Even WH40k, Grimdark Incarnate, has its nice people. For instance, Ciaphus Cain (HERO IF THE IMPERIUM!) would probably give our little guy at least half a chance.
Hence, in our world, there's probably enough nice people that at least one is in this party of adventurers. Especially since a party full of complete murderous bastards wouldn't be liked much by the populace...
Ciaphas Cain would give a part-demon creature whose master he had killed a chance.
Ok then.
I said, "...at least half a chance". He's not the whole "PURGE THE SLIGHTLY DINGY," he's only interested in purging those he understands are irreparably corrupted.
Being part-demon is irreparably corrupted, at least in 40K. Exceedingly so, in fact.
It's possible to be part-daemon in 40k? I thought they went straight to possession.
And, anyways, I was showing that beacons of light exist in even the worst of settings.
Of course they do. I don't see why that's of any importance in guessing that the guys who murdered our master for little to no apparent reason are probably not going to be friendly to us.
They're adventurers. Our master was playing with demons. Do the math. At worst, it's Gray v. Black.
Are you going to claim this universe is anywhere near as bad as 40k?
Aside from the way magic works, this entire story could easily have taken place on some Imperial Feudal World, and we lack any real knowledge of the wider setting, so I have no idea.
It's too pleasant to be any but a remote Feudal World, and by "Remote" I mean "Unaffected by the horror and madness of the outside galaxy".
I wouldn't say that Warhammer 40000 is all that grimdark.
The phrase was quite literally invented to describe 40K. If 40K isn't Grimdark, nothing is.
Well, yes, this too.