Quote Originally Posted by gornotck View Post
As to Black Mage, I didn't see it implied that it causes you to become mean and evil. It was a cautionary tale of hubris. Black magic is power, power begets hubris. The type of person who seeks power for the sake of seeking power tends to be prone to hubris, overstep their limits, and turn their friends into a fiendish hellbeast that they can barely even contain, much less defeat.
Not to mention they deal with dark fiends all the time. Whose power lies in seduction and corruption as much as it does in destruction.