MerelysSoul
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Smuthunter said:"Power corrupts" is not a universal truth. Different people respond to having power in different ways, for example some might refuse to use it; George Washington refusing to allow Congress to crown him King of the Americas after the American Revolution for example.
The Solars weren't corrupted only because they had power -- the Lunars and Sidereals had comparable power and not nearly as much monstrosity, all things considered -- but also because the First Age was set up in such a way as to make them completely unaccountable for their actions, in much the same way that the gods could not punish or even chastise the primordials for their actions prior to the creation of the Exalted.
True. I was making a point about the Great Curse that while being the cause of, isn't really the source of their corruption and fall. Humans are capable of both great and terrible things. Power is the same way, it is merely a tool. Thus Exalted, semi-divine humans, can be either great, terrible or both.