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[Settlement Guide] - Edenia

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:41:45 +0000

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The Land of Edenia

Held mostly to their own solitude, the Land of Edenia remains indifferent to the troubles of the space outside of their own territory- mostly kept to their own solitude in order to focus on the progress of their own counsel. Ruled by a singular Lord, Edenia remains as a sanction to those who wish to settle down in a place enclosed to the pursuit of knowledge, happiness, and truth; these aspects furthering the goals of, that is, living life for the sole sake of doing that; living.

The Land of Edenia is home to many mysterious things, the people of which holding a diverse set of appearances. Despite this, one could argue that the residents of this land hold an intangible crimson thread binding them close together in a tight-knit community. The main drives of their culture calls for the pursuit of archeology- that is, the study of other cultures and the mortal and divine realms, exploration- that of which drives a sect of their people to explore to places not many Descendants dare tread without a weapon, and craftsmanship- such is the way of Edenia’s people, making things that make their jobs and lives easier.

It was said that Edenia was once known as the Gehenna Estate, a vile and accursed den hoarding those most call dark mages known as Shades- although, the dark mages were cast out- populated by those who seek to right the wrongs of the past, so that they may tread towards a better future.

Peak Times

The Land of Edenia holds people from many places, though the main timezones are EST and GMT. The peak times range across from 3PM EST to 10PM EST, with the exceptions of later times being reached based on the topic of roleplay, for many great roleplayers call Edenia their home.

Population Density

The Land of Edenia’s people do not hold hesitation to letting one into their Estate- for it is the right of all peoples to pursue knowledge- however, due to the history of their roots- Edenia frowns upon those who resort to the use of forbidden knowledge, that being pursuing things many deem to be unnatural such as dark magic, to further their goals.

Directions

The Land of Edenia resides upon the border of the Wildlands- the trek there being worth the walk, should one be determined to face the journey. From Cloud Temple, one must first pass through the swamps of Arcas, cut through the dense forests before meandering their way across the path lining out the Wildlands, to where they’d find the Land of Edenia.

List of players available to assist:

The Lord of Edenia, Dael’debol II | yooho#6616
Sir Ehmet, Leader of the Freeblades | Spoonpid#3469

May you find your way and enjoy your stay within Edenia

LOCAL LORD OF GEHENNA SEEKS MEDICINE MEN

Fri, 18 Sep 2020 03:13:24 +0000

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An assortment of greasy chickens travel the continent, spreading missives across Arcas for everyone to see..

DEAR ARCAS,
I am the Lord of Gehenna, Dark Dael. You may know that I am one to be trusted due to my infamous presence and general clout, for I am the new leader of the (once bad but now good) Gehenna Estate after I came in and kicked out all the shades with my mighty blade. This message is reserved only for those who are well-versed within the ways of medicine. After my grandson got pecked in the eye by a bird, I realized that I did not know how to do anything about it- for despite my infinite amount of wisdom and power, I don’t know which way to apply a bandage onto a wound. I beseech the most skilled in Arcas for a challenge: to live with us, the Gehennites. If you are interested in this proposition, please send a missive my way and we shall begin your interview. Now then, I know what you are thinking. What have I, Dark Dael, master of masters and winner of winners hold to offer to you? The answer is simple; a living space within my Estate as well as all the sweet, sweet cookies you can eat. We only ask that you not be a soy-faced crybaby without any sense of loyalty. Thank you.

P.S: I really hurt my ankle recently and I don’t know what to do about it. Please send a missive as soon as you can, or I am going to cut off my leg.

OOC NOTE:
bird FlipChimp or msg yooho#6616 for your appointment

THE RISE OF THE NEW LORD OF GEHENNA

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 10:27:32 +0000

Missives have been spread across the land of Arcas, finding themselves pinned to the walls within various settlements, nondiscriminatory to any race. The parchment was lined with colored decor in order to catch the eye of those who pass. You would find this missive, a large header held over the top of the notice below.

THE NEW LORD OF GEHENNA

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A depiction of a brave man fighting off some sort of horrid creature with the help of his trusty blade!

I am Dael’debol II, sending this missive out as a weight off the backs of the many who are familiar with the Gehenna Estate- once filled with anomalies- has been reduced to nothing but an empty manor. It seems that within his own foolishness, their leader had gotten themselves killed, allowing the perfect chance for me to use my devious charms and brains to outsmart those pesky nuisances called Shades. I have driven off the remaining Shades with my spectacular swordsmanship- allowing them all to go crying to their caretakers (or lack thereof, based on their life choices) about how bad I have beaten them! Therefore, I am now claiming this land as my own! With that, let this be known to all of you who have lived under fear of these strange creatures that they are no longer a threat to you. For I crown myself as the new Lord of Gehenna!! No longer shall this place be a haven for deviants to reclaim their sins, but rather- a place of laughter and peace! Because, within this era of war, who else can we rely on but each other? For I, the new Lord of Gehenna, proclaim it so!!!

