Voidhawk
2013-06-22, 09:12 PM
So, I've been thinking about this for a little while, and it seems to me that all of the Gates are being destroyed by "Appropriate Ironic Twists." The fall of each one is at the hands of a corrupted or manipulated version of the the very forces that were originally set to protect them.
Let me run through them one by one to illustrate what I mean:
Durokan's Gate
The wizard Durokan thought the Gates could only be protected successfully by magical might (namely his own), intelligence, and in particular a massive ward that prevented Evil from so much as touching it.
It was destroyed by Elan, a Good Aligned Idiot, triggering one of Durokan's many paranoid magical protections: the arguably redundant self-destruct ward.
Soon's Gate
Soon believed only the honor of a Paladin was truly unbreakable, and constructed a massive fortress city around his gate, staffed by the greatest and most dedicated paladins he could train.
It was destroyed Miko, a fallen member of his own order, whose unbreakable belief in her own destiny against all evidence led her to destroying everything she was sworn to protect.
Lirean's Gate (Start of Darkness)
Lirean trusted to the powerful creatures and natural forces of the wild to protect her Gate. It was supported by treants, surrounded by giant animals of all kinds, and was in the middle of her druid grove: a small elvish tree city.
It was destroyed by the panicked thrashing of the treants that were supporting it, while caught in an out of control forest fire. A forest fire is a natural phenomenon. It could have been put out by co-operation, but the animal guardians instead obeyed their natural instincts to flee or fight. And it needn't have started in the first place if the elves hadn't interfered in the natural cycle by stopping the regular smaller fires that often sweep through forests.
Girard's Gate (Unfinished... so far)
Girard trusted very little. About the only thing he did trust was family, and the only thing he thought was a good defense was trickery. He hid his Gate incredibly thoroughly, and staffed it's protectors with his entire bloodline.
So far, his guardians have been wiped out because of the very fact they were related to him, and hiding the gate has only prevented allies from finding it in time to defend it. Oh yes, and his final layers of protection have been cut through because Elan and Nale are too insane to trick properly, and Roy is too sensible to get bluffed.
So, what do you guys think of this theory? Anything good about it, or entirely WMG? And how do you think Girard's Gate will come to its end?
Let me run through them one by one to illustrate what I mean:
Durokan's Gate
The wizard Durokan thought the Gates could only be protected successfully by magical might (namely his own), intelligence, and in particular a massive ward that prevented Evil from so much as touching it.
It was destroyed by Elan, a Good Aligned Idiot, triggering one of Durokan's many paranoid magical protections: the arguably redundant self-destruct ward.
Soon's Gate
Soon believed only the honor of a Paladin was truly unbreakable, and constructed a massive fortress city around his gate, staffed by the greatest and most dedicated paladins he could train.
It was destroyed Miko, a fallen member of his own order, whose unbreakable belief in her own destiny against all evidence led her to destroying everything she was sworn to protect.
Lirean's Gate (Start of Darkness)
Lirean trusted to the powerful creatures and natural forces of the wild to protect her Gate. It was supported by treants, surrounded by giant animals of all kinds, and was in the middle of her druid grove: a small elvish tree city.
It was destroyed by the panicked thrashing of the treants that were supporting it, while caught in an out of control forest fire. A forest fire is a natural phenomenon. It could have been put out by co-operation, but the animal guardians instead obeyed their natural instincts to flee or fight. And it needn't have started in the first place if the elves hadn't interfered in the natural cycle by stopping the regular smaller fires that often sweep through forests.
Girard's Gate (Unfinished... so far)
Girard trusted very little. About the only thing he did trust was family, and the only thing he thought was a good defense was trickery. He hid his Gate incredibly thoroughly, and staffed it's protectors with his entire bloodline.
So far, his guardians have been wiped out because of the very fact they were related to him, and hiding the gate has only prevented allies from finding it in time to defend it. Oh yes, and his final layers of protection have been cut through because Elan and Nale are too insane to trick properly, and Roy is too sensible to get bluffed.
So, what do you guys think of this theory? Anything good about it, or entirely WMG? And how do you think Girard's Gate will come to its end?