| As far as what's behind Tyreal and Marius, it's just that pillar that held Tal Rasha.
And as far as alignment goes, I think it would be interesting to have a "longer leash" so to speak when deciding your own character's actions, but I think you should definitely have to be human, that is, none of this "What if you played as one of the Lesser Evils?" stuff that some people are talking about. |