DRK as Warrior of Light - What is your reasoning

[jedidotflow]

I see what you mean. Do note that I don't think of each in terms of good and evil, but more like opposing forces.

[jedidotflow]

Fantastic points regarding the other classes!

[LalafellDown]

Magic in general is evil sorcery so WHM and SCH are in the same category as using evil. Oh and SMN too conjuring up minions and AST some Star Zodiac stuff

the only non magic class is DRG(before 3.0). Maybe that's why the DRG is hated by the world because he doesn't use magic to fight the primal's and gets laughed at as the lolDRG when he's the first to die. He doesn't have magic to protect him just his spear and armor a true Eorzean hero.

[Shadotterdan]

Black Mages channel powers of the Void.

Just a correction. Black magic as far as the player character is concerned does not deal with the void, rather it is using the surrounding aether to power your spells and make them more destructive. Though a lot of NPC black mages seem drawn to summoning voidsent, at the moment it seems to be more that it is a handy source of outside power to use and less something that is intrinsically linked.

[PArcher]

Just a correction. Black magic as far as the player character is concerned does not deal with the void, rather it is using the surrounding aether to power your spells and make them more destructive. Though a lot of NPC black mages seem drawn to summoning voidsent, at the moment it seems to be more that it is a handy source of outside power to use and less something that is intrinsically linked.

Its hard to say; is Black Magic a subset of Void Magic, or is Void Magic a subset of Black Magic?

The Mhach were Void Mages, and from them we got the Black Magic we use now (and Void Magic). Do we know which actually came first?

[Alacran]

Many of the above, have made excellent points already, but I have always felt it's somewhat easier than all that. We all have someone/ something we would do anything for, a reason we would gladly put our hands into flames knowing full well we will burn, but we'll make sure that thing is safe, protected. Our morals and ideals need not be explained or understood by anyone else, we don't do what we do for accolades or fame. By the use of our power we can root out evil, the vile and false, our beginning quest fairly screams this fact. Our final guest (or was level 58?) also alludes to this, we are not evil, we are reactionary, when harm and hurt come to those we protect we engage with extreme prejudice and will use even damned magicks to see it done.

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[Cilia]

The question wasn't why, but how. Dark / Void magic like the kind we use is often assumed to be evil because it's calling on the power of Zodiark or the Void (Hell).

DRK's power doesn't come from either. Rather, it comes from their shadow, embodied by "Fray" in the 30-50 line. Accepting that shadow, both its good and bad points, is the key to mastering the power of "darkness" - hence why I consider the "dark arts" not so much dark as it is wielding your own heart as a weapon.

[Kallera]

Power depends on who uses it. The Abyss is what is used for the darker emotons and guiding purpose the DRK uses to fuel their techniques.

From a roleplay perspective, I welcome the contradiction. When you are famous and an adventurer, you can feel quite fettered in what you want and can do. A lack of agency when even the gods pin their ambitions and hopes on you, or rather, your role as "The Warrior of Light".
DRK, then , is not only Kallera's outlet, but something to call her own; to do right not out of lofty destiny or patriotism, but from desire and passion. To fight as herself, for herself.
But that's how I see it as my character. I'm sure there are other ways to view DRK from a roleplay perspective.

[Zohar_Lahar]

For me, the fact I executed the Archbishop after he declared himself God King seemed like all the justification a Warrior of Light needs to be the Dark Knight.

[Tanathya]

Dark Knight is all about sacrifice to help the others. In the rest of the franchise that is even more tangible, since you literally sacrifice HP to kill your enemies faster.