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	<span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eluitholnear, Zahkriikyzer</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Written by Helinathe</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Self-portrait of Helinathe lost amongst the northern rivers of the Empire searching in vain for purpose, 1836.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Oliver, Antonius,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Do you see the heavens above, </span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Or is your sight regulated to Terra below?</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">They say that Dragons fly, but I am no longer so sure.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">If we could fly, then why can I not fly up to be with you?</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">‘God keep you’, we have said to each other many times before. </span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A prayer, a hope that He might do so,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">But what are unruly children to a Perfect Lord?</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">But what are cruel sinners to a Righteous God?</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Worthless, worthless, the priests say.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Scales and eyes of the Father,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Minds and words of the Deceiver.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A contrast we three share.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Is that why you two were forsaken,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">For the Lord and the Titan know the evil in your hearts.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">And yet, He spared me.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A mercy or blessing, I am so told.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">To be left down below with only my soul.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">O my loving family, where have you gone! </span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">To never see you again, must this go on!</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Irony of this life, never ceasing to amaze,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A herald outliving his masters past their days.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Had I had the chance, I would have sacrificed him for more,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">So that I could be with my brothers who I adore,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">But that chance was taken from me.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Now I am left alone.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">My horde and possessions,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Never equating to the joy when I saw,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The both of you.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Never equating to your love.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Forgive me, for I learned too late,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The mistakes of my past life.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The mistakes that I should care for my family,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">That I should be there for you.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">For that is all I wish now.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lord God, save them.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lord God, keep them to your bosom.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lord God, never forsake my brothers.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lord God, be with my brothers.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Lord God, be with me.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Father, guide them to the skies.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Let them find rest.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Oliver, Antonius. Oliver, Antonius. Oliver, Antonius.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Eluitholnear, Zahkriikyzer. Eluitholnear, Zahkriikyzer. Eluitholnear, Zahkriikyzer.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In the end of days, we shall be united once more. Our bodies are one, our souls are one, but we are separated by the ruinous powers that we know not enough about. When you were here with me, I cared not for you. I cared for myself, in my vanity. Now, I realize my mistake, much too late. Forgive me, if you find it in your hearts. </span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Balthazar consoled me by telling me that you two are in the Heavenly Skies where all virtuous men and women are. I hope, and pray, that is true. You both were two perfect for this life. When Creation is renewed by our Father, I shall be there to receive you. </span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A thousand years shall be worth it when I have your return. You shall always be with me in my heart. </span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#ffffff;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I love you, my brothers.</span></span></span>
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			Do not meta-game.
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]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">205281</guid><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2021 01:18:00 +0000</pubDate></item><item><title>DISCERNING ASIOTH: PERTAINING TO THE CONCEPT OF LIBERTY</title><link>https://www.lordofthecraft.net/forums/topic/204970-discerning-asioth-pertaining-to-the-concept-of-liberty/</link><description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">
