We're talking about giving up your own emotions, feelings, and therefore humanity in order to gain power. It's a self-sacrifice for AK's case. It changes based on who we're talking about, but all sorts of sacrifices have been made by all sorts of the Order's members.
It's just not in his blood to write about the "good guys," no matter how dark a story theirs really is.Deschain wrote:Kao needs to write more from the Order's PoV.