Talk:Lodge of Sorceresses/@comment-80.86.161.65-20160906175310/@comment-137.132.228.33-20170116095229

Few hate them for being all women. That's like saying that secretive societies such as the Freemasons, the Bohemian Grove, etc., which have been accused of 'secretly running the world' are hated for being almost entirely male. You're talking out your arse.

They're hated for being a conspiracy to rule the world of the Northern realms through manipulation behind the shadows. They're hated because they're elitists who claim to know what's best for everyone. They're hated because they seek to preserve the high position of magic in the kingdoms while wielding great magic skill and power at the expense of people without magical ability or talent. What they really stand for is their belief that they alone deserve to shape the world, because it doesn't matter how intelligent or well-educated other people are; they'd never be able to join if they weren't sorceresses. In effect, they're no different from a feudal monarchy system which restricts participant in governing to only the few noble families of the land and their cronies. So, no, they are not 'more enlightened' or 'better for the common folk' in any sense.

And for the record, The Lodge 'tried to save Ciri' in the same way a farmer 'tries to save one of his cows'. The Lodge doesn't give a mouse ballsack about Ciri, with the exception of maybe Triss. They only wanted her as a puppet for their own ends, the way a farmer wants a healthy and plump cow because it fetches a high price. The Lodge only has the best interests of the world at heart when said interests coincide with their own. The only people genuinely trying to save Ciri with no strings attached were Geralt and Yen.