While this missive was passed out.. a short, ginger man hopped around the roof of the Gehenna Estate- planting a large flag made out of blankets into such. The flag seemed to be made of blankets.. poorly stitched together; most likely from the man’s own amateur sewing skills. A loud laugh escaped the conquistador as his head craned backwards- a paper crown worn atop his head. Truly, this was a LORD.

(of gehenna)

DAEL’DEBOL THE SECOND, LORD OF THE (formerly bad but now good) GEHENNA ESTATE

Shades of Gehenna and Farrador

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 13:28:43 +0000

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Around Arcas, wherever “THE RISE OF THE NEW LORD OF GEHENNA” missive would be pinned, another, different missive would be seen, a rather longly written one, with the title atop it in bigger and bolder letters

Spoiler

Shades of Gehenna and Farrador

”To whom it may concern,

Though this man says that he alone is trully such a fine and masterfull swordsmen to would somehow be able to take care of all the remaining shades of Gehenna and send them to their deaths (which I somehow find rather unlikely, seeing from my own experience with one of these individuals), I would want to make certain information available to the public and this brave warrior alike:

Near Gehenna rests a place which some know as Farrador, home to a monster hunting guild. I used to be one of the two leaders of this guild for many years, until I saw that the rest of its leadership was both much too unbearable for different reasons I would rather not get into, for that is not the topic of this letter.

What I wanted to talk about is the possibility of this monster hunting guild to have had some relationship with the Shades of Gehenna, whether they are all alive or not at the moment. During my stay in Farrador, I learned that the other Leader, or Ducem Corvus, Vyasaldris Elyra, had indeed formed a relationship not only with Gehenna itself, but with the curse and vile form of the Shade itself.

I found this when I saw her drop down to the floor in agony after experiencing what appeared to be strong emotions. A black aura radiated from all around her as I saw the elfess scratch her own skin to try and contain this creature. I was shook as I learned by the shade itself what it trully was, however, it did not want to fight, and neither did I want to hurt the fellow Ducem. However, after some time I was told by Vyasaldris Elyra herself that she came in contact with the Shades years before this encounter, and eventually told me that she and the other shades of Gehenna had formed an alligance.

After many years of leaving the guild to go about my travels and own business, I was told by a friend of mine who happened to be inside Farrador, that somebody else seemed to lead the guild together with the elfess mentioned above. This indivdual wore black robes and had a rather mysterious, if not aura around him. If what I was told was indeed right, then my thoughts is that this person is also a shade, and likely one I had seen together with Vyasaldris years ago.

With these facts laid out, I would want to put in the suggestion that perhaps the alligance between Gehenna and Farrador has grown, much more than I would ever think... which not only saddens me, but also creates a criminally ironic situation, seeing a presumably correct and good monster hunting company to be led not by one, but perhaps even two shades! Atop this, the idea has crossed my mind that perhaps the shades of Gehenna may have melted with Farrador, which wouldn’t surprise me, taking into consideration the hunger for power and lust for extensive leadership from the original Ducem of the Orrir’Ullral.

Whether this man has trully killed all the shades, I cannot tell, but if what I know remains true... Gehenna is not the only place where such dark and edgy monsters may exist.

Siol’Avern”

The "New Lord of Gehenna" - Ally of the Shades

Sat, 18 Jul 2020 21:40:31 +0000

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Following the publication of the last two missives, that of “THE RISE OF THE NEW LORD OF GEHENNA” and “Shades of Gehenna and Farrador”, third missive would be seen hanged close to them, more information resting on it.

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The “New Lord of Gehenna” - Ally of the Shades

”To whom it may concern,

If you have followed some of the recent publications and missived across Arcas as of recently, you most likely have come across one or two others, which related to a topic similar to the one that will be touched in this one. I know this because of the many letters and responses I have gathered from my last missive. The attention drawn has been both favourable and unlikable to me, though I will utilize it to the best of my ability in order to inform the masses on the situation of both Farrador, Gehenna, and of the world we live in today.

To begin with, I have to say, my days as a monster slayer are rather long gone at this point, let alone shade hunting. My last missive was not published so I could declare my acts and initiative of shade-slaying by steel, but rather to let it be known of what is going on, which I feel is my duty to convey such information, since I know not many have been fortunate to take it.

Now, one of the first letters that arrived to be were from the so-called ”Good and New Lord of Gehenna”, inviting to ‘talk’ to me for some reason. My experience through life, however, has taught me better than to go around chasing flatterers, and especially those who claim to have done the impossible, which would be to kill shades. After setting on a quest for more information, I found just the one that supported my hypothesis, which I slightly touched on in my last missive.

