Talk:Keltullis/@comment-24.154.118.239-20181028034702/@comment-2A01:E35:2FBA:7C00:141A:BCF3:2BCD:6321-20190709215010

I killed "her". Since it's not human it's an it, not a she, despite being female (anyway who cares).

Why did I kill it? Here's a list of reasons.

1. The dragon's a bully. Dwarves had to pay it a tribute in gold so that it doesn't attack them. Like they owe anything to Keltullis. (Sin: pride and arrogance) Which brings us to point number 2.

2. The dragon's greedy as hell. Like Smaug. Like it needs the gold to survive. I could understand the "give me food so I don"t starve", but "gimme gold or I slaughter you all" isn't something I take too kindly. Notice it builds its lair where the rich folk lives. Dwarves have plenty of gold, so why not pick them as targets for extorsion? (Sin: greed, envy)

+ i'm too lazy to hunt so bring me food (Sin: laziness)

3. Dragon was trying to reproduce. Yeah, more greedy bullies next time it lays eggs. (Sin: lust)

4. Dragon attacked not only dwarves, but also Meve and her depleted Lyrian forces. Like they had anything to do with what happened to its eggs. (Sin: wroth)

5. Dragon was raw about the dwarves and wanted to make them pay. And the dwarves were justified in being pissed at Keltullis too. So letting it live and recover means it could come back (would you not?) and make Mahakam look like Aedirn in flames. Well hell no I say.

Keltullis isn't Rhaegal (who is IMHO the best dragon in terms of morality), it's more like Smaug. Yeah, Smaug is worse, since it left dwarves no choice and slaughtered them all, then tried to kill Bilbo, then the rest of the dwarves, burned Dale, and so on.

Ok the lust part is a bit far fetched. But pride, arrogance, greed, envy, wroth and unfairness towards Meve all point to show Keltullis, while not inherently evil itself, is a bringer of evil. The story also tells you Meve had serious losses. So you can of course show mercy, or you can serve justice. Meve needs the support of the dwarves and the dragon wronged her and them. It's not a saint. Plus who knows, you let it live, it fancies destroying Mahakam? Why should we trust it? Yeah, it's going down.