Anduin Wrynn

● Your character has a chance to undo a terrible mistake, but in doing so, there could be unintended consequences for everyone they know. Is it worth the risk? Or should the dead stay dead?

Anduin would not undo a mistake if it came at the cost of others, even if it did mean bringing back the dead. His own father only just recently died and Anduin would give what he could to bring the man back, but he could not justify hurting or impacting others for his own gain. In doing so he would be forgoing everything he wishes to be; kind, patient and selfless. By doing something like this for his own gain Anduin knows he would suddenly become as bad as others and if he cannot forgive them for doing such things then he cannot forgive himself for following suit. Time and time again he has seen other leaders succumb to such temptations and it has never ended well. A mistake is something to learn from in Anduin's mind no matter how much it hurts and keeps him awake at night. He knows if he does not learn from such things then he will never grow and will be likely to repeat said mistake in future.

In Anduin's opinion the dead should stay dead if they have moved on, no matter how much leaving it that way hurts. It is his responsibility to think of everyone, not just himself. That is the role he was born in to, the role his father carried and the one Anduin will carry on.

● If your character had the option to permanently lose the ability to feel certain negative emotions like fear or grief, or permanently forget certain memories, would they take it? What if they will never know that something has been taken from them? Does loss only matter if it's known what's missing?

No, if given the option Anduin would keep the negative emotions. He knows what grief and loss feels like, he lost his mother at a young age and his father more recently. He has seen so many people losing their lives or having things impacting them so terribly and his heart hurts for each and every one of them. Losing such emotions would help with the pain and Anduin would contemplate that much, but it would never go further than that. The pain is something he needs to carry with him, it is his duty to do so to shoulder the burden so others do not have to. If he could make it so others did not feel negative emotions at a cost to himself he would be severely tempted to do so, but even then it would still need some thought. Pain is what makes things real, to remind him that things are not always going to go right or that things can happen no matter how much preparation happens. Removing such thoughts could make someone lazy and prone to hurting others. If someone cannot feel negativity they would not think twice about inflicting it on others as their empathy would be gone and Anduin knows that empathy is one of the most important emotions out there.

As for other emotions such as rage, they would ne nice to get rid of but the above still stands true. He just has to look at Genn Greymane to see how rage can be harnessed to do something good, even if it's a curse.

● Could your character ever forgive themselves for something morally wrong that they've done? No matter how much time has passed? No matter how much penitence has been done? Is being sorry enough to be a good person?

Anduin would struggle to forgive himself for doing something morally wrong no matter how much time has passed. He likes to believe his moral compass is in the right place and that the Light will guide him in making the right choices when the time comes, that he can be the example he wishes the rest of the world to see. Anduin has made mistakes that have even resulted in the death of others and he has found it hard to forgive himself for being so naïve when it comes to it. If he'd thought about what he was doing or listened to the advice of others it may not have worked out hurting other people.

That beings said, Anduin is not prone to doing something wrong morally, except for wandering around Pandaria knowing there were others looking for him. He doesn't feel bad about it as it meant he met a lot of others and ultimately it wound up in them uncovering things to stop Garrosh from causing severe harm. But then no-one really died from Anduin running away nor did they suffer, so he has not had to come to terms with his own selfish actions causing someone harm.

Is being sorry good enough though? In Anduin's mind it should be, the Light is there to guide them and sometimes forgiveness is the right path no matter what, it's just much harder to do when trying to forgive one's self.

● Your character has a secret they have been sworn to, but revealing this secret could save the lives of countless others. Is it worth breaking the promise to save others, or is betrayal never justifiable?

If Anduin had a secret he was sworn to that could save the lives of so many others he would reluctantly tell it. He has seen what keeping information quiet has done to others and the lives it has cost during the invasion of the Legion. Lack of communication has often led to crossed wires and simple gaps in intel that have then caused damage and worse. He knows that the person sharing the secret would be disappointed and probably disown him or such, but how could he look the families of those lost in the face knowing that he could have saved them just by opening his mouth? It's his duty as King of Stormwind to think of everyone, not just himself, and if telling a secret saves lives but causes him some discomfort then so be it, he would do it twice if need be.

Betrayal is not really justifiable in Anduin's mind, but is it betrayal if it saves people? Anduin isn't sure on that and will debate it often in his mind, looking at examples of it throughout the Horde and the Alliance. Betrayal often causes problems in the aftermath rather than the initial action and sometimes things can be calmed down when the reasons are put forwards. But again it depends on the results, if the betrayal causes carnage then no it's not justifiable, it never is. Is it betrayal if someone is asking for someone to not save lives and that person then does so? Anduin wouldn't think it to be that way, the betrayal would be asking him to not take action if they truly knew him.

Has your character ever gotten joy out of hurting others, physically or mentally? If they have, does it scare them?

No, Anduin has never gotten joy out of hurting others and he probably never would. He is not the sort of person quick to want revenge or to lash out suddenly. Unlike his late father, Anduin is known to be more serene and patient, to be more pacifist when it comes to making decisions when it comes to the enemy. Hurting people never brings Anduin joy even when it's the enemy and not for his own joy or amusement. He is a priest of the Light, he has devoted himself to healing and caring for others, not for bringing them pain (even though the option is there through the shadow aspect of the job). He doesn't want to see others suffer as he has through his life and inflicting that on others makes his skin crawl. It would have to be extremely warranted for someone else under his command to do such too, there has only been one instance where someone inflicted pain for information that would stop someone from potentially destroying everything and even then it's somewhat unclear as to if Anduin grasps the actual fact someone did it.

If Anduin suddenly started feeling joy in other people's misery he would be instantly concerned and bringing it up with the others who follow the Light for their guidance. Feeling such things would mean that something is very wrong and that something is probably trying to corrupt him.