It's true that non-Nephandi villans aren't so prevalent as one would think. Voormas it's the poster figure, but other than him...Well, we know they exist: There are whole factions depicted as "evil by our standards" out there, but few members of note. And it doesn't help that most of these factions are offensive stereotypes that one wouldn't want to touch with a ten foot pole, like the Aghori and Wu Keng
It's also true that Nephandi could use a revision.
I think that a paralel with Marauders it's a good idea: Rather than a cohesive faction with a very specific initiation ritual, Nephandi could trully be fallen mages. Usualy to fall, in a mystic sense, doesn't mean to join a nasty faction but rather to sucumb to risks or temptations inherent to being human while you're in the path of Ascencion. It's something that should be a risk regardless of your personal associations.
Mages that face too much supernatural evil could end having a Marauder-like offering from their Avatars - one that wouldn't separate them from reality but rather adapt them to the evil of the world.
It's also true that Nephandi could use a revision.
I think that a paralel with Marauders it's a good idea: Rather than a cohesive faction with a very specific initiation ritual, Nephandi could trully be fallen mages. Usualy to fall, in a mystic sense, doesn't mean to join a nasty faction but rather to sucumb to risks or temptations inherent to being human while you're in the path of Ascencion. It's something that should be a risk regardless of your personal associations.
Mages that face too much supernatural evil could end having a Marauder-like offering from their Avatars - one that wouldn't separate them from reality but rather adapt them to the evil of the world.
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