	<span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">DISCERNING ASIOTH: PERTAINING TO THE CONCEPT OF LIBERTY</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Written by Helinathe</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In honor of </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Keledan and Serinath</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"><span style="border:none;width:831px;height:508px;"><img alt="VTz2SjKNt8rTvQxteB1G0aSny4NAZWwD5q3kAkQipTiS4LCs7unDq-j5sqv6XroShyTM7U4NkGgFcn-FcHmuxsLETY0aYvUYSiEQOBNGn_9OreVPhamJpNjr8AYpTHRGeiik5lEb=s0" data-ratio="56.25" height="508" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px;" width="831" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/VTz2SjKNt8rTvQxteB1G0aSny4NAZWwD5q3kAkQipTiS4LCs7unDq-j5sqv6XroShyTM7U4NkGgFcn-FcHmuxsLETY0aYvUYSiEQOBNGn_9OreVPhamJpNjr8AYpTHRGeiik5lEb=s0" /></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#e74c3c;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A depiction of the Titan flying overhead during the Johannian Empire, roughly 1591.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#e74c3c;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-size:20px;">Liberty.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Liberty is to be free from societal norms pressing their ugly weight on us. Liberty is freedom from tyranny and those in power who wish to enforce their views. Liberty is freedom of movement and deciding where to set down your head. Liberty is the concept of being free from sin that has brought us ruin. Liberty is owning property and deciding what to do with it. Liberty is deciding who is family and who is not. Liberty is to be free from the shackles of the Enemy.</span></span></span></span>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;">
	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">At the dawn of creation, when the forefathers of the descendants awoke from the earth below them, they were met by my father, the Mountain that Flies- </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Azdromoth</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">. He sought them out to explain the world to them and about those that wished to corrupt it. The "Aenguls and Daemons" (Demons pretending to be God’s most holy helpers) such as Xan, the Aspects, the Zugling Spirits, Dwarfish Spirits, and the antithesis of creation, the Void. Though most listened for a time, as evident by the dedication to God at first in the Holy Scroll of Gospel written by the Prophet Godfrey, they all soon fell sway to these evils. First, Malin’s kin first to the Aspects and the Void). Next, Urguan’s kin second to the Brathmordakin, lesser demons that created Runesmithing. Next, Krug’s kin third to the Zugling Spirits. And then the Prophet Horen’s kin to demons pretending to be aenguls like the "Aengul of Order" and the "Aengul of Purity".</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Now what was the teaching of my father to your forefathers that could have prevented the spread of all these evils? Was it to be righteous? Was it to be dutiful? Was it to charge forth into the night until all these enemies were slain?</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">My father’s teaching to all of them was simple. </span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Of Asioth. Of liberty.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">None of the forefathers realized that lust for power, for knowledge, for love, for wealth, for whatever you desire- it will never be enough. These concepts are nothing more than products of societal norms brought into descendant-kind by those not of the material plane. The Mountain that Flies, the Firstborn of Creation, knew its design the moment God, through Dragur, designed it. He understood that the truest of its design is the understanding that its design is what you, as a descendant, decide for yourself and not by false gods.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">When the world was touched by God, it was not devoid of God. He inherently imparted his divine spark onto it, so it was made perfect. And not only the world, but also in you. You see, we are all gods by God. Divinity flows through us and we can see as much in the words of the Holy Scroll. God never required any to worship him at first, but only for all to hold themselves in respect. We were meant to be statues of the King of Kings, icons that show his glory and, thereby, our own. To think less of yourself by submitting yourself to some being outside of creation is to think less of the Divine itself. Would the Lord God kneel before demons?</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">While the Prophets inevitably sealed a pact for humanity with God to worship him so they may not stray further into idolatry, the Titan reminds us of the path all should follow. No longer should you heed the words of the "Aengul of Order" who wishes to impose his twisted and corrupted views of creation on you. No longer should you heed the word of the Aspects that want to ruin the harmony between civilization and nature for their own domain to grow. No longer should you heed the words of zugling spirits that do not care for you any more than a horse cares for his feces. No longer should you heed the voices within the Void that wish to tempt you and further bring you ruin. </span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Be as the Titan. Soar through the skies and go as you please. Do as you wish and never be bound by word or oath to any. Our ruler is the King of Creation, Azdromoth. And he shall protect you in your time of need, for his wings shroud all.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#e74c3c;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Bl. Seraphim of Leora and Bl. Aldric Del Riviere, pray for us</span></span></span></span><span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:48px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">A F</span></span><span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">IRESHRINE</span></span><span style="font-size:48px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"> M</span></span><span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">EETING</span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">[OOC] This letter is available only to Azdrazi and their respective heralds.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">B</span></span></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">ROTHERS &amp; </span></span></span><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">S</span></span></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">ISTERS,</span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#bbbbbb;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Aaz Hahdrim has been constructed. We call upon all those blood-bound and children of Eressioth to a summons of the fireshrine. The Inquisitor Eternal is soon to return, and before us lies a settlement of note beheld of the Titan's adoration. It is our duty to caretake this place. It is our duty to meet the asking of the Inquisitor Eternal. It is our duty to make ourselves known. We shall meet at the temple of Ei Oth'dra, beneath the black monument of the Arch-Drakaar outside Aaz Hahdrim when all have gathered.</span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">WHAT WE REQUIRE:</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">T</span></span></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">HE </span></span></span><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">C</span></span></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">OUNCIL OF </span></span></span><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">E</span></span></span><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">MBERS</span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:20px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">[OOC] This letter is available only to Azdrazi and their respective heralds.</span></span></span>