From the information I have gathered, I have come to the conclusion that the act of this ‘brave’ and ‘masterfull’ fighter known as Dael’Debol II, was in fact not the individual that he claimed to be. Documents and older missives I was able to find seem to talk of some Dael, who was presumably an ally of the shades. An image of said man that I was able to gather will be found just bellow.

*A picture of said man would be hanged on the poster*

Spoiler

I personally have not met the man who claims to have purged the shades, but the information I was able to gather depicted this “Dael” as “chaotic”, “loud”, and overall one that would make jokes, perhaps even labeled as crazy. The connection I would draw between the two, though not knowing him much, was the way that the letter he sent to invite me to talk approached me. It came in the shape of an almost comedic-looking creature, fat, feathered, and overall something you’d either see a crazy man or jester use to deliver his letters. In no way, shape or form did this creature give me any impression that it would belong to someone skilled enough in the art of warfare to defeat a shade.

Aside this, the information I was able to gatehr also labeled this Dael as the adopted son of Lockezi. Not knowing this Lockezi at first, I want to deeper searching before I found an image and description of this shade... which immediately reminded me of the same figure I had seen back in Farrador’s grounds during some of the festives held there. As it turns out, this Lockezi Ithelanen was also one of Ducem Vyasaldris’ guests and friends from Gehenna, as well as being a “Shade Father”. Now it appears his allegedly adopted son has claimed the place to be purged of his own allies.

*A picture of who was said to be Lockezi Ithelanen would be hanged on the poster*

Spoiler

Due to these and more warnings as well as facts I was able to gather, it has been made clear to me that Gehenna still remains a dangerous place where either shades or allies of them nest!

Knowing this, it also concerns me more of what has become of the Order of the Monster Slayers knows as the Orrir’Ulrall, the fortress of whom lays not too far from Gehenna, and whose current leaders stray not far from being Shades or allies of them at the very least. It saddens me deeply to see the guild I helped build and forge with both blood and sweat falling into such a position, but it is something I see as necessary. If I were you, I would not trust not only the current “Lord of Gehenna”, or leadership of the Orrir’Ullral, for both seem corrupted like shades are corrupted by their parasite.

I myself, Siol, as mentioned before do not seek to slay shades with my sword or go around hunting them. This information has been made known to me and I am making it known to those who need it. May you remain safe from such dangers, and I hope my missives help you in this pursuit.

Siol”

Trespassers of The Covenant of Gehenna

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 20:13:46 +0000

Trespassers of

The Covenant of Gehenna

Definitions

Entity: A person, creature, construct or animal.

Trespasser: An entity who is on Estate grounds and has not been invited on the property by an entity with established permission from the Lord of the Estate, or who has been banished from the Estate.

Visitor: An entity who is on Estate grounds and has been invited on the property by an entity with established permission from the Lord of the Estate.

Acolyte: A Resident who has been given permission from the Estate Lord to defend the Visitors, Guests, Residents, and the Estate itself from foreign and domestic threats.

Inquisitorious: A recognized member of the Inquisitor Council.

Inquisitor Council: A council, led by the Lord of the Estate, that is in charge of investigating issues between visitors, guests, and residents of the Covenant of Gehenna.

Estate Lord: The sole owner of the Estate and final arbiter on all decisions.

Estate: The land around and including the Gehenna Mansion.

Banish: The act of permanently entitling an entity as a Trespasser until the title is revoked.

General Regulations

Trespassers afford absolutely no rights while on Estate grounds.
Trespassers can be removed from Estate grounds by any means necessary and by anyone with Inquisitorious or higher approval.
Trespassers are not afforded any sort of right of safety or self defense while on Estate grounds, except in the event that they have been invited on the grounds by the Estate Lord himself.
Trespassers are temporarily afforded the rights of Visitors during the duration of their stay at the Estate so long as the Estate Lord has invited them on the premises.
A Trespasser’s temporary Visitor Rights expire the moment they leave Estate grounds.
A Trespasser’s temporary Visitor Rights expire the moment they violate any rule or regulation of the Estate.
Temporary Visitor Rights can be requested by any Trespasser by sending a letter to the Estate Lord.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to deny or accept any temporary Visitor Rights request for any reason.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to revoke a Trespasser’s temporary Visitor Rights for any reason.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to label any entity as a Trespasser.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to revoke the label of Trespasser from any entity.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to banish any entity.
Trespassers must be formally informed of their banished status either by word of mouth or letter before they lose the right of safety when visiting Estate grounds.
The Estate Lord and any Inquisitorious afford the right to formally inform an entity of their banished status.
In the event that an organization is banished, it is the responsibility of the organization’s leadership to inform its individual members of their status as Trespassers.
In the event that an organization is banished, a list of accepted individuals will be made if applicable.
Accepted Individuals afford the rights of Visitors, Guests, and Residents.
Banishments may be repealed by scheduling a meeting with the Estate Lord.
For a full list of the rules and regulations of the Gehenna Estate, please see the Rules and Regulations of the Covenant of Gehenna document.

