by Amgard » Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:36 am
Hey, something I saw earlier gave me a crazy idea (Serena is fake and only drives Rhue to wander)
It could be that every person has an innate reason to wander, but can almost NEVER reach that destination. Kind of like the Way itself. It's an endless path that you can walk forever, but never reach an end.
Rhue has his search for Serena, but never gets closer to it.
Trazuin searches for his mother's killer, but can never get the right one.
Kloe wants Gaius, but Gaius pushes her away.
Scatha wants to get her face fixed
Strata wants to become the Pharaphalyn
Kalmar strives for his Perfect Blade, but falls short and is dissapointed
The Guided hate settlers. Why? The Purpose, right? Everyone has a PURPOSE to Wander the Way. If they settle, they abandon their reasons. The Pontifex Maximus is afraid that if some people will settle and forget the Way and the Purpose. Maybe those who have no purpose to Wander become detatched from the Way's broken logic (Notice how Dirk has no real motive to what he does, but also happens to be worldly while also acting like a retard? Maybe he's one of the first to truly abandon The Purpose). Pontifex or some other power is afraid of the power this sort of free will can bring, and enforces a hate of settlements.
I think that's how it may work. The Purpose is everyone's individual reason to Wander, but they can never reach their goal (Rhue called The Purpose a bastard for feeding off his suffering). So if you deny the Purpose, you become like Dirk. Freed from the system.
Cool, eh?