[Korethael]
I think I'm beginning to understand why Sin'dorei in general, and mage students in particular, are pressed to do service in Outland. Seeing the destruction wrought by first the Legion, and then by our late, mad Prince, is a sobering reminder on what can happen when one becomes ungrounded and loses themselves to the lust for power. The fel orcs, for all their demonic strength, are pitiable, their bodies unstable and prone to failing, their minds no longer fully their own. I've also heard disturbing stories of elves, Sin'dorei, that have fallen just as far. Given our people's longevity, at least some of them certainly had to have seen action in the Second War. You'd think having seen what the blood of demons did to the orcs, they'd steer as far clear as possible.
I never cared for the "taste" of fel magic. It feels slimy. Unclean. Like I have to scrub my skin from the inside. That, and of course Silvermoon's continuing problem with the Wretched, has much to do with my focus on control and using my magic sparingly, I think. The less of that stuff I had to take in, the better. Seeing what I have these last two weeks only reinforces that resolution. I will NOT fall like that. Even if I have to give up my magic altogether and take up a sword, it would be far preferable to becoming that lost.
Me, a warrior. I'm sure Tory would laugh himself sick, and Hitoh would think it was cute. I WOULD look awfully silly under a load of plate, I'm sure, sprawled on the ground and unable to get up.