Formats

Banished Organizations and Individuals

Name (aliases denoted by quotations)

Reason for Banishment

Affiliated Organization(s)

Length of Banishment

Notes (if applicable)

Accepted Individuals

Name (aliases denoted by quotations)

Affiliated Organization(s)

Reason for their Exception

Notes (if applicable)

Banished Organizations

The Haelunor Council, Past and Present Members

Child Abuse, Hypocrisy, Murder

Indefinite

The Paladins of Xan

Abuse of Trust, Crimes of Morality, Hypocrisy, Kidnapping, Murder, Slander

Indefinite

Banished Individuals

Earnest

Crimes of Morality, Kidnapping, Slander

N/A

Indefinite

Eryn

Harassment, Kidnapping

The Druidic Order

Indefinite

Izier Vincrute

Child Abuse

The Paladins of Xan

Indefinite

Notes: Immediately inform the Estate Lord if seen, Do Not Approach.

Lefkos Glowsbane “Lefkos Amethil”

Abuse of Trust, Hypocrisy, Slander

Paladins of Xan

Indefinite

Llenn Songbird, “Fiil‘Yar”

Harassment, Slavery

N/A

Expires upon meeting the agreed upon terms with the Estate Lord

Notes: To be treated with respect and care, severe reprimanding to be done if she is harmed while on Estate grounds. Self defense is an exception, though she is not known to be violent.

Lothric Vihael

Abuse of Trust, Assault and Battery, Attempted Assassination, Attempted Murder, Child Abuse, Crimes of Morality, Espionage, Hypocrisy, Kidnapping, Slander, Theft, Torture, Treason, Vigilantism

Paladins of Xan

Indefinite

Notes: Supposedly deceased, banishment still active, Kill On Sight.

Maya

Abuse of Trust, Child Abuse, Espionage, Hypocrisy, Slander, Treason

The Coven of Frost Witches, Haelunor, Paladins of Xan, Sutica

Indefinite

Notes: Immediately imprison if seen on Estate grounds. The power to do so has been given to Acolytes and higher as formally established by the Estate Lord.

Mhel

Abuse of Trust, Hypocrisy, Kidnapping, Slander

Paladins of Xan

Indefinite

Raewynn Vihael

Abuse of Trust, Assault and Battery, Attempted Murder, Child Abuse, Crimes of Morality, Espionage, Kidnapping, Slander, Theft, Torture, Treason, Vigilantism

N/A

Indefinite

Notes: Supposedly deceased, banishment still active, Kill On Sight.

Xavis Ashwood

Harassment

Sutica

Indefinite

Notes: Supposedly deceased, banishment still active.

Accepted Individuals

Caestella

Haelunor Council, Past Member

Acknowledgement of Crimes, No Further Incidents, Shows Signs of Genuine Remorse

Notes: Apology accepted.

Nelgauth

Haelunor Council, Current Membership Status Unknown

Not Guilty of Crimes Associated

Notes: Welcome on Estate grounds with open arms

Signed, Salvare

Ooc: this document is not public knowledge to those outside the Estate.

The Covenant of Gehenna - Rules and Regulations

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 09:43:58 +0000

Rules and Regulations of

The Covenant of Gehenna

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Definitions

Entity: A person, creature, construct or animal.

Visitor: An entity who is on Estate grounds and has been invited on the property by an entity with established permission from the Lord of the Estate.

Guest: A regular visitor who visits the Estate often, however does not live within a private room.

Resident: A permanent guest of the Estate living in a private room.

Acolyte: A Resident who has been given permission from the Estate Lord to defend the Visitors, Guests, Residents, and the Estate itself from foreign and domestic threats.

Inquisitorious: A recognized member of the Inquisitor Council.

Inquisitor Council: A council, led by the Lord of the Estate, that is in charge of investigating issues between visitors, guests, and residents of the Covenant of Gehenna.

Seedy Individual: An Undead, Otherworldly, or Dark entity.

Holy Individual: An entity, magical or not, who aligns themselves with a moral code that revolves around the hunting or punishing of seedy individuals.

Estate Lord: The sole owner of the Estate and final arbiter on all decisions.

Estate Heir: The Entity who is next in line for ownership of the Estate.

Estate: The land around and including the Gehenna Mansion.

General Regulations

Trespassers afford absolutely no rights while on Estate grounds.
Trespassers can be removed from state grounds by any means necessary and by anyone with Inquisitorious or higher approval.
Visitors and Guests reserve the same rights as Residents.
Assault or battery of visitors, guests, and residents is prohibited.
Theft or robbery of visitors, guests, and residents is prohibited.
Neglecting to report important information to the Inquisitor Council is prohibited.
Unjustified slander of visitors, guests, and residents is prohibited.
Inquisitors reserve the right to give final verdicts on all raised issues.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to overturn or modify all given verdicts.

