[member="Wolf"]
Wolf said:
[member="Tirdarius"]
What were your character's motivations when starting out, and after becoming a Sith Lord?
Well, his motivations for becoming Sith were involuntary - that RP was done on a different forum (this character was a transfer), but during a massive 'invasion' RP, while a Padawan, he came across a Sith Witch (written by a particularly excellent writer who is also part of Chaos) that proceeded to beat the living crap out of him. Thereafter, she took him to an ally who then essentially indoctrinated him into the Sith ways with the 'serve or die' methodology. Hadn't really been my intention for the character (I'd fully intended on him being a Jedi), but I'm never one to go against the flow of RP, so that's where he ended up.
As a Sith, he's a believer in the long view: he essentially sees the Sith as having right to rule. Their powers and gifts from the Force invariably place them at the top of the food chain, and this is something he sees as natural: it provides the Sith the ability to create order and harmony throughout the Galaxy by virtue of being able to crush those forces that sow discord and seek to harm the innocent citizenry (pirates, slavers etc). The strong dominate the weak, but he also sees it as an imperative for the strong to therefore protect the weak through rule, rather than oppressing them because they have power.
Put bluntly: he perceives the Sith as servants of the Galaxy, much the same as Jedi, but believes that the Jedi have erred by failing to use their power (thus, protecting the small interests while neglecting the good of the galaxy as a whole). Those Sith who seek power, kill because they can and fail to put their skills to good use in service of the Empire: they're at the very bottom of the food chain, and prime targets. He feels that many Sith are excessive in their use of force, lacking in subtlety and entirely failing to consider the Empire as a whole while carving out their own little fiefdoms to oppress and terrorise, because they
can. To that end, he kills Sith just as readily as anyone else: if they fail to live up to the mantle, they die.
So, yes...seeking after power for power's sake isn't something he tolerates. Power must serve a purpose, and only those truly fit to rule, working for the betterment of the Empire and those citizens who serve it, should ever reach the pinnacle of the Sith hierarchy.
Anyone seeking to learn the Sith ways that doesn't keep this in mind is likely to end up dead