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			<span style="color:#bbbbbb;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Meeting will be held Saturday, July 3rd at a time announced in our Discord.</span></span>
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			<span style="color:#bbbbbb;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Art Credits: Kings 18:37 Prophets of Baal &amp; Lord of the Rings Trilogy</span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:72px;">A</span><span style="font-size:48px;">AZ </span><span style="font-size:72px;">H</span><span style="font-size:48px;">AHDRIM</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">“</span><font color="#cc0000"><i>Aaz Hahdrim</i></font><span style="color:#999999;">, the home of the Titanborn. This humble construct wrought of sand and stone, fire and steel -- this place in which to dwell, our place to prepare. The Inquisitor Eternal is soon to return. The means of our cause are cemented in the method of our Titan, and the prophecies of our scholars. It is guided on by those of you, students adherent to the Auric Path. Hail the Titan, hail our Firstborn. Our path is ours, yet belongs to none.</span><span style="color:#f1c40f;">”</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">~ H</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><b><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#f1c232;font-size:15pt;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="border:none;"><img alt="Arjn9k83b2XLzk-QNiD-Pfnm4JO3MeiKj_mwdny7ffKqFFmSM7R2eduA7JchkH3JMLR7ic8SJ4S7DJbkSs6GjFls9gmTOh_C3yZNr-IuqwkuQLWFU9QFKzfLnTXrq7ZYIZA3afxc" data-ratio="5.47" height="29" width="624" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Arjn9k83b2XLzk-QNiD-Pfnm4JO3MeiKj_mwdny7ffKqFFmSM7R2eduA7JchkH3JMLR7ic8SJ4S7DJbkSs6GjFls9gmTOh_C3yZNr-IuqwkuQLWFU9QFKzfLnTXrq7ZYIZA3afxc" /></span></span></b></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><font color="#cc0000">Aaz Hahdrim</font></span><font color="#999999"><span style="font-size:18px;"> is the first official settlement of the Azdrazi and their heralds upon Almaris, and a place in which was founded to unite the split forces of Azdromoth under a single banner alongside a blossoming nation keen to knowledge and magic. This settlement is a humble place dedicated to philosophical thought and exploration of culture surrounding Azdromoth and his history along with the teachings of <em>Eresar Sin Nathemas</em> and his student <em>Caspian of Rhen</em>. In addition, it is home to Azdromoth's inquisition founded by the Eternal Inquisitor and is the place in which our temple of Ei Oth'dra exists. Here in Aaz Hahdrim, the location will grow to be known for its impressive draconic blacksmithing, worldly knowledge, magical artificery, and reverence or worship of the Titan Arch-Drakaar Azdromoth.</span></font></span>
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			<span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Build Credits: Malaise_ (structures, docks, temple, retexturing, terraforming, detailing), Rylothh (structures, terraforming, farms, detailing, ships),  _Sug (retexturing, initial design &amp; ideas, structures, interiors), Hotbox_Monk (statues)</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:24px;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK1Y3xSXVzE&amp;ab_channel=IHeartFlac" rel="external nofollow"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:#1155cc;vertical-align:baseline;">♫♫♫</span></a></b></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:72px;">E</span><span style="font-size:48px;">I </span><span style="font-size:72px;">O</span><span style="font-size:48px;">TH'DRA</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:16px;">"O’ Heralds Mine, bearers of the mark, receivers of our blood, yield unto Me.”</span></span></em></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">“</span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><em>The Call of Avarice</em></span><span style="color:#999999;"> shall wake the slumbering giant, when dark portents wax nigh and the earth trembles with his rage, heed them as the counsel of the father. The Titan, who hath slept since the birth of our cage shall crawl once more from the tomb of his jailor's making, vehement in his wrath. The War Against the Darkness shall be as nothing to his vengeance. For the Sons of Malin, few in number, cannot stand against him. And thus shall the Light of the Heavens dim, darkening forevermore. For the gentility of the Light cannot bear witness to such atrocities as he shall wreak. The souls wreathed in fire shall be the harbingers of his dark fate. And the earth shall run red as the blood of the deceived. The Master of Death will drink deep from the Light of the Heavens, that which lies outside our gleaning will be drawn to the harvest as moths to the candle and devour the King of Kings. The Bringer of Fire and Wrath shall take his place amongst the stars, unstoppable as the night that follows in the wake of his damnation. A malignant shroud shall fall across the spirit and so will the world mourn.</span><span style="color:#f1c40f;">”</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">Valens Ith’ael on the Prophecy of the Titan’s Awakening</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:36px;">M</span><span style="font-size:24px;">ISSION</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">With the closing of the Mathic Age and the dawn of the Second, Azdromoth’s children coalesced in Almaris as a sect of the Titan’s children dedicated to the sanctity of the world. He is the bearer of this world -- the Firstborn of it, and as He is its inheritor, it is our duty to protect what is His.