originally posted by Annette
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I think Selidie/Morriel's hatred, jealousy and power hungry ways have finally driven her mad.
While on Athera the other Primes before Morriel might have chaffed under the compact and meddled, but it does not seem any of them were as bad as Morriel. She was and still is willing to sacrifice Athera to gain the freedom to used the interdicted knowledge she possess. They had free use of their knowledge and a starship before they arrived on Athera, so what can be so great about it, that it is worth sacrificing the only haven humanity has.
quote:She had no sentimental attachment to Athera; on the contrary, the viability of any one planet became an expendable resource. Break the compact and the covenant of Paravian preservation, and mankind could reclaim its interdicted knowledge and remanifest the technologies of star travel.
Grand Conspiracy
How is she going to materialise a spaceship out of nowhere and escape before doom falls on her. Even if she knew how to get her hands on a starship conveniently lying around (there is at least one), starships do not work by magic, how is she going to know how to operate one. And once free to do what she wants, what is she going to do? The planets humanity left behind are cinders, and they seemed to have wandered for ages before finding Athera. So if she is willing to destroy Athera to get what she wants, she has to be crazy.
But is this the first time a situation like this has occurred or are the Koriani like the rest of humanity making the same mistakes yet again. We learned more about the past of the koriani in Initiate's Trial, some of the lengths they went to chasing power and knowledge. The present Koriani Prime is again manipulating humanity to cause destruction on a massive scale in order to get what she wants, no matter the consequences. Did a past one perhaps do this before the civilisations of humanity were destroyed?
In Sundering Star we got a glimpse of the early sisterhood, arrogant meddlers who deal mainly in deception and illusion and even back then were chasing power and seemed to be acquiring talented children as the result of wars, or some other event that removed them from their parents protection.
quote:The Koriani Order is older than your Fellowship. Our first Prime Matriarch stood at the right hand of free governance before Calum Kincaid sold out his great weapon and became the destroyer of worlds.
Fugitive Prince
Taking a completely negative viewpoint on that statement by Morriel there would only be one reason why the Koriani would stand at the right hand of any government, and it would not be good, and possibly the victims never even realised they were being manipulated.
quote:Her victory over an unsatisfied Prime Matriarch drove the Koriathain to pursue a reckless policy of acquisition. The order’s ranked Seniors grasped after power without any thought for their impact. They abandoned scruple, struck bargains even with factions they deemed moral enemies to seize more and more dire means of extracting domination through forceful control. When they gained what they wished, they turned false on their allies. Acts they claimed as necessity were justified to enforce their own mission, declared for the greater good.
Initiate's Trial
Athera could have ended up lifeless because of Morriel's unmerciful meddling. Did a past Prime's actions perhaps spark the war that lead to the destruction of the original human civilisations?
