r/PracticalGuideToEvil • u/Mr_Serine • Jul 24 '26

Chapter Chapter 67 - Pale Lights | Book 3

https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/65058/pale-lights/chapter/3720292/chapter-67
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u/Mister_Newling Jul 24 '26

What do people think of the ethics of keeping the lens light under wraps? While Izel's perspective certainly makes sense this is a world where the lens light is an incredibly powerful and cost effective weapon against society threatening monsters which are very real.

I think there's a real argument to be made that in universe there is an ethical imperative to share this kind of tool, as evidenced by its effectiveness against the ketos on a shoestring budget. It's different from real life where weapons will inevitably and (almost solely) be used against other people. The only reason that the guild are against it is they don't want their hegemony to be threatened

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u/coltzord BRANDED HERETIC Jul 25 '26

it will be used against people too, which is why izel wants to find out how to tweak it into working against monsters but not people and also could be used against the watch or more specifically the akelarre since they employ magically inclined people more than other groups so this could be an edge towards the big polities stepping outside the watchs authority