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">At the </span></span><em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Temple of Ei Oth'dra</span></span></em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">, located in the holdings of Karinah'siol, we have undertaken a scholarly and clerical role within the school of Asioth. Under the guidance of various Azdrazi and Ordained Heralds, this sect hopes to further educate mortal Descendant-kind of the enlightened path we have taken. In tandem with this adopted method of Asioth’s interpretation do we make it paramount amidst our ranks to ensure the natural state of Almaris is restored.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:36px;">F</span><span style="font-size:24px;">IVE </span><span style="font-size:36px;">T</span><span style="font-size:24px;">ENETS OF THE </span><span style="font-size:36px;">T</span><span style="font-size:24px;">ITAN</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">I</span><span style="color:#999999;"> </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">-</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> The name of the Firstborn shall not be taken in vain, nor shall we permit it to be stained by the words of the ignorant.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">II</span><span style="color:#999999;"> </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">-</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> The Dark and the Light are enemies of the Firstborn and this world, and we shall not allow ourselves to be seduced by them, nor to associate with their followers.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">III</span><span style="color:#999999;"> </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">-</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> The Azdrazi are the children of the Firstborn, and so it is our charge to aid in their plights, for through them we glimpse His reflection.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">IV</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">-</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> Those who strike against the Firstborn or His Children are to be shown no mercy, for their folly is that which can be corrected only by death.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">V</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">-</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> The cretin who slaughters our kin, the accursed Aengul who shall not be named, must be opposed at every opportunity, for he is our bane.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:36px;">C</span><span style="font-size:24px;">ODES OF THE </span><span style="font-size:36px;">T</span><span style="font-size:24px;">EMPLE</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">I</span><span style="color:#999999;"> </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">- </span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Those of the Temple shall not aid the forces of those influenced and driven by Aengudaemonica.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">II</span><span style="color:#999999;"> </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">- </span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Those of the Temple shall not kin-slay, for we do not pride ourselves in petty squabbles amongst one another and the Titan’s children.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">III</span><span style="color:#999999;"> </span><span style="color:#cc0000;">- </span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Those of the Temple shall not steal familial or sacred belongings from their brothers-in-arms.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">IV</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">- </span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Those of the Temple shall protect the </span></span><em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Temple of Ei Oth'dra</span></span></em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> with their lives, for this home is ours.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><em><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">“</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">At any time there are mortals whose maw creates Treacherous words</span></span></em></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Like the wings of our lord's rise in the loyal wind.</span></span><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">”</span></span></em></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:36px;">T</span><span style="font-size:24px;">HE</span><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span><span style="font-size:36px;">I</span><span style="font-size:24px;">NQUISITION</span></span></span>
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	<font color="#999999" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:18px;">The Inquisition is the holy order of Azdrazi and respected Heralds who hold incredible prowess in combat. The mission of The Inquisitors is to investigate and contain or neutralize all threats pertaining to otherworldly aengudaemonic or dark influence for the sake of worldly purification. This Inquisition is led by the Eternal Inquisitor, appointed by the Arch-Drakaar Azdromoth for the purposes of leading The Inquisition to victory.</span></font>
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	<font color="#999999" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:18px;">The Inquisition is also responsible for the dutiful collection of holy or dark artifacts of note, to either contain or destroy these relics in an attempt to curb the influences of otherworldly entities. The Inquisition is otherwise very secretive and operates in mysterious ways.</span></font>
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	<em><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">"</span><span style="color:#999999;">First will come darkness; life will turn away.<br />
	Second will come Prince; life will return.<br />
	Third will come the dragon; death will come.</span></span></span></em>
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	<em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">O’Father, to hammer unto death.<br />
	Prince will come, one to rule the dragons.<br />
	Child to the Titan King; the Prince will rule.<br />
	He will lead charge against the darkness.<br />
	He will fall corrupt to darkness.</span></span></span></em>
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	<em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Corruption shall take him, corruption shall take him.<br />
	Prince will come, one to kill the dragons.<br />
