Talk:Star Swirl the Bearded/@comment-3031327-20180311045308/@comment-4531340-20180311113344

To be fair, he didn't embrace the shadow until after he was cast out by the Pillars, without getting a chance to explain himself (and being the one who brought the Pillars together in the first place, I can understand his bitterness - and the shadow came to him, tempted him in a moment of weakness brought on by that bitterness).

Personally, I think it was mostly Star Swirl who ordered him gone without giving him a chance to explain himself - the others seemed like they'd be more forgiving, more willing to at least entertain the possibility that there was a less malicious explanation for his theft.