I have been thinking much of this idea people have, that if you commit mass murder and genocide, and torture and destroy the souls of innocents, you’re an evil monster, end of story…
But what if this isn’t the whole story?
Let’s be honest, most of us in our lives have cuddled our families, spouses and pets, but I think even the most innocent looking soul in a moment of anger and rage at some point in their life, has wished they could truly torture their soul or obliterate them from creation, and if the most innocent looking person denies this to me, I think they are lying.
But have we not considered that if using souls for our own purposes, torturing and tormenting them, and discarding them from existence are the worst evils we can imagine, then if we were to sit back and imagine the highest goodness and virtues, then it would be quite reasonable that we would dream up someone like the Arbiter.
See, we know for a fact that the Jailer suffered a great injustice at the beginning of time, now maybe, just maybe, if we consider that the Jailer and the Arbiter were once one being, what if it was the case that “good side” became the Arbiter we know, but the “evil” half was banished. So we would imagine the Arbiter has the highest level of goodness, because even the most wicked evil beings in existence get a chance to say sorry and do the right thing in a plane like Revendreth, before they get the boot, as to me I would put that into the ‘just’ category to give a truly wicked soul a chance to repent before they are forever tortured for eternity in hell or doomed to non-existence.
But if is is the case, then the cosmos itself is flawed, as what you have done is split a soul in two, that the evil we imagine, that is the torture and maiming of innocents is a contrast to the highest good we can imagine, which is treating people fairly, showing your enemies mercy, always giving them a last chance, and other qualities one might consider to be the highest virtue.
Has anyone considered that maybe, just maybe, these “good” and “evil” virtues are simply two opposites of the same coin, that all of us have the worst possible evil in us, but also the highest possible good.
The problem is, for the highest good we can possibly imagine to exist, its opposite, what you would call the highest ‘evil’ you can imagine must also exist. The fact that the Jailer is male and the Arbiter female is also not a coincidence.
Many people say that it is wrong to break the system of the afterlife, but if you knew the full truth, that it is said that the Jailer is full of hatred for The Arbiter, well if you were half a soul, you would despise your good half too. Now to me what could happen is if let the Jailer kill the Arbiter, there could be a soul-link between them which could result in his own death anyway, as I can’t see us adventures taking down the Jailer with mere swords and frostbolts.
If this is how it ends, while it is said that without the Arbiter souls would simply get lost in the countless realms of the afterlife, I am not buying that, as we know Kyrian bring souls to the Arbiter in Oribos to be judged, so we know Kyrian can maintain their duty to bring souls to the after-life.
The other happier ending is if the Jailer merges with his other half, the Arbiter, and becomes a whole being again, with both good and evil in him and balance to the cosmos is restored, and Sylvanas achieves her goal, and despite all the “evil” that she’s done, you will see the bigger picture going on here.
I mean due to the splitting the soul, I would argue that the main realms of Shadowlands have gone too far out of balance, we’ve seen Maldraxxus just causing war for the sake of it, Bastion become self-righteous in their goodness, and Revendreth we all know how that turned out, same with Ardenweald too, that one could argue that they became “too good”, to the point where blind obedience and acceptance to the status quo sent everything out of order.
The main thing we’ve been told to do is not allow the Jailer to reach the Arbiter at her crucible in Oribos. But why?
We know Sylvanas is above blindly following orders, she has her own agenda, and as was said, the Jailer is full of hatred for the Arbiter, so the way I see it, there is but one choice…
We must countermand the orders of the Primus and allow the Jailer to reach the Arbiter. He will then either merge, and become a whole being again, restoring the balance of the cosmos, or he will destroy the Arbiter, which if I am right will result in his own destruction, in which case balance to the cosmos can still be restored, as the Kyrian could still bring souls to Oribos, but the souls could then choose how they want to spend their own afterlives, rather then having it chosen for them.
Think about it.
