20th Crystal: [Voice]

[cladinthedark]

There is a saying I have heard... "Before you judge a person, first walk a mile in their shoes." It is meant as a message of tolerance and acceptance for those one might dislike, or disagree with, by placing oneself in the position of the object of one's ire.

Well, having spent some time in the proverbial shoes of the being I loathe most of all... I can safely say that I feel neither tolerance, nor acceptance for him. If anything, I despise him more.

What of the rest of you, citizens of Luceti? How has this experiment affected your feelings towards that which you became, if at all?

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[thinkinghere.livejournal.com]

I suppose the best way to put it is that I am even more bitter about his actions, for one.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Perhaps there is less to the old saying than I have been lead to believe...

Though, do you perhaps feel more justified in your bitterness?

[lunarborn.livejournal.com]

I was brought to understand that, as much as I loathe aspects of my past, it could have been worse. I suppose that counts for something.

[thinkinghere.livejournal.com]

I had assumed it more to apply to people who hadn't razed cities or destroyed their own kingdom.

More or less. I'd say it's complicated, but it's only because I refuse to let go of the good memories of him.

[demyxity.livejournal.com]

Well, I still don't like 'em, but at least now I know how much of a pain it is to be them.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

One could say that, yes. You could have turned out... [He cuts off, but the last two words of the sentence are fairly obvious.]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Most likely. But... their own kingdom? That seems rather counterproductive.

That sounds like a painful choice.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

And does that make you dislike them less, even a slight bit?

[thinkinghere.livejournal.com]

He went insane in a quest for revenge, and took up the cursed blade Frostmourne. It didn't take long for Lordaeron, Quel'Thalas, and Dalaran all to be overrun with the undead Scourge.

Yes, it is.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

This sword's curse unleashed a horde of undead warriors?

[demyxity.livejournal.com]

One of them still killed me. So I don't think so. Nice try, though?

[thinkinghere.livejournal.com]

The sword was an extension of the Lich King, the lord of the undead. With it, he controlled him as he lead the undead and later became the corporeal vessel of the Lich King himself, I'm told. Kel'Thuzad, the necromancer, is the one who created the plague that turned many of the citizens into the undead themselves.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

[A low laugh.] Clearly it will take more than seeing things from the other perspective to lower such animosity.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

And the man in question took up this sword deliberately? The depths one will go to for vengeance prove grim indeed...

[thinkinghere.livejournal.com]

Yes. I wish I had only tried to stop him sooner.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Do you believe you could have succeeded?

[thinkinghere.livejournal.com]

Probably not, but in that case, perhaps Uther and I could have... prevented him from progressing down that path.

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

A possibility, at least... but one long since past, now.

[thinkinghere.livejournal.com]

Yes. I truly hope he doesn't wind up here, even if that would make Azeroth a lot safer.

[voice]

[blackteriques]

I think the level of ... tolerance depends on a lot of factors. People hate for different reasons, and that experiment didn't take any of those reasons into consideration.

After seeing how some other people were affected, I think things could have been worse.

[voice]

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. And especially true of those of us who were only affected superficially.

Worse for Luceti in general or yourself in particular?

[cladinthedark.livejournal.com]

Not as much as you might think. Evidently, time flows incorrectly here. It's entirely possible that he would arrive here, only to eventually be sent back at the exact time he left.

[voice]

[blackteriques]

People were affected beyond that? [Yeah, he didn't even notice...]

Myself in particular. When people are turning into huge monsters ... turning into an Orerines isn't too bad.

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

I think you can guess my feelings on that which I became.

[vermified]

I didn't think it was possible to hate the Dreadknight more than I did before. This experiment proved me wrong.