	Child to the Titan King no more; the Prince will rule.<br />
	He will lead charge against our flames.<br />
	He is corrupt to darkness.</span></span></span></em>
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	<em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Mists of green, mists of blue.<br />
	Darkness has arrived.<br />
	Clad in steel, the dragons shall face.</span></span></span></em>
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	<em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Look to the Sand, look to the Kharajyr.<br />
	Look to the horns, look to the Horen.</span></span></span></em>
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	<em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">The Horen is Prince, bare child no more.<br />
	The Horen is corrupt.</span></span></span></em>
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	<em><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;">What is left?<br />
	War.</span><span style="color:#f1c40f;">"</span></span></span></em>
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	<br /><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;">Eluitholnear, The Inquisitor Eternal in A Prophecy of War</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:36px;">D</span><span style="font-size:24px;">RACONIC</span><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span><span style="font-size:36px;">W</span><span style="font-size:24px;">ORSHIP AND</span><span style="font-size:18px;"> </span><span style="font-size:36px;">R</span><span style="font-size:24px;">EVERENCE</span></span></span><a class="ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image ipsAttachLink_right" href="https://cdn.lordofthecraft.net/monthly_2021_07/image.png.0eb37fca57b5eff3bb5c7ad5251152bb.png" rel="external nofollow" style="float:right;"><img alt="image.thumb.png.14a1c74f1e4e63e460ede70bc773d6d9.png" class="ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed" data-fileid="37865" data-ratio="140.23" style="width:256px;height:auto;" width="256" src="https://www.lordofthecraft.net/uploads/monthly_2021_07/image.thumb.png.14a1c74f1e4e63e460ede70bc773d6d9.png" /></a>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Ancient draconic worship had its roots in Canonism. Since the first dragon worshippers were</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> Men, their preexisting spiritual culture colored the faith that was to fly on the backs of scaled wings. Just as the Canonists derive both their name and their scripture from the Holy Canon, so too did the Chosen-brood turn towards the Canon for instruction and enlightenment. The brood believed that, hidden within the burning Sun, the Seventh Flame burned; the Sunfire that began all of Creation, just as Canonists believe in the Seventh Sky and its place as the home of God. This Fire is of the highest divinity and is identified with the Canonist Creator.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Rather than imagining the Seven Skies as an outer realm beyond this one, they instead chose to identify them with the structures of the world around them. This reverence for the physical realm drew them towards animist tendencies, worshipping the stars, storms and seas of the world through their draconic masters and as powers in and of themselves. Quickly, they found themselves speaking of more than one god; and though the Creator remained the Father of all things, He was not the only object of worship within this new church.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">The Seven Flames represented the pillars of the world, each playing an equally important role in preserving the order of all things. By their light is the world revealed and understood, and through their warmth, can we be beckoned into the halls of the Lord.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><em><span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">“</span><span style="color:#999999;">I am Azdromoth, ken with stone, father of mountains, first of giants and friend of Descendant kind. My stone scales are the shield of all the realms, my flames, the ire of my Father. Stand against me and you shall burn beside the forces of chaos that are my eternal enemies; stand beside me, and the blood in my veins, the wisdom of my years and the ferocity of my claws will be your bounty.</span><span style="color:#f1c40f;">”</span></span></em></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Eressioth , Firstborn of the World</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">T</span></span><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">HE </span></span><span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">S</span></span><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">EVEN </span></span><span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">F</span></span><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">IRES</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Sunfire:</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> referred to both as the Seventh and First flame, Sunfire is the power that forged the world from nothing. Its shimmering form carved the valleys of the world from shadow and poured light into their stones. Through the Sunfire, order is sustained, and by learning of its nature, one may come to know the truth of all things and the justice that balances the lives of all mortals, safeguarding society and punishing evil. Ancient texts regularly conflate this power with the Maker Himself, creating a twice-god of two faces, both the Allfather and the genderless flame of the Sun.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Starfire:</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> these are the lights that burn in the darkest places. They are those things which remain with us no </span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">matter the challenges that appear before us, no matter how tall the mountain we must climb. Starfire represents the powers of the gods to guide us, to shepherd us, and to structure the universe. Whilst mortal folk may only see chaos in the rich, green expanses of the forest, Starfire reveals the underlying pattern of all things and brings sense into a senseless universe. Through this celestial flame does the Lord make His will known through His children, aengudaemon and dragon both.