Re: Why are quori villains
- From: "Mark Blunden" <markATmarkdb.plus.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2007 23:19:59 +0100
Jasin Zujovic wrote:
At Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:43:11 +0100, Mark Blunden wrote:
I've been reading Secrets of Sarlona these days and, as is the habit
of Eberron books right from the start, it has pleasantly surprised
me.
My complaints still stand (too exotic, not enough grounding in myth,
history or pop-culture)
Among its chief selling points, for me.
A matter of taste, I suppose.
How do you make quori seem
like a real, immediate threat worthy of a high-level D&D game,
rather than just a police state of manipulative diplomats?
The quori believe (perhaps even know) that the turning of the Wheel
of Ages upon the plane of Dal Quor, which will ultimately (maybe in
ten thousand years, maybe in ten minutes) lead to their desctruction
and replacement, is inextricably linked to the progression of
society and civilisation on Eberron. Ultimately, the only way to
stop the Wheel from turning is to halt the flow of progress on
Eberron.
Their current methodology is to impose a (reasonably) benevolent
dictatorship across as much of Eberron as possible, under the
control of the Inspired, which encourages a stable, steady society.
But ultimately, that just slows down the Wheel. What they would
really like to do is bring progress to a complete halt. If they
could freeze time on Eberron, or wipe out all humanoid life, or set
civilisation back a thousand years, they'd do so without hesitation
- and those are not just blue-sky projects. You can be pretty sure
that there are Quori and Inspired seriously researching methods to
bring about just such effects.
Where are you getting this? It's a good interpretation even if you're
just making it up, but if I'd be interested if this stuff halting
progress or stopping time is mentioned somewhere in the books.
I don't think the quori would be keen on wiping out humanoid life,
though. They live in the dream world, and you don't get dreams from
rocks and trees...
I can't give you a specific quote, I'm afraid - it's the general picture of
the Quori that I've built up from reading articles and posts by Keith Baker
on websites and forums. I don't have Secrets of Sarlona, so I've no idea how
much - if any - of this they've managed to convey to the printed page.
--
Mark Blunden.
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