[quote=@LadyAnnaLee] The first thing I'm planing on changing is Rolf. Instead of being a regular hawk he is going to be a demon hawk sent by some evil demon possibly even Lord Ahriman to seduce her more fully to the dark side. Because! And I think this is great! She's not fully evil yet. She's just done. She was raised by a family that was pledged to Saint Zariah. Anything for the Greater Good and all that rot. So, she's been training in combat and tactics all her life when one day this little wannabe hero from nowhere shows up without the faintest clue which end of the sword to hold. And rather then being allowed to fight the evil she's been training to fight her whole life she's told it's her job to help the Hero kill the evil. And so she does it the first time. And then the second. And by the third Katrina is a little miffed. She's been training her whole life. Beaten black and blue for every little failure. Force to help clueless nobodies who's only claims to fame are Blessings from Saint Zaria. When is it her turn to shine? To show off? To conquer? To win? So, she says damn the Heros and damn Saint Zariah and leaves. I was planing, at the start of the story, not have her be quite evil yet. She's not really on the Good side, but she's not really Evil. Then as the story progresses, with Rolf whispering in her ear, and watching others who are Evil have a grand old time start wonder why she shouldn't be Evil. After all, if she can't be the main character, Katrina might as well have the time of her life. Character regression arc! Let's go! PS. I'm not sure what you meant by obvious. I'm sorry. [/quote] By "obvious", I mostly meant, "Adapted to be fighting alongside someone as notorious as a Demon Lord". Now, it's actually quite interesting to mention evil in this concept, because I actually didn't envision Demonic society as traditionally "evil". They have their own sense of morality, no doubt - one that's very much at odds with the morals of our own, considering how life and consciousness fundamentally differs quite a lot from regular "mortal" society - but the connotations of evil? I intended for that to be more reflective of how certain aspects of life and living are so fundamentally different, and the conflict that arises is well...understandably perceived as such. I don't think Ahriman would really go out of his way to make any one character "evil", per se. He would insist that it be all their own doing. "Becoming Evil" is never his goal: It's only getting people to be "their truest selves". Ahriman wouldn't really go against anyone who was just following what they wanted. They're only being honest with themselves, after all, and as far as his underlings go, he only particularly cares if your goals diametrically oppose his. In that sense, he would have a (begrudging) respect for some of the more adherent members of the Ecclesiarchy: Sure, he might not like them for standing so ardently against the choices of others, but he [i]would[/i] show respect for those who genuinely followed them with nothing in return, just because that's what kind of person they [i]were.[/i]