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Mountainfire:</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> the earth breathes just like you and I. It's great chest heaves with mighty lungs that suck down the air of life, birthing forests, mountains, seas - the Descendants. Through Mountainfire, the dragons are emboldened with divine energy, becoming the guardians of the land that protect the earth, the foundation of all being. These flames represent the authority of the dragon-gods and the energies of the mortal realm and are the last of the three flames considered godly.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Skyfire:</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> these are the flames that burn between heaven and earth, The lightning that fills the wings of the storm, the winds that blow across the battlefield, the strange dreams that pour into the sleeping soul. Skyfire represents the powers of change that are the gods to command, but that are also integral to the sacred powers of nature. Whilst not expressly godly, these flames make known the will of the gods, and chiefly incarnate themselves as lesser servants of the Maker and His divine children. They are also believed to manifest as strange, sprite-like creatures that represent the forces of nature, tales of which are many in the brood's library.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Forgefire:</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> the highest echelons of mortal society are shaped by this holy flame, bringing insight and ambition into the hearts of kings, warriors and scholars. Through Forgefire can Descendant kind change the face of the world through will and sweat. Victory is born of the Forge, poured into steel, and wielded against the coming darkness.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Hearthfire:</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> the flames that burn in the heart of every home. </span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Loving, charitable, a symbol of parenthood (particularly the life of the Mother) and a light which binds all life together as one people under God. The Hearthfire is instrumental in guiding mortal life to live fruitfully and empathetically, binding itself together to battle the challenges that come from without, and consider the emotional turmoil which lies within. This fire is also called the ‘Greenfire’ in certain circles, since it is believed to bind the forests of the world together as much as it does the world of Descendants. Some believe this name to be a more fitting description.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Madfire:</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> the blood of life itself, the Madfire burns within all of His creations, moving them to think and speak and act. It is chaos incarnate, yes, but through this chaos, order is brought into being. This flame fuels the birth and essence of all souls, creating both Descendant and nature. To understand this lowest of essences in a world filled with so many other flames is the duty of all children of the brood, a duty regularly undertaken through study of the Canon and worship of the Lord and His servants.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">At the </span></span><em><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Temple of Ei Oth'dra,</span></span></em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> the children of Azdromoth take t</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">o maintaining an eternal beacon of flame. </span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">This fire is to be kept</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> alight unto the end-times by the Titan’s sons and daughters the Azdrazi, and His heralds. No matter sun, wind, or rain the fire shall burn strong as a testament to the Titan Himself -- His infinite wisdom, intelligence, life, power, and control over the realm in which we live. This is our Fire, and it represents Him.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><em><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">“</span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">My kin have discarded the Light, but so too have they exiled the Shadow. We are Fire. </span></span></em></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><em><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">We light your halls but cast shadows of your frames. We are both and we are none.</span></span><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">”</span></span></em></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Gamling in A Call to Flame; Draconic Tutelage</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">O</span></span><span style="font-size:24px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">RGANIZATION</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">The organization of the </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><em>Temple of Ei Oth'dra</em></span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> has a much more decentralized structure compared to most religious institutions. With no high priest of the Temple, Heralds make up the general bulk of the priesthood. The Azdrazi residing at the temple vary in their participation within the priesthood. Some Azdrazi within the Temple treat it as a temple dedicated to their Father and a home for themselves, while others take up the positions of honorary senior priests. </span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(153,153,153);"><span style="font-size:18px;">Worship is not a necessary requirement by the </span></span><span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;color:rgb(204,0,0);"><span style="font-size:18px;"><em>Temple of Ei Oth'dra</em></span></span><font color="#999999" face="Georgia, serif"><span style="font-size:18px;">. Many priests revere and honor the Titan for His power, protection, and fathership of the world. Some however utilize the site as a means to make holy offerings and here, persecution for how one devotes themselves is unheard of.</span></font>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:36px;"><span style="color:#f1c40f;">J</span></span><span style="color:rgb(241,196,15);"><span style="font-size:24px;">OINING THE </span><span style="font-size:36px;">T</span></span><span style="color:rgb(241,196,15);"><span style="font-size:24px;">EMPLE</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Those who wish to walk the path of Asioth in adherence to the teachings of Azdromoth and the </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:18px;"><em>Temple of Ei Oth'dra</em></span></span><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:18px;"> need simply discover the temple in their travels. Its location is unknown, but to explore the world is to explore and understand His land and the connectivity of the spirit to it. The children do not discriminate -- any who wish to adhere to the teachings of the Titan may join.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#555555;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Contact information in-game: Rylothh, Milenkhov, Werew0lf</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#555555;"><span style="font-size:18px;">OOC Discord Contact: Ryloth#6969, m.#3309, Werew0lf#0001</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#555555;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Discord link: </span></span><span style="font-size:18px;"><a href="https://discord.gg/egDNFPQ6Ms" rel="external nofollow">https://discord.gg/egDNFPQ6Ms</a></span></span>
