Two points here, the first being I don't see how she would know I was a full DK or not. For that matter, I don't see why I had to go through all that nonsense to become a DK anyway -- wouldn't Talana have had a dragon stone on her that she used to transform? What happened to that stone? That was another part of the story that was 'strained'. For that matter, what happened to Talana's Dragon Tower? It can't have been the one taken over by Laiken, as he had been doing business w/the bandits in the bandit camp long before the Dragon Slayer party (including me and Rhode) even arrived in Farglow.
I don't think there was a second dragon stone, only the one from Maxos's tower. If you're talking about Talana's Morph Stone, even if it was undamaged and on her, it wouldn't work until the Dragon Slayer->Knight touched the Dragon Stone.
What happened to Orobas's castle? What happened to Groblar's? Oh, that's right, the Dragon Slayers sacked them. I imagine the same thing happened to Talana's tower.
How would someone of Rhode's caliber begin to 'touch' Talana?
Did you miss the job description? "Dragon Slayer?" I'm sure that 50 years later the organization has figured out a way to fight them. It's also mentioned that she has killed many Slayers, so she probably underestimated Rhode, and was already mortally wounded by the time she realized she should attempt to escape.
There are mistakes, and there are flaws that indicate deep-rooted problems. I'm sure some argue that hitler was a nice guy, except he made few mistakes, like killing off millions of innocents...
Ooops, just makes him more interesting... As for the description of Lucian being "generally a force for good"? If he had not kill Ygerna, then I feel it is unlikely Damian would have jumped to the side of the Black Ring to lead them against all humans.
In fact if Lucian had done the right thing and exposed her actions to Damian and let Damian decide her fate (including honoring his request to allow her to live), it would have cemented Damian's loyalty AND Ygerna's (assuming Damian still wanted her, which it sounds like he would). But by holding a 'tribunal' execution of Ygerna 'ASAP' w/o Damian's input...that was guaranteed to alienate him, no matter what he would have chosen to do with her.
I should point out that if anyone has been killing thousands of innocents in the Rivellon universe, it would be the Black Ring. Broken Valley was NOT a military target.
You are right, and I agree that if Lucian had told Damian and let him make the choice, the odds that he would turn against Lucian would have been smaller. I agree, executing Ygerna was a foolish mistake.
Ygerna may not be naďve, but 'guilty'? Of what? Teaching Damian magic? Um, seems like alot of people in this world know magic on either side of any dispute. That's no biggie. I don't see anything she willing did that deserves death. As far as Damian? From what we see in the game, his actions prior to her death indicate nothing that would qualify as evil, as far as I remember. In all of his action, it seems he's responding to 'being attacked' by someone who has somehow won the love of the people, who don't know of his misdeeds.
Ygerna was guilty of teaching black magic to the INCARNATION OF THE ULTIMATE EVIL, in case you forgot Damian's origins.
Damian was not evil before Ygerna was executed, but after that, he embraced the darkness. In Beyond Divinity, he committed genocide against the Raanaar. After that, he enslaved the orcs, possibly destroyed the elves, dwarves, and lizards.
Also,
THE BLACK RING ARE EVIL. I fail to see why your sympathies are so strong with the demon-worshiping, genocide-committing, torture-loving, orc-enslaving group.
That may be true, but can you show me any female fanatics from history that would instantly murder their apprentice/acolyte (who is more than willing to continue friendship and who really wants to be helpful -- i.e. someone who is not being antagonistic or defiant)?
Why do you include the qualifier "female" in there? Why are women immune from being jerks?
Rhode is a skilled warrior who behaves politely to people who are not her sworn enemies. Is it hard to imagine that she could gain respect and ranking?