Magical Regulations

Use of magic of any kind must be non-combative lest done in self defense.
Use of magic resulting in the physical or mental harm of a visitor, guest, or resident is prohibited.
Use of Mental Magic of any kind is prohibited.
Seedy Individuals are permitted onto the grounds of the Estate under the expectation of their adherence to the rules and regulations.
Holy Individuals are permitted onto the grounds of the Estate under the expectation that they do not harm individuals of a seedy nature.

Resident Expectations and Rights

Visitors, Guests, and Residents are afforded the right of privacy on Estate grounds.
Visitors, Guests, and Residents are afforded the right to trade, gamble, and conduct business freely on Estate grounds.
Visitors, Guests, and Residents are afforded the right of religious freedom on Estate grounds.
Visitors, Guests, and Residents are afforded the right of self defense from other Visitors, Guests, and Residents.
Visitors, Guests, and Residents are afforded the right of personal expression.
Slavery of any kind, including bringing a personal slave onto Estate grounds, is prohibited.
Guild or organizational recruitment on Estate grounds is prohibited unless permission is granted from the Estate Lord.

Housing Regulations

Construction beyond the confines of one’s room as a Resident of the Estate is prohibited without approval.
Residents of the Estate are expected to defend the Estate and its Visitors and Guests in the event that the Estate is attacked.
Squatting of any kind is prohibited.

Granted Powers of the Inquisitor Council

Inquisitors may investigate any and all issues within the Estate.
Inquisitors may settle disputes between Visitors, Guests, and Residents when asked, or when said Inquisitor(s) have determined the dispute is negatively affecting other Visitors, Guests, and Residents.
Inquisitors may entitle a Visitor, Guest, or Resident with the title of “Trespasser” in the event the Trespasser has broken any of the defined rules and regulations listed herein under the premise that the Estate Lord is not readily present or available to handle a situation himself.
Inquisitors may command Acolytes to assist them in dealing with any foreign or domestic threat.
In the event the Estate Lord is absent for longer than one Elven Week, the Inquisitor Council may administer Emergency Powers to act as the Estate Lord so long as each decision made is unanimous.
While Emergency Powers are active for the Inquisitor Council, they are excluded from the power to establish or decommission new Inquisitors or alter this document in any way, even under unanimous vote.
Emergency Powers for the Inquisitor Council expire the exact moment the Estate Lord returns from his hiatus.

Granted Powers of the Estate Lord and Establishing a Replacement

The Estate Lord reserves the right to label any and all entities as “Trespassers” for any reason.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to establish and decommission Inquisitors on the Inquisitor Council.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to name an Estate Heir.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to violate any entity’s right of privacy so long as it is under the means of eviction or for a formal investigation under suspicion that said entity has violated one or more of the rules and regulations listed herein.
The Estate Lord reserves the right to alter this document at any moment.
The Estate Lord’s word trumps all rules and regulations listed herein unless otherwise stated.
Should the Estate Lord be absent for one continuous Elven Month, or 30 Elven Days, the Estate Heir will be granted the title of Estate Lord until the Estate Lord’s return.
Upon the return of the previous Estate Lord, their title will return to them, and any and all rule and regulation changes and additions will be rendered null and void. The new Estate Lord will be given the title of Estate Heir unless otherwise stated by the Estate Lord.
The only exception to Article 8 of this section is under the basis of an Estate Lord willingly, under a state of sound mind and body, handing over the title of Estate Lord to the Estate Heir using a written Volunteer Release of Power document.
Once a Volunteer Release of Power document has been written and signed by both parties, the former Estate Lord will have any and all powers relinquished in their entirety, and they will be immediately granted the title of Resident, unless otherwise stated by the new Estate Lord.
Any tampering of the Volunteer Release of Power document done by anyone other than the Estate Lord will render the document absolutely and irrefutably Null and Void, and upon this discovery, the former Estate Lord’s title will be returned to them immediately, with the new Estate Lord being given the title of Estate Heir.
Articles 9, 10, 11, and 12 cannot be overridden by any Estate Lord by any means, including but not limited to: the removal of these articles from records, the lack of including them within a new Rules and Regulations document, or any other means to remove Articles 9, 10, 11, and 12

Former Estate Lord: Lockezi Vallel

Current Estate Lord: Salvare

Current Inquisitor Council: TBA

The Nokion Apendev

Mon, 25 May 2020 21:33:39 +0000

The Nokion Apendev

(Art by Wolf Fram)

OOC Note:

Spoiler

None of this information is public, yet, and cannot be used irply until it is spread irply. I would like to thank Archi, Beordan, Billy Sham, Emma, and Gaius for the many pointers they gave me in regards to editing and format. It’s my first time engaging in a writing style formatted this way, and I wouldn’t have been able to complete this without their help.