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	<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#555555;"><span style="font-size:18px;">Please do not hesitate to contact us -- do NOT contact us if you are only looking to be connected as an Azdrazi or Herald of Azdromoth.</span></span></span>
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			<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:12px;">This post is intended to be a compiled piece dedicating the works of the most renown writers of the Azdrazi and Herald players to date into a temple, utilizing these texts and roleplayed cultural facets from a number of sources.</span></span></span>
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				<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;">Malaise (General Azdromoth lore &amp; quotes, culture and character)</span></span></span>
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				<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;">Jentos (Gamling's Draconic Tutelage: A Call to Flame)</span></span></span>
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				<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;">Werew0lf (A Prophecy of War)</span></span></span>
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						<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;">Kings 18:37 Prophets of Baal</span></span></span>
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						<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;">Elder Scrolls Online, sunset over Skyrim</span></span></span>
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						<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;">Monolith by Zeilyan</span></span></span>
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						<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;">Thranduil by Zeilyan</span></span></span>
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						<span style="font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;">Lord of the Rings Trilogy</span></span></span>
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	<em><span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Helinathe's depiction of the Firstborn in Paradisus.</span></span></span></em>
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	<span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“The Mountain that Flies, guides us to the Skies.”</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">-An old saying originating from the Horenian Kingdom of Paradisus</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">To my brothers, Vithfrinaak and Gul'Sthyr,</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I love you both dearly.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">I oft ponder these days on the state of the world. Having spent much time to-and-fro in various parts of Arcas and Almaris, you find yourself inspecting many, many things that none would even dare imagine. The woods of Elvenesse, the silver city of Haelun’or, the depths of Urguan, the metropolis of the Empire, and the vibrant Northern Kingdoms; these places bring out the life that Creation always was. A place of glory that mirrors God-in-the-Highest himself. Having taken time to think over such things, I have decided to write on Creation as so many have done before me, but with truth only those with knowledge of my Father’s teachings may truly understand.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">At the beginning of time, God alone existed and he sat amongst an empty and voidless universe. He decided, on a certain day, that he wished to express his own glory through Creation, so he did so. He formed the various plant life, mountains, plains, oceans, and skies that we see even to this day. After doing so, he cast a bright light--- Siksta, or the Sun in the common tongue-- in the Heavenly Skies so many would be able to remember that their plane is one built not only by the Greatest of All, but one watched over by the Firstborn. See, this material realm that God created, he gifted its rulership to my Father, the Firstborn known as Azdromoth. He was tasked with protecting it from harm and from wicked ones that sought to destroy it. Beings such as the Accused Archdaemon.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Descendant-kind eventually came about through God personally creating both man and woman in the most perfect image at the end of Creation. Alas, due to the curses imposed by the Accused Archdaemon, all of descendant-kind has since fallen from this image, but beauty has since still is present within all descendant-kind. You see, for while my Father and his siblings flew in the skies wherever they pleased, they noticed Man. The children of Horen built cities that reached into the Skies themselves and gazed with awe at the draconic forms above. My Father descended to greet these men whose faith in God and loyalty in upholding Creation’s image for His Kingdom. So impressed was He, He offered a gift to these mortals-- a pact. After a gathering was formed, a pact was made with the children of Horen that they shall forever be protected in their time of need. He also took with him a few to turn into the saintly draconic men and women, he departed once more.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Creation itself brings out a joy, a joy that is this life.There is this notion prevalent amongst today’s Horenian culture that peace will never be found down below and may be only found within the Heavenly Seven Skies. This is folly, untrue. While the Accused Archdaemon did twist the forms of descendant-kind to designs not according to the  original intention of Creation, that does not necessarily mean Creation itself is inherently corrupt or lacking the fullness of Good. No, the beauty made by God’s hand is on full display for all to see at all times. Those who cannot see it merely lack the understanding of this with the busy lives they partake in.  