This discussion is one of those issues that never die and never grow old. People who discuss it grow old and wise enough to realise for themselves, but what they abandon is taken up by a new generation of seekers of knowledge. There was once a very wise quote:
\"There is nothing new you can learn. All you can do is remember what you always knew\"
I guess what is means is that you can never learn anything until you discover it yourself. Take Calculus. Teachers can tell you unendingly what d/dt means but you never really understand until you realise it on your own.
So it is with good and evil. You cannot say good is such and expect others to agree. Some might and others might not. You can give endless logical explanations and hold philosophical discourses and yet not force conviction for conviction is not to be forced. The individual will only be satisfied with what he or she finally discovers by searching his own intellect. So all this is pointless.
But on the other hand such philosophical arguments are good mental exercise and as such I view the journey as more important than the destination. Hence I will offer my opinion to that end.
Good:
What is white. That which is like the fire. Which illuminates. Which burns all till only the purest remains. Which is great strength and great responsibility at once
Evil:
What is black. That which is like the night. Which obscures and blinds. Which is blackest of black till our eyes cannot see our own selves. Which maddens the weak with fear till they treat each sound as heralding the approach of a mortal enemy. Which emboldens the wicked with the assurance that the deed will go unseen. Which prompts the honest to light the fire of good. Which allows the clever to work invisible to all eyes.
Neutral:
What is transparent. That which is like the river. Ruled by its own purpose. Heading to its own destination by breaching or bending around obstacles. That which flows steadily through Realms Bright and Realms Dark alike not pausing to look at either.
That being said I leave most of it as a matter of interpretation. But I will say this that Good and Evil are like day and night. Each has an end and is sure to be succeeded by the other. Neutral is like the river that reflects the sun in the day and the black sky at night. Also, even during the day there will be caverns no light will ever reach, and during the night there will be lamps which will illuminate their surroundings even on the blackest of nights.
In the end i\'d like to suggest that you not let your alignment direct your actions. Instead allow your actions to decide your alignment. And if you really do choose an alignment don\'t just say: \"I am good/evil/neutral\" and sit pretty. Do something to forward your cause.
PS:
Many of the guilds say \"Bhuuu I am evil.\" or \"Woot I am good\" and do nothing:rolleyes:. That is partly because they are lazy bums and partly because the general gamer is moronic enough to mistake roleplaying charachter for the player. This ends up scaring potential charachters off since, unlike me and maybe Kiern, most of you people here want to be the person remembered as popular, cool and all around nice. So I urge all gamers to learn to differentiate the player from the game and you will have a much better gaming experience.