This has been a small project I’ve mulled over in my head for half a year and have only recently seen it to fruition. IRP books will be spread about through roleplay, and afterwards I’ll remove the former warning. I hope readers will enjoy nonetheless.

Das’Vevnir

The tome that has fallen into your hands, whether it be by fate or by divine prank, is what I have titled as the “Nokion Apendev”. With this compendium of knowledge, I seek to open your eyes to the truths of the world that surrounds you. I seek to show you its flaws, its redundancy, its hypocrisy, and I offer you a path to salvation from such false ideologies.

For some of you who will read this, what you find written amongst these pages will shock and drive you away. It will cause you to dismiss these writings as the penmanship of a madman, of a lunatic who has become lost in his own mind. For those of you who fall into such a category, know that it was never my intention for my lessons to fall upon your deaf ears. Bigots, narcissists, and all those who choose a life of ignorance, they are not welcome to hear my words or learn my lessons.

This publication seeks to attract the abandoned, the forgotten, the open minded and the ill-begotten. For those who will take what I have to say at heart, for those who will finish this publication with a thoughtful mind, for those who will tell others of what they have learned and hold honest discussion of the topics resting herein, I encourage you to spread my teachings to others, to those who the Mother’s welcoming embrace cannot yet reach. Perhaps some of you may seek me out, hear what I have to say with my own voice. Perhaps, still, some of you may dismiss my ramblings after the book’s completion. All of this matters not, so long as my message has been delivered to those destined to receive it.

Know, dearest reader, that I have written this Opus against my will, in the same way one sustains themselves with food or drink against their will. The drive I feel to share my teachings with the outside world is equivalent to such needs, as the Mother has willed it to be my duty to spread Her gifts and way of life to the populous of the mortal realm. With this disclaimer in mind, I beckon you to read onwards, and allow your eyes to open and witness the world through a new point of view.

Yours truly, Salvare.

Chapter One - Loba’sek Ponralk

The Mother calls to me within my dreams. Where terrors once ruled is now a semblance of peace and serenity. What I once called a living hellscape that I dreaded with utmost terror of visiting has been replaced with a landscape most beautiful.

I dream of a world ruled by no one but nature, where Descendant kind is free from all forms of tyranny. I dream of a world where no man is better than their neighbor, a world where one’s actions dictate their judgement. Not their race, nor their heritage, but their actions alone. I dream of fairness. I dream of what is right and what is just.

This world would be one where your need to release the chaos building within yourself is not impeded. No King taking the guise of a False God could ever ruin your attempts to reach inner peace here. You are free to do whatever you please. No laws govern what you can and cannot do. Only the retaliation of your neighbors is what you need to fear. Harm them, and they will harm you. Just as nature intended, no arbitrary rules will clip your wings and ground you against the earth. What matters in life is all that would matter in this life, and no wretched ruler would be able to take that freedom away from you.

Many may call this noble, others will call this a pipe-dream. Call it what you will, but it nevertheless is my deepest wish to see this world exist no longer as but a fantasy, but as a reality.

The Mother instills these dreams into my sleeping mind for a purpose, I believe. Prophetic visions of a goal to strive towards: that’s what they are. Unattainable within my lifetime? Perhaps. It is my duty, however, to lay the foundation for what is to come. I am Her Prophet, and as Her Prophet, it is my divine destiny to guide others who will, within generations to come, spread her teachings far and wide so one day, in the far, far future, our scions and progenies may live in a realm of utter peace and bliss.

Chapter Two - Zmarkulduzh Vyr-ka

A harsh truth you need to realize is that many of the truths and preconceived notions of normality you’ve known all your life have been nothing but lies that have been forced down your slobbery gullet. Throughout your existence, you have been taught to accept that some people are better and more important than others. You’ve been taught that it is okay for someone to control a populous of citizens, and that it is “normal” for those citizens to obey every word of those held higher as if they were a God. False Gods, however, must be repudiated, and the reasons for their existence must be sought beneath their masks.

Kings, Emperors, Sohaers, none of them care about you. None of them care about their people. Citizens are like ants to those who sit within council chairs and lounge about within throne rooms. Both fill their lands with much needed activity, both provide infrastructure to their respective dwellings, and both can be stepped on and eliminated the moment they are no longer needed. The only difference? Civilians hold the ability to topple the regime they are held beneath.

Simply take a look at the actions of rulers in the past, and the above proclamation becomes evidently clear. Children are routinely abused within castle walls for simply being born within an enemy state. Citizens get thrown out and are made a public menace for being open about their beliefs. When they become outrageously confident, tyrants may even take their misdeeds to the public streets in the form of executions and beatings. Tyrants will proclaim that the criminal has put themselves into the position they are in, and any and all guilt and responsibility will be expected to be washed from their cold, bloody hands.

