Talk:Lodge of Sorceresses/@comment-80.86.161.65-20160906175310/@comment-31.18.246.16-20161025032609

I do not doubt that members of the lodge occasionally have principles or start out with noble goals, but being exposed to the corrupting influence of power for much longer than less gifted people unfortunately tends to blind them to the limits they should observe lest they become what they set out to replace. The lodge is founded to protect mages from being victimised, enslaved or killed, which is an understandable, if not commendable goal -- yet at the same time, it has no qualms about enslaving/breaking other people (Saskia, and possibly Ciri; hell, look at what Philippa did to the child Radovid!), ordering the assassination of regents all over the place, and destabilising entire countries if it suits their plans, with unrest, wars, and famine as 'acceptable collateral damage' in the pursuit of their 'noble goal'.

The issue is not with them being extremely powerful women, or with them standing up for their rights; it is not even with them being just as ruthless and cruel as their opposition; it is with this glaringly obvious disconnect between their claim of moral superiority / 'knowing better' and their shown lack of an ethical compass.