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Public News Post #19804

A response.

Written by: Aodfionn Wintermourne, Herald of Redemption
Date: Monday, February 1st, 2016
Addressed to: Nemesian Corbeaux al-Aqrab, Sectator of Dissidence


Hail the Dawn, son of the Flame-Bright Spear.


Odd choice, to bring up Shallam and to argue against moralities and ideals which have not been practiced since the fall of that city.

Now, I was never a friend of Shallam - though you were - so I cannot wholly speak to the inherently flawed morality that the Te'serra confused with Goodness.

Fortunately, from the perspective of a scholar that has been in service to both your God and to the Bloodsworn, those of us in the East have long since been shown the folly of morality - an inherently mortal and therefore inherently fallible concept. Rather than adhere to such principles, we focus solely on the aims of Good, the aims of the Divinities who guide us;

We will see Creation survive.

And we will see Creation thrive.

That is pretty much it. While there are many philosophical tangents that one may wade through based upon these goals, none of it much indicates any moral code or morality as you seem to understand it.

You do admittedly bring up a good point about truth; it can be found anywhere, if you know how to look (much as I detailed in my original missive to Ashtan). But the more interesting question you raise is the one you feel more confidently lends itself towards the teachings of Lord Babel.

"The end of this world, or a new wave of fanaticism and repression across the realms from the children of Dunamis?"

It is curious that there is displayed such a wildly ignorant, out-of-date, and out-of-touch understanding of Good that must surely have been drawn from the era of the Caliphate or even the Qashar. But, in the interest of reflecting the absolute reality in order to discern the truth of the matter, please allow me to elaborate a tad.

One - You speak of this new wave of fanaticism and repression in an effort to try and paint the forces of Good as thoughtlessly violent and essentially no different from Mhaldor. You likely do this because, at least in the eyes of people who value freedom, the term 'repression' causes one to recoil. But it also belies a very weak foundational understanding of Good's aims.

What, in Their teachings, speaks of the desire to rule? Have you read any of the works more recent than Shallam's fall?

Let us imagine a world wherein the forces of Good have triumphed, purifying Creation and containing that which cannot be destroyed; removing all of the mortal-made and divine-made provebial ceilings that have limited the growth and opportunities of mortalkind. Creation would, by and large, be free to grow and realize its potential in ways that have not been possible since before Chaos initially entered our world. This, Priest of the Spear, is part of what is referred to in the Paradise of a world made pure again.

But there are no teachings on the subject of empire-building. Far from it; for the Bloodsworn have made it readily apparent in both word and deed that They have no interest in trying to rule Creation. To do so would be to betray the essence of what Good *is*, for such enterprises require the stifling of growth and yielding to impure thoughts and forces in an effort to retain power. No, the Bloodsworn do not share the desires of the Horned God or the Dark Lord; they seek to liberate and preserve. Once Their aims are met, the rest of the world would live in freedom and mostly in peace. Targossas would have no need to bring war to the North, and for once our peoples may mutually seek growth and fulfillment within existence.

Two - the first part of your statement is striking. From your words, the end of the world - of all existence, of all hope to grow, of all hope for life, of everything that we know - is preferable to what you deceitfully try to claim would be a repressive regime. This is a curious take on things.

Ignoring the fact that such claims of repression are founded either in ignorance or deceitfulness, would you - a proud, I assume, man of Sapience - truly choose to simply give up, rather than deal with odds not in your favor? For this is the root expression of your nihilist desires; all is meaningless, so why bother? Why take a stand in hopes that you and your children and their children might know the beauty and inherent growth of life, when you could just sit back and wait?

Do your Freedom-loving citymates agree with this principle? Are they too so angry and bitter towards reality that they would prefer to see it destroyed? Are they too so lazy and weak-spined that you expect them to simply reject their natural senses of self-preservation in hopes that the Mad God's visions may come true?

I do not imagine that many outside your city - or even many within it - share this view. I may be wrong, however. Time will certainly tell.

In the interest of saving quills and ink, I will be mailing you a list of documents and books on the subject of Good. I trust it will make for a more informed dialogue, to have us both operating on an understanding more recent than the 500s; after all, I don't see many respected minds badgering Mhaldor to answer for the beliefs of Iron Citadel-era Ashtan.


May the Light and Fire lead, Priest of the Flame-Bright Spear.


In service to Them,

Aodfionn Wintermourne
Herald of Redemption








Penned by my hand on the 10th of Glacian, in the year 704 AF.


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