Aphetoros Wrote:Besides, the Naaru are not all Light you know. Just look at M'uru!
Naaru
do undergo a "rebirth" cycle when severely harmed. In this process, they collect Light back into themselves and, as a result, create void energy. We can reapply the Law of Conservation of Energy again for this scenario (huzzah!). If you draw heat into an object, the surrounding area grows colder as a result. If a naaru draws Light into itself, the result is void or the Shadow.
D'ore himself says it best: "Without the void, the Light cannot exist."
That said, M'uru is unique. While other naaru who have been injured have turned into voids (for example, my favorite naaru K'rue), M'uru is the only one to have been subjected to being
drained for a period of time. As a result, rather than turning into a void like the other naaru, during the fight he turns into another entity entirely, known instead as Entropius. There's a lot of speculation as to why
he of all the naaru we encounter is different, but nothing concrete. Unfortunately.
Fun correlation? There is speculation that Entropius is based on the word "entropy", which is a term used in thermodynamics. Specifically, the Second Law of Thermodynamics (while the quantity of energy in a system will remain consistent, its
quality will degrade in time as usable energy is used for productivity, growth, and repair becoming unusable energy) was based in part on the Law of Conservation of Energy. The amount of unusable energy within a system is known as entropy.
Aphetoros Wrote:edit and sidenote: I love reading your posts Piroska, so knowledgeable ^_^
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Rensin Wrote:Edit: Food for thought.
Quote:A paladin must be of good alignment and loses all light abilities if he ever willingly commits an evil act.
Pulled from the Wiki, in regards to Paladins. Makes you wonder about the scarlets again.
The definition of good is subjective. From our own wik, specifically about
good, neutrality, and evili:
Quote:Remember, however, that goodness has no absolute values. Although many things are commonly accepted as good (helping those in need, protecting the weak), different cultures impose their own interpretations on what is good and what is evil.
What is good and what is evil is in the eye of the beholder. As a result, an individual may believe with every fiber of his being that he is doing good. However, others (even the vast majority of others) would perceive his actions as being evil. Remember, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. People can do evil things while believing that what they are doing is actually good.
Regarding the Scarlet Crusade, they are an organization dedicated to the extermination of undead. They are zealots, they use unconventional -- and often brutal -- means, and they're not altogether very nice, but I'm pretty damned certain that
they (or at least most of them; a number of members have been leaving the organization in recent years) believe that what they are doing is good and just and right. The vast majority of their members probably are not aware of the corruption that has occurred within the organization (they're headed by a
dreadlord in disguise, ouch!) and instead have become so obsessed with their goal that any means are acceptable.
We've established that use of the Light is dependent on
belief, which is entirely subjective. This is just another permutation of that requirement.