The difference between good and light, and evil and dark

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7 years 3 weeks ago - 7 years 3 weeks ago #163651 by Seth (Kurteth)
I am tired of having this argument or philosophical debate, lol

Is there a canon ruling on this difference, if it exists?

I have read Miranda and Fiona as both dark and evil, and light and good respectively on the lore pages (wiki in this case).

But have been told by staff, and have seen with my own eyes, you can be dark aligned and not evil, or light aligned and not good.

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7 years 3 days ago #164043 by Ashley-Lynn Chrzaszcz (RavynAeronwen)
Did we ever get a ruling on this? I'd like to know as well.

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7 years 3 days ago #164044 by Aleister (Aleister)
Good and Evil are moral alignments and have no supernatural bearing.

Light and Dark are supernatural alignments that draw from those powers.

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6 years 11 months ago #164161 by Arradir Go-Dringol (DaPhysicist)
I am a bit confused on this ... what are the power sources of the Paladin orders then as Fiona and Miranda are the physical embodiment of Good and Evil?

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6 years 11 months ago #164168 by Aleister (Aleister)
It was simply a language change that came about shortly after.

Light Paladins use Light, Dark Paladins use Dark. Fiona and Miranda were the origins of those sources respectively.

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6 years 11 months ago #164224 by Captain Jackdaw (Captain Jackdaw)
So then the take away based on this is that Fiona is a good person, AND the source of powers for light paladins, and Miranda is an evil person AND the power source for the dark paladins. But Fiona is not a good person BECAUSE she is the source of power for light aligned characters, and Miranda is not an evil person BECAUSE she is the source of power for a dark aligned character. Their personalities are just the kind of people they are.

The fact that they are good and evil people means they are likely to give their power to good and evil people, but it is not an inherent aspect of the power.

Is this an accurate understanding of these alignments vs moralities?

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