However, eventually and inevitably, the citizens will become the wiser. They will open their eyes, and they will see the cruelty within their leaders’ actions. Coalitions will be formed, protests will be had, and the dominoes will begin to fall. This is the rule. There is no exception. Society will begin to crumble and collapse, and either the tyrant’s head will be rolling down the streets, or he will be replaced with another, and things will begin anew.

If you were meant to live under the rule of another, why would this way of life be so faulty? Why would it be so prone to destruction and collapse? Become the wiser, dearest reader. Open your eyes, and see that you were in no way, shape, or form meant to be ruled by another. You are capable of self-thought. You do not need someone to tell you what is right and wrong. You do not need a list of laws to tell you how to act and dictate what you can and cannot do. You are more than capable of governing yourself. Never forget that.

Break free from your chains. Cut yourself loose from your bindings. Do not fall victim of an endless, bloody cycle that repeats itself like a phoenix turning to ash. You are not some other peasant or citizen. You are you, and no King can take that away.

Chapter Three - Kieremd Uttarlokhow Thadorth Kuram Urk'jkastum Vireundzord Gerik

Chaos is a thing of nature. It fills your soul, surrounds the world, and makes up everything around you. You were born from it, and you will die by it. You, my dearest reader, have been prescribed the notion that you are above the rancour that lurks within your soul. You are told to keep it at bay, and to hide it from others. However, just as every forest must burn in order for new life to be produced, you too must learn how to release the resentment building up within yourself so that you may become healthy and well, both in mind and in body. When you place a lid over the negative energy that swells within yourself, you merely allow it to build and grow ever fervent in its desire to escape.

A goal of mine found within the bindings of this grimoire is to teach you that it is okay to release the aggression pent up within yourself. Despite what you have been told, it is more than healthy to release your frustrations against the world in ways that range from climactic to mundane. Systematic and calculated release of one’s chaotic nature helps ensure a healthy state of mind, and without this release, it all only builds and builds until it explodes violently, normally with unforeseen consequence.

There are numerous ways this release can be accomplished, dearest reader. When first learning how to release your aggressions and frustrations, you may wish to begin in private, at home, away from judgmental eyes. Starting out small is a good suggestion. Go about your living quarters and hunt for possessions that hold ill memories, such as a former lover’s favorite flower vase, or your abusive father’s heirloom. The next step is simple enough: break these objects. Break them into bits; relish in the unadulterated fury that is your rage. Don’t stop there, however. As you grow more and more comfortable, take this exercise towards less personal objects. An old couch you’ve been meaning to be rid of? Shred it to pieces. A plate with a stain that just can’t be scrubbed out? Shatter it. Invigorate yourself in the feeling of destruction, and once you’ve had a delectable taste of it, spread your sights onwards.

Just know that if you do not release your destructive nature, and instead hide it from even yourself, it will inevitably consume you in a bath of regret and self-resentment. You have all the tools in the world to prevent this. Use them.

Chapter Four - Sic Semper Evello Mortem Tyrannis

In the previous two chapters, you have been told of the inevitable outcome all nations face: that of collapse. You’ve also learned how to channel the storm within your body into a relieving outlet. Now, you will use what you have learned to fulfill the purpose bestowed upon you as a follower of the Mother.

While every ruler’s reign will come to an end eventually, it is the Mother’s way for her followers to do all that they can in order to be the catalyst for such downfalls. There is no form of release that is more enjoyable, more awe inspiring than being able to say that you yourself were the cause of a kingdom to collapse. The most joyous part? It is almost always extremely simple to do. Tyrants will provide you with all the fuel you need to create a raging, unstoppable inferno within their city’s walls.

Where does one begin to look for such fuel? Just open your eyes, and you will find the fuel to be all around you. Are taxes too high? Is the local guard-force a bit too happy to force citizens to comply with their orders? Do the residents within your local neighborhood disagree with a set standard of policies the nation has enacted? You merely need to take such examples and use them to collect an array of disgruntled citizens who will stand by your side as you protest publicly just how heinous the crimes the local tyrant has committed.

You need to understand that this will all occur naturally over time. Citizens will eventually do this on their own terms, coalitions will be created, and the spark that ignites it all will still be created without you. There is nothing wrong with simply speeding this process along. Tyrants love nothing more than to delay the inevitable, but the longer things are delayed, the more desperate and violent they will be to latch onto everything they can keep hold of. Strike while the iron is hot and malleable, less you will have to deal with a well prepared sword held within the hands of a vengeful foe.

Chapter Five- Deztrok Al’kuram Bhryaktazhna

Remember, my child: it is wise to keep in mind the purpose of following the Mother, which is to alleviate yourself from the burdens of society and truly become a being of your own free will. However, you must be generous and extend this wish to your fellow people as well.

