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[dragonflight288]

I've been playing Kingdom of Amalur, and had just finished the House of Ballads quest line, and it got me thinking.

Is the Maid of Windemere truly a villain when the 'heroes' of the House of Ballads pretty much force her into her role of villain simply so they get to live and relive past glories, since the Fae as a whole are extremely resistant to change of any kind?

A lot of what she does is quite deplorable, kidnapping the heroes and magically ensnaring them, forcing them to do her will and taking away their will. Harming innocent mortals by the score by changing the Ballads, whether it's just one person taken becoming whole families, or killing Heroes as they reject her attempts at changing the Ballads where the villains win.

But these heroes also force the villains to continue committing villainous acts, over and over again for season after season, years and seasons beyond counting, all for the sake of reliving their glory days since they don't seem to be capable of creating new stories to live by, simply because the outcome would be unknown.


I lost a lot of respect for King Wencen when he ultimately turned
coward because he couldn't handle going into a situation where the
outcome was uncertain, and he no longer could be called brave like his
ballad declares him.

I ultimately sided with the Maid of Windemere, mainly because I think the Fae need to learn that things change, and also learn how to deal with unknowns.

[AntiChri5]

Yeah, it's extremely hard to think of them as the good guys. They are just a bunch of prancing children, acting at being heroes while keeping the "villains" enslaved.

[dragonflight288]

AntiChri5 wrote...

Yeah, it's extremely hard to think of them as the good guys. They are just a bunch of prancing children, acting at being heroes while keeping the "villains" enslaved.

Yeah. I doubt anyone, other than Hallam the White, are the original heroes anyway. It's just a bunch of posers playing at the role so they can claim the glory of the ballad, and are unwilling to go "have their own Telling" simply because the results wouldn't be certain.

Modifié par dragonflight288, 03 novembre 2013 - 04:47 .

[Get Magna Carter]

for me, the problem was that the maid had a history of betraying people she loved and I didn't want to be the next one.

[dragonflight288]

Get Magna Carter wrote...

for me, the problem was that the maid had a history of betraying people she loved and I didn't want to be the next one.

Hmm, that's a good point, but it also depends on the ballad. She's a villain in the court of summer, but in the court of winter, her ballads call her a hero.