Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-92.251.228.132-20141108020915/@comment-24075086-20150420025859

TheLordInquisitor wrote:

Phantasys wrote: Anyone who considers the Dark Brotherhood "good" by ANY stretch of the imagination needs to get their heads checked. They worship a deity whose main "teaching" is to go out and commit murder and cause evil. Sithis represents chaos, and is a counterpart to Anuiel. Sithis represents chaos, Anuiel represents order. If Anuiel controlled everything, nothing would change. If Sithis did so, everything would constantly change.

Is a completely static world a good one? Or a perpetually morphing one good? No. Neither is preferable. A balance is therefore struck. Sithis cannot overcome Anuiel and Anueil cannot overcome Sithis.

Dark Brotherhood Assassins are therefore agents of change. Think about it: When doing minor contracts (Not Black Sacraments) you kill minor citizens at best, ones that won't cause too much change. Killing Grelod the kind causes change. Good change. The kids get a new caretaker, one who actually cares. That was a Black Sacrament contract, technically. And killing the Emperor? We know that Mortierre performed the Black Sacrament. That will cause much change.

Yes, killing is evil. But I'd rather lose a few people than for nothing to ever change.

Context bro...while Sithis himself has merits, the Dark Brotherhood's worship of him is causing pain and murder. The DB cannot be considered good in any way because the concept they worship is not one of change but just right out being evil. I put "teaching" in quotes because Sithis does not really teach anything, he just IS.