<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=108033.msg4745957#msg4745957">Quote from: Zaer Darkwail on 06-06-2011, 01:28:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Yeah, but way you spoke it was rude none the less and Belinda may take offense when you give rudeness disguised compliments towards her :P. But I wonder why you specifically play very annoying (IC wise) rude antagonistic character? As if your asking bloody nose from everyone in the meeting minus Asleod (altough one point it bordered in that area also) and Sophie.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>A revision is in order:  I don't like playing a boring character.  Lebanon is many things, admittedly, but boring isn't one of them.  A lot of the characters already have a relationship with Lebanon, and some of it is implicit, but a lot of it centers on conflict.  Lebanon doesn't like nobles.  Why?  He's a thief.  Why?  Because he was orphaned by a noble.  So he automatically despises Daniel.  This relationship is very explicit.  An implicit relationship is how Lebanon hasn't said anything that is hyperbolic or mean-spirited towards Talanna.  He has described her very factually:  'elven slave.'  Why?  Because his mother was an elven slave.  Lebanon really loved his mother, and has a soft spot for elven female pleasure slaves (he empathizes with them).<br/><br/>Sometimes Lebanon behaves in an inappropriate manner because he is gauging a person.  For example, there isn't a reason for Lebanon and Samuel not to get along.  But Lebanon and Samuel don't know one another.  More importantly, Lebanon and Samuel have never worked together.  It is important, for Lebanon's sake, for him to know how Samuel will react to danger.  Sometimes Lebanon doesn't need to gauge a person.  Lebanon never tested the ranger's patience directly because he already knew how the ranger would fare in the face of danger.<br/><br/>The central antagonism between himself and Alexander rests in Lebanon's jealousy of him.  He sort of wishes he could be Alexander.  Alexander has friends and a successful business, and he hasn't made the sort of mistakes Lebanon has made.  Lebanon wants Alexander to think that Lebanon doesn't want him there, but in truth, Lebanon has reinforced Alexander's will to stay purposefully.  Remember Lebanon's out-of-character spiel directed at Alexander, calling him a good man and to leave?  It seemed to dissolve Alexander's hesitancy to join.  The speech had the exact polar opposite of its seeming intention, which is what Lebanon was counting on (and it's why Lebanon winked at Sophia when he sat back down).   Why?  Because Lebanon wants to see Alexander lose everything.<br/><br/>His relationship with Aesleod is undefined, but his relationship with Sophia is complicated.<br/><br/>In general, I feel that Lebanon is a sturdy character.  He's not incredibly antagonistic as you describe him, Zaer.  He is not intimidating.  He is not demanding.  He simply prods, pokes and insults.  He's a thief.  A man that will destroy a person's life in the blink of an eye without an ounce of hesitation and without an ounce of remorse.  Do I like him?  Yes.  I think he's interesting and he's fun to play.  Do I care if you like him, Zaer?  I don't know.  Do you care if I like Daniel as a character?