I reluctantly let his messenger go because I gave him my word that I would show him mercy while I needed his help to retake the city as quickly as possible. But I couldn't justify letting the Architect live, even though he was a potential ally against the Mother.
First, as others have said, Darkspawn inherently carry disease that threatens all other races. Second, they can only reproduce by abducting members of other races and transforming them into breeding vesels. This makes the Darkspawn similar to a virus-- they cannot exist withou preying on other beings. Therefore, like viruses, they have to be wiped out.
Furthermore, there were 7 old gods in total. 5 have risen as archdemons and been defeated. Practically speaking, that means humanity is almost done with the era of blights. It may sound calous, but they only have 2 more to go before the darkspawn threat is essentially finished. If the Architect were to suceed, the Darkspawn would be seperated from the old gods and would remain a permanent threat. After all, as bloody as the blights are, the Wardens are 5 for 5. It is better to just take the hit, deal with the next two blights and move on rather than constantly live with the threat of Darkspawn.
Finally, the Architect has caused vast amounts of death and destruction, both indirectly (by creating the Mother) and directly, by killing Wardens and the Vigil's soldiers, allowing his troops to run rampant in the Wending Wood, etc. On the other hand, he claims to be working for a good cause, but has produced nothing but death. If a scientist were caught experimenting on unwilling people and leading to people's deaths, but claimed that his research were important, he would still be justly punished, as the Architect should be.
asaiasai wrote...
People are the same the world over, we all want the same things, a job you enjoy and can be proud of, a safe place to live, enough to eat, a safe place to raise your youngins, and to deny anyone this because of insignifigant minor differences you become the very monsters you fight and as such have no more claim to life than the monsters.
Asai
Key word is PEOPLE. Darkspawn are not people, not even close. I would agree with you completely if we were talking about wiping out Orlesians or even Elves, but we're not. Darkspawn, like viruses, are unable to even reproduce without destroying other beings and are therefore inherently incapable of the kind of peaceful existence you are talking about. I don't consider the fact that ALL darkspawn carry a disease that turns people into ghouls, or the fact that Darkspawn drag women down into caves and turn them into bloated, mindless, deformed, and mutated Darkspawn factories to be "minor differences." By your reasoning it would be wrong to even fight off a bacterial infection just because the bacteria are alive.
Modifié par angj57, 28 mars 2010 - 08:21 .
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