Soul Colour: Water

*The*

Master Archetype

**Aversion:**
Incompetence

**Strategy:**
Comprehension

Those whose souls bear the touch of Dagon are
introverted, alert and insightful. They dread being incapable or otherwise inept
and constantly seek to accumulate knowledge, to understand their environment
and to have the world figured out. Independent and innovative, they retreat
into their minds to plan and strategise before taking action. At their best,
Water souls embody intelligence, vision and inventiveness, but at their worst
they can fall prey to hubris, nihilism and perhaps even psychosis.

**Lawful**
Good - The
Pioneering Architect

**Liberation:**
***“I have acquired true***
discernment.”

Feeling truly connected to the world, the character
gains true knowledge through participation and develops visionary wisdom. They
broadly understand the world and penetrate it, seeing things in their whole and
proper context. By letting go of their detachment from the world, they pioneer
discoveries that better life and existence. Awed, clear-minded and discerning,
others find them to be an enlightening and illuminating presence.

**Good - The**
Focused Expert

**Self-Image:** *“I am intelligent and perceptive.”*

Aware and observant, the character desires to master
skills and knowledge to gain confidence. Independent and inventive, they are
also communicative, open-minded and uncompromising. By acquiring the mastery
they need to feel competent, they begin to spare thought for the education and
enlightenment of others. They are curious and extraordinarily perceptive,
promoting these qualities in others as they further pursue skill and prestige.

**Unaligned - The**
Intense Theorist

**Ideals:** *“I value knowledge and comprehension.”*

Detached and preoccupied, the character desires to
concentrate without interruption, and to prevent intrusions on their time. High-strung
and cerebral, they are fascinated by the esoteric, being more focussed on
theories and conceptualisation than on reality itself. Emotionally distant and
impractical, they often challenge accepted wisdom and hoard resources while
neglecting social contact. They analyse everything before acting, and if
isolated or uncertain can become abrasive, provocative, arrogant and
argumentative.

**Evil - The**
Avaricious Nihilist

**Resentment:**
***“No-one recognises my***
skill and superiority.”

Reclusive and cynical, the character desires to hoard
their time and resources at any cost, cutting off connection to the world and
others. They reject emotional attachments in favour of pursuing dark fantasies
of complete aloofness. Turning their calculating minds to Machiavellian purpose,
they reduce others to mere pawns as they pursue mastery. Hubristic, they become
increasingly proud and grandiose, possibly becoming totally disembodied and seemingly
passionless.

**Examples:** *Petyr Baelish (Game of Thrones) and Dar Adal*
(Homeland)

**Chaotic**
Evil -The
Scheming Megalomaniac

**Delusion:**
***“The world cruelly regards***
me as inadequate.”

Repressing feelings of ineptitude and damnation, the
character stops at nothing to realise their terrible vision. Insidious and
malignant, they are obsessed with their malevolent fantasies of vengeance and
supremacy. Their thwarted genius and esoteric knowledge are put to use in
service of inner chaos and rage, leading to cruelty and mass manipulation. If
manic, they may be possessed by strange and disturbing ideas, becoming capricious
and explosively destructive.

**Examples:** *Lore (Star Trek: TNG) and John Cavil*
(Battlestar Galactica)