- -----Original Message-----
From: Even Sørgjerd
To: birthright@MPGN.COM
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 1998 6:04 AM
Subject: [BIRTHRIGHT] - Investiture (and of course alignment)


>During to endless debate rotating around the topic of Alignment, I think
>that a major point being left out is the problem involving the divine
>transfer of power.
>
>What god would truly support one regent stripping another for his powers.
>IMO it is a very BAD (I like that word) to invest yourself as the regent of
>a province that is not really yours.
>
>Let me give you an example. Our dear Prince of Avanil has just occupied a
>province i southern Tuornen. They had not been to cooperative lately, and
>beeing weak from the resent fighting with Alamie he thought it appropriate
>to teach them a lesson. What happens next is that some slimy priset from
the
>Western Imperial Temple of Haelyn comes along and invests mr. Avan as the
>new regent. As I see it, this it not a particullary righteous thing to do.
>But if this is true then no true regent in Birthright would be Lawful.
>
>Even



Hmmm... I don't know if Haelyn would have a problem with that---he
grants spells to evil priests after all...

Anyway, I think from the recent topics dominating this list, it's pretty
clear that nobody in BR can or does act in an *always* good or *always* evil
way. There will always be reasons to justify doing anything if we try hard
enough! Maybe Avan would try to convince himself that the people of that
province are going through tough times and need good leadership to guide
them through the struggle. If he proclaims it loud enough, it might even
work. (Hitler's tanks met cheering crowds when the entered the Czech
Sudetenland...)