Agents of Chaos
 

'Being a long time since i plastered an idea in this here forum parts...

But anyways, bear with me for a momment or two.

Chaos and Order are magnetic forces that Attract and repel each other. They "orbit" each other, and if they come in contact, the "Collateral effect" is felt everywhere.

White Mage: She is a pure agent of Chaos. By not following the order of things, and being "dragged" into the LW presence, she was transported to the beggining of things, were she triggered the biggest chaotic reaction of all, i called "The first motion", that is basicly, to create the unniverse, that is chaotic all by itself. You can say that White mage is a Chaotic being.

Red Mage: Another agent of Chaos, as Red Mage acts in the borderline of all order. Withing the relm of his own mind, Chaos is Order, and it affects his actions in the World. You can say that Red Mage is a Chaotic mind.

Fighter: Fighter is a pure agent of Chaos. His mind and spirit, have purity and connection. but his view of the world, within his mind, is chaotic. Chaotic enough to make sense only for himself. But that same Chaotic Logic provide him with means to act. his actions affect the world around him. You can say that Fighter is a Chaotic heart.

Thief: Thief is Twisted in Chaos. In the cosmos created by White Mage, there is a line of Order that was created: Money. Money has meaning, it sets things in motion in a given order. Money is Lawfull. Thief on the other hand, Steals that order, for no other reason than to "keep it", withing his mind, only because he can. Thief is capable of breaking this Order with his body. Stealing anything with value. Leaving only a chaotic resolution. You can say that Thief is a chaotic Body.

[]Black Mage:[/b] Black mage is resolve. He has a chaotic resolve to destroy all creation, with little consequence within his mind. he cant execute his resolve by himself. By being Chaotic, Black mage must set others to execute his Chaotic will. In a way, Black mage is only Trully chaotic in the presence of those who can be moved by his will. You can say that Black mage is a chaotic will.

Black Belt: I dont think Black mage is Chaotic. I think he is Corrupted order. Black Belt's motifs and goals were orderly. pratical. Concrete. But, being in the presence of White mage for so long, twisted his being. So, Black Belt is a Omen. A mirror that reflected the true Chaos that was White Mage.

So, together, the "Lightbulb Warriors" form a Chaotic Body, Mind, Soul and Will. Together, they are Chaos.

So, what about the Dark Warriors? Are they Order? Maybe, maybe not. They dont act on chaos. They have goals, order, selection, objetive, priorities.

And also.... a dumb person, chaos do not make.

And what about Sarda? Isnt he chaos? Probably not. He could be order. He could be the "Equalizer". pure and untoached neutrality. Nor orderly, nor Chaotic. Having chaotic ways of bringing order, and orderly ways to bring chaos.

He could be trying to send the Light warriors to meet the Dark warriors all along, in a way to make them clash, destroy each other, and then, with the power of the 4 Orbs, "reboot" chaos and order. The thing is... Sarda may not be THAT powerfull. not being able to control chaos and order. so he has to "nudged" Chaos in it's erradic path, untill it meets order (thus... crazy quests)

A Theory, maybe, or just a crazy rant... but with the end being near, and not so much time for plot twists, i can bet on these ideas.

I don't really get most of that stuff, but it does seem likely that Sarda wants to remake the Universe, presumably in his own image. That fact that WM got to do it instead made him pretty bitter.

I gotta say, though, if there really isn't an enormous, absurdly impossible plot twist before the end, I'll be very disappointed.

The pure meaning of chaos isn't 'disorder' through, that meaning only formed over time. Chaos is better described as 'unpredictability'. In that sense the Light Warriors do represent order because they are predictable. In any given situation you can expect Fight to kill things, Thief to steal, Red Mage to devise a plan and Black Mage to simply destroy. We know their individual motives, and usually they will act upon those motives. That said however that Dark Warriors aren't exactly unpredictable either and neither is White Mage. The more unpredictable and 'chaotic' of the characters is Sarda, since we still don't know his motive.

Well, apart from King Steve. You never know what he's going to do.

no no, if you pay a closer look, you'll see that they act oderly in a chaotic manner. Yes, fighter kill things... but the "triiger" that puts him to it is absolutly chaotic most of the times (see last comic) , as for red mage. He always have a plan. A plan so chaotic that dosent hold any meaning outside his on mind. And yet... it works. As for Thief, he steals. With absurd ability, but without any need or point. Just chaotic behavior.

And so on and on

... I bet Brian's gonna be really pissed if you're correct.

But if it's not, then dude, someone should write that story, I'd read it.

unfortunately chaos is not an embodiment of the self same principle of the universe...

This is a very interesting idea.

However I think Chaos is named less because he is a pure embodiment of chaos as you define it, and more because the name "Chaos" sounds really cool for a villain god type person, and that he might not have any ties to disorder besides that his evil and destruction cause it.

http://www.nuklearpower.com/daily.php?date=010730

"Er... I was talking about the nefarious king of demons, Chaos. Not the idea of chaos."

Of course, this is King Steve we're listening to. But Black Mage seems to actually recognize the name also, there at the end. And he's probably a pretty reliable source of information about nefarious kings of demons.

I could be wrong, but how much stake actually exists in Order as a being--or even a presence, as far as the 8-Bit world is concerned? Chaos is personified and real, or at least, there's an active entity named Chaos--is there any evidence of a standing opposite? For all we know, unpredictability, randomness, and exploding may be the only driving force in the universe. Varying degrees of it, sure, but that's not really any different from our own universe. Everything has some level of unpredictability.

Really, all this theory is supporting is the idea that people do crazy things sometimes. Some people do crazy things more often than others, yeah, but in the end, nobody's totally absent of some element of the chaotic. Of course the entire 8-Bit cast are a little or more chaotic... if they weren't, they wouldn't be able to live and react. It's human nature.

Also--and I could be wrong again--but I almost never, ever, ever see Will as its own entity. It's usually lumped in somewhere between Heart and Soul--it's a facet of one, the other, or both, but never its own seperate physical existence. You never see someone get their will ripped out of them. Will is a by-product, for the most part. It's derivative. It's determined by one of the other three, but I don't recall seeing it stand alone in any fictional or mythical universes.

Interesting ideas, but a whole lotta stretching.