blackaeronaut Wrote:Cold Snow went blind with rage, and in a berserk fury he killed his daughter and son-in-law. It was only quick thinking on the part of other tribesmen that Quick Stone at least was saved. When the old man finally came to his senses, he was ashamed of what he had done. It caused no small amount of controversy amongst the tribe, but it was decided that it would be enough to strip Cold Snow of his Counsel status. It was considered that the pain of knowing he killed his family was considered to be punishment enough. In time, he was even granted permission to spend time with his Grandson, though only when supervised (fortunately, the child had not witnesses the violent deaths of his parents).No counseling? No attempts at healing? Just demotion? Cold Snow is going to be the same person he was before giving in to his rage... and that's going to teach Quick Stone that giving in to rage is an act with few if any consequences.
Quick Stone will be a more dangerous person to be around because of this - to compare him to the Full Metal Panic villains, he'll be more Gauron than Leonard.
blackaeronaut Wrote:When Zeke went to Japan, Dashing Bear confronted Quick Stone. He noticed how the young man would act around Zeke and the two had it out. It eventually ended with Dashing Bear declaring that as long as he pursued this pointless path of bitter rivalry, Quick Stone would never be their Shaman. Enraged, Quick Stone struck out on his own and began his quest for personal power - if Raven had not chosen him to be his Avatar, then maybe, he figured, some other worthwhile deity would.Hmmmmm... He has no circle of companions, so he draws his own... (Poorly?)
Little did he understand that while Gods may answer prayers... sometimes, they will do so in twisted ways. And thus begins Quick Stone's tragic downward spiral.
Quick Stone is going to see himself as being at the center of the situation, and isn't likely to even consider the idea of compromise... (Not that he would compromise, but even the concept will be foreign to him.) He isn't likely to "play well with others" - he's going to want to be in charge.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012