Hello fellow fantasy nuts.
I was wo dering what your thoughts on a MC becoming a bad guy?
In my story the MC, Rhale, is a soldier turned battle mage after being brought back to life and unwillingly possessed by the spirit of an ancient mage.In the society Rhale belongs to mages are kept under close guard but respected for their power. They are also a very industrualist nation and the system of government resembles idealist communism where everyone has their set place but everyone is equal. Rhale was accepted into the army as a favour from the king to Rhales father on his death bed. And thus never even had a chance to pick his own path.
Rhale is killed in the sacking of the mage temple located in the nations capital by the western kingdom, who use battlemages regularly in their army. The long and short being that Rhale becomes torn between the king he served for so long, his new found mage brethren, the western kingdom who after learning of him want him for themselves and eventually the gods who see how powerful he is becoming and wish to make him their presence on earth.
His new found magucal ability is very much a curse. And since he is not naturally gifted with magic (only through the possession) his mental state suffers and his repressed resentment towards those who shaped his whole life for him and those who try to continue to control his life comes to the surface in a very dark manifestation.
My plan was to go with the while "you die a hero or live long enough to become a villain" thing. Rhale would turn against all that want to control him and force them to be something he controls out of fear of what he could do to them.
So, thoughts guys? It's just an idea and one I personally have never read about before and hoight it could be interesting.
I was wo dering what your thoughts on a MC becoming a bad guy?
In my story the MC, Rhale, is a soldier turned battle mage after being brought back to life and unwillingly possessed by the spirit of an ancient mage.In the society Rhale belongs to mages are kept under close guard but respected for their power. They are also a very industrualist nation and the system of government resembles idealist communism where everyone has their set place but everyone is equal. Rhale was accepted into the army as a favour from the king to Rhales father on his death bed. And thus never even had a chance to pick his own path.
Rhale is killed in the sacking of the mage temple located in the nations capital by the western kingdom, who use battlemages regularly in their army. The long and short being that Rhale becomes torn between the king he served for so long, his new found mage brethren, the western kingdom who after learning of him want him for themselves and eventually the gods who see how powerful he is becoming and wish to make him their presence on earth.
His new found magucal ability is very much a curse. And since he is not naturally gifted with magic (only through the possession) his mental state suffers and his repressed resentment towards those who shaped his whole life for him and those who try to continue to control his life comes to the surface in a very dark manifestation.
My plan was to go with the while "you die a hero or live long enough to become a villain" thing. Rhale would turn against all that want to control him and force them to be something he controls out of fear of what he could do to them.
So, thoughts guys? It's just an idea and one I personally have never read about before and hoight it could be interesting.