They do not take a moment to gaze at their surroundings and embrace the goodness of this world. But do not forget that this world’s beauty is protected by the Firstborn and do not forget the purpose of this beauty is for His Kingdom and for God’s glory alone.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">There are however those wishing to corrupt such a beautiful image for their own desires. The accused Aengul and his paladin followers wish to forcefully engulf the world in the accused Aengul’s wishes. He wants a world rid of its King and Protector and for Order to be replaced with tyranny of the heart. He is not the only one wishing to do so as well-- with many other aenguls and daemons creeping from the corners of Creation to implant their own wants onto the material realm. Must we allow this to happen? No. We must not. These devils want to turn our holy ground gifted by God into foul distortions and we must ever fight against them to protect it. That is why you must take up arms at the call against any foes that wish to ruin our beloved home. </span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#999999;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">This is what all should know. To understand the purpose of Creation and to understand its beauty. To understand it is worth fighting for as our King has for all of its existence. Do this, and forever be blessed. For sainthood is attained this way.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Through the Firstborn’s knowledge do we understand our homeland, revel in its glory, and forever protect it from those that wish to do it harm. By the grace of God and through the King of the below, the Firstborn Azdromoth, may we finally find everlasting peace in this life. Forever and ever and unto ages of ages, Amen.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">DISCERNING ASIOTH;</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:18px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">AN APOLOGY TO THE MALI’KER OF ALMARIS</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Veracity, I call</span>,</span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">And the fire lights anew,</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Your soul knows the truth.</span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';color:rgb(153,153,153);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A short poem attributed to St. Koltira Ravexi, roughly 1430.</span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Even in the dawn of the ancient days, the Mali’ker people have long since acquired knowledge regarding the concept of sainthood which was passed on from the Arch-Drakaar to our foremother, St. Velulaei. Throughout the many years my people have lived we have had many such examples of saints: St. Velulaei, St. Khel, and St. Koltira. These Mali’ker saints reflect an inherent value placed upon the hearts of all those created-- the idea of guardianship and leadership, of Asioth. A value that calls for all men and women to become wardens and sentinels to protect others in their own way.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The saints are those who have risen to the task of being wardens, but who were the first wardens to our world? At the very creation of the world, the Arch-Drakaar arose and gave flight across the world. His wings shrouded the world underneath and he offered his protection to all of those who needed it. His kin followed suit with the drakaar taking up residence in every corner of this world and protecting this world from those aenguls and daemons that wished to destroy it. As I mentioned prior, our foremother learned of this guardianship and attempted to project these ideas as perfectly as she could onto our society. While not fully understanding the fullness of Asioth, her success in partially implementing it helped her successors, the renowned and glorious leaders Sts. Khel and Koltira of Darkhaven, follow the path to glory.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">This Asioth is a long since forgotten concept amongst the Mali’ker people. Slowly did orcish spirit worship creep into our heads and pollute our minds with moronic nonsense that these spiritual beings may be wardens to us. Polluted our heads with the notion that beings like the ‘goddess’ Luara is the one who protects us from threats and not our wardens above. Luara who commanded more and more from our people while offering us nothing in return. The drakaar, in contrast, have given us all by being our ancient watchers since the days of yore and do not require even wish for an ounce of worship to do so, instead wishing to be revered like our saints.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">This is why I call for us to remember the path of Asioth and why it is so necessary for all going forward into this coming age. As the Firstborn became the first protector of the world, so shall we must mimic him in our everyday endeavors. The saints all mimicked him through various aspects like valor and leadership even if they did not have direct knowledge of the Arch-Drakaar, and what more knowledge do we now have that they do not! This ideal He calls us to follow can be applied from the very top rung of society to the very bottom; from the Archons at the top to the commoner at the bottom. We must understand we are capable of overcoming problems that find their way into our lives, but we are also tasked with assisting others with theirs.</span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="color:#999999;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">With the Firstborn as our teacher on all that is right and all that is wrong and the saints as our models who followed this path of Asioth, let us now mimic both. For us to mimic both will lead to our ascension into sainthood and into the full realization of what Asioth truly is. </span></span></span></span>
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	<span style="color:#c0392b;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">O Firstborn of the World, Warden and Protector, grant us now insight into our own souls of the truth and shroud your wings over this world. For while you are all knowing, we are not and know not the right path to walk. Lead us unto the path of Asioth. Glory unto your name, Arch-Drakaar, from this day unto the end of days.</span></span></span></span>
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