While the act of murder may seem like the pinnacle of an act of chaos, it is more than important to stray from it as much as possible. You do not want to inflict harm against your fellow descendant, no. The reason I’ve taught you how to expel your inner rage healthily is to keep yourself from lashing out violently against your peers.

Furthermore, it should be the pinnacle of importance to realize that these lessons are fruitless if used only for yourself. It is the Mother’s way to spread these teachings to all of descendant kind so that way may all be free beings together. If you view yourself as higher than another, or if you view someone as undeserving of the freedom you wish to be surrounded in, then you are no better than a tyrant who wishes full control over his neighbors.

For these reasons, I cannot stress this enough: kill only when you absolutely must. If someone needs to die, there will always be someone else to fulfill that goal for you. You need not soil your hands and tarnish your reputation simply for a goal that can be met in more artistic ways.

Chapter Six - Effn Razaakharhala Kiermedka Zelakka

It is important for you to let go of any bigotry you hold in your heart should you wish to see the world you are crafting remain permanent. Holding onto prejudice will naturally cause you to view others as inferior, which not only goes against a core value of the Mother’s teachings, but it also will inevitably cause the downfall of the anarchic values we hold dearly.

Leave the judgement towards whatever deity you prescribe to, whether it be the Mother, or some other God within the Aether. The Mother cares not if She is worshipped, so long as Her goals are met and Her Will is followed. The only sort of judgement you need to bestow upon your fellow descendant is the judgement of their actions. If they are not outright causing you harm, or are trying to hurt you or your loved ones, or anyone else for that matter, then there is no point in ruining their lives just so you may feel superior towards them.

It is important to see bigotry as the disease it truly is. Such toxic beliefs are promised to spread from person to person like an epidemic that forces its way into the minds of your neighbors, willingly or not. It is ever important to keep such pestilence at bay, or you will risk simply falling into the damaging cycle that nationhood represents.

Trust your neighbor, and treat them in a way that is appropriate for their actions, not their beliefs or way of life. Actions speak louder than words, especially when those words are mere rumors and speculations.

Chapter Seven - Zark Guh'godor Pursu

Be warned, dearest reader, that while these ambitions may sound noble, and they may sound like the goals of a saint, the path that leads to such an end will be fraught with callousness and misery. If you seek a path to virtuous freedom, you will face nothing but hardship. You will be shunned by your peers. You will be cast aside for your ideals. You will be spat upon, brutalized, and torn asunder by those who wish to blindly keep the order that stains the world like piss against a newborn’s bedside.

However, you cannot allow this to dissuade you. You must do the opposite. Dearest reader, you must use the actions of those who wish to commit atrocities against you and use them as fuel to kindle the fire that drives your passion to see a better world unfold. Take their words, their abuse, their foul deeds and allow them to rile you up. Use the suffering they will no doubt inflict upon you to drive yourself into becoming a better you, and use your betterment as a tool of guidance.

Suffering, misery, betrayal and heartache are nothing more than tools to be used for personal growth. The pain you suffer from the callous actions of others is powerful, and it is something to take pride in. Do not wallow in it; bask in the glory of knowing that you have learned another lesson that will guide you further along the Mother’s path, and remember the hardship you’ve faced when interacting with your peers, especially those who wish you harm.

If you truly wish to serve the Mother in order to build a better future for our successors, then you will learn how to ignore the taunting of others. Do not give in to their insults and mockery. Defend your life if need be, but never give in to the temptation of violence against those who trespass against you. They will want to call you a monster: it is your utmost responsibility to make them look a fool.

Al’do’roshak Dunru

The lessons gathered within this book are lessons I personally teach to each and every one of my spawn, and they are lessons I seek to live by myself. It is my utmost concern that you have taken what I’ve written to heart, and that you have a newfound passion to create the world the Mother shows me within my waking dreams.

I hope to have opened the minds of those who would normally shun such scripture, and I hope that I have produced followers out of a handful of you. I believe it was fate that handed you the Nokion Apendev, and what you decide to do with the knowledge you’ve gained is all up to you.

You may copy this book to your heart’s content. Place it between the shelves of your local library so others may stumble upon its teachings. Sell it for coin if you are in need of such, give it away should your desire to spread the Mother’s faith be fervent, it matters not to me. What matters to me is that you have begun to pave the pathway to your freedom by reaching this epilogue.

Someday, perhaps our children can live in a world free of tyranny, one that has not seen the endless cycle of destruction nationhood promises. Perhaps our children will grow up knowing that it is healthy to release the negativity within themselves, and perhaps they will use such negative emotions as a tool for goodwill and as a means to an end. Perhaps they will live in a world where they live amongst each other in true peace, one where they are free to be themselves and do not show any semblance of fear when someone asks them who they are. Perhaps they will know that cruelty can turn the nicest of men into monsters, and they will live in a world free of monsters. Perhaps they will relish in their pain and use it for personal growth.

And, perhaps, you will be the reason they get to live as happily and as free as they do.