I could be wrong, but it looks to me (based on the public helpfile, I've never played a Scion) that the Scions wouldn't exactly need to fight to accomplish their goals. That they are evil is a function of the attitude they would need to accomplish said goals, nothing more.

If the Empire is coming back, I think it would be the perfect complement to what the Scions appear to be now. There you'd have the more direct and combat oriented evil or evilish cabal, to offset the more "cult" oriented Scion. I wouldn't say one or the other would be stronger, either. Would the Empire be larger and in some ways more popular? Probably. IMHO, the old Empire had severe flaws, I can but hope that they'll be corrected but up to an extent, their internecine fighting was and still is justified, so there's your check... the Scions don't have that really, nor should they, I think.

So, I understand anyone who wants a "dark" cabal that is more combat and pk oriented. I also understand that Scion is not that now and likely was never meant to be.

- Sabs