PK and he just fought for what it was his all the time (his mothers playing a huge part in all the wrong he has done to HE). So if he finally finds that his mother was just playing him and try to reddem himself is that so hard for you guys to understand? (I can Imply he never was in full control of what he did??) for me it makes perfect sense. All elfs will follow if they where to swallow thei pride.
This is another sore point for me. Redemption grants you the right to be forgiven. It doesn't give you the right to rule anyone. And, on top of that, Malekith never shows any regret on what he did, nor attempts to "redeem" himself, according to those who have read the book.
Finally, blaming his mother for his decissions does not free him from blame. If anything, it just shows yet another fault: lack of character. Specially when he was the one to imprision her in the first place, so he should have known that she wasn't the best company.
I'm a bit happier, after someone said that many elves joined Alith Anar in a neutral faction, and that Alith Anar did indeed shoot to kill.
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