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niby-skaje · 3 days ago
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Emmrich shouldn't be allowed to become a Lich if romanced.
Okay. Hear me out.
Regardless of our personal views as a player/Rook on a subject of lichdom, I feel, given what we've learned, that lich lords of Necropolis should not allow Emmrich to become a lich if he has a beloved.
Lichdom is important. It is rare - so rare that Emmrich himself mentions that he was the lords' first living petitioner in a long time. There aren't many liches there I suppose. We only get to see a maximum of three at a time. It is not something to be trifled with, as the process is some high, advanced magic with the soul sifting required and the journey one has to partake - journey of self-discovery and learning to even be considered worthy. And then it still can go wrong. Our soul may still fail the final test (I assume it must be a possibility).
And then, the burden - the burden of knowledge, of power and responsibility that they have. We know that if we choose to bring Manfred back, then lichdom is lost for Emmrich forever for it shows that he cannot accept that others, those dear to him, will inevitably die, and that would mean that he might be susceptible to the abuse of power, as the lich we speak to states. Such power in the wrong hands could easily lead to tyranny.
But when Emmrich is romanced, he becomes even less able to accept mortality - this time not only his own, but Rook's as well. And while lichdom may take away the fear of death he's felt all his life (if in a healthy way, that's another matter entirely), it replaces it with something new - the fear of losing his love. And not just fear - the knowledge, the certainty, that Rook WILL die. If not now, then someday, in twenty, maybe forty years. But it will. It is as certain as life and death itself.
And Emmrich has waited so long for the love of his life! Even if we omit all the banter and all the little things in the game, he himself tells us that we are the best thing that has ever happened to him. Most magnificent, in his own words. And from the little bits here and there we get to know that he longed for that kind of love all his life.He has turned to other things, to the pursuit of knowledge and immortality, because he has given up hope - only for love to find him so late, right on the doorstep of his lichdom. He accepts it, he allows himself to be swayed by that love, he immerses himself in it completely, like a besotted fool (again, in his own words).
With all that, we know that once the time comes, he cannot and will not let Rook go. He may have slight doubts and we may talk to him about it, but we know that he cannot really choose and in the end he refuses to do so, assuring us that his love will be unchanged even as a lich. But that is not true, for now his love is different, as he now knows that we will be parted and he will remain. The dread he's felt all his life now changes its target, and the love and the fear become so intertwined, so painful, in a way he didn't even expect.
Very, very dangerous for someone with such immense power.
And then, after being trapped in the Fade he tells us that he will allow nothing to part us again. "Not in this, nor any other world". He will find a way, no matter the cost. Even as a lich, though some of his senses may be altered or dulled, he still feels, the emotions still flow within him as they did when he was mortal, perhaps even more so. He loves Rook more than anything in the world, he dreads the time when they will be separated, he dreads how he would go on without them, how he would mourn them for eternity... though now he has all the power and knowledge and time of the lich. He may be able to find a way - even if it is an abuse of the responsibility of his new position. He is blinded by love, even in a state that should transcend all things mortal.
Lich lords are not supposed to care about themselves, for they are meant to serve the Necropolis, to thwart any dangers outside of mortals' grasps, they are to guide and protect. A higher purpose, not of the flesh and the heart, but of wisdom and reason.
With all that in mind, with all the potential for abuse of power he is given, I cannot fathom how the lich lords could entrust such power to romanced Emmrich - or anyone else, for that matter, who is unwilling to sever their ties with the mortal world once and for all. For me, there should be no doubt that to ascend as a lich, one must shed all mortal ties, whatever they may be - and that includes love.
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Emmrich's obligatory tax.
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alexscribed · 2 days ago
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i need someone to draw mark webber with this reference
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robotlyra · 3 days ago
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I think some of those punishment sprays are more "we've heard it before" rather than "conventionally attractive" (you'd let Sportacus off the hook?!)
But the energy on some of these is absolutely DELIGHTFUL (I see you Claire, with your Big Furry Dudes, heh heh heh)
Alex and Katie are knocking them out of the park
Nika's stiil in training but needs more encouragement to go wilder
tumblrinas need to see this
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confused-bisexual · 1 day ago
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dedmm · 2 days ago
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serxeri · 3 days ago
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conely-levi · 12 hours ago
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WolfsLand, 🐺
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thirteens-lucky-tardis · 3 days ago
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Hear me out....
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hear-me-out-poll · 2 days ago
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audrey II from the little shop of horrors (1986)
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gloster-meteor · 3 days ago
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Enby Yuma, guys
ENBY YUMA
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a-void-shaped-as-a-heart · 2 days ago
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Onaga from Mortal Kombat
DROP IM YOU'RE WEIRDEST HEAR ME OUT IN REBLOGS I'LL START
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katsitsiyo · 2 days ago
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Friends, is this a hear me out?
If so…. hear me out. 👀👀👀
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ishomieokay · 2 days ago
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Aziraphale is gone, so is Newt. Somehow, they find each other. It's not love, and they know it. They are just filling empty spaces.
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phantomgal12 · 1 day ago
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Let it be said, I still love Link but he is more like a son to me....
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dedmm · 3 days ago
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Delulu king
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