A Short Argument for Peace

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The Futility of War

 

In the end of days, when the shackles of Iblees become his Wyrms, Vargengotz will go forth to conquer and rule. He shall bear six crowns upon his six heads, which are the great kingdoms of the world. (Auspice 1:4-6) All the banners of the world will be struck down before him, and this union of six nations will dominate the whole world in war and shall in turn be dominated by Vargengotz. (Auspice 1:8) The futility of all war is evident, as no nation shall survive the end of days, and those nations that emerge as the six victors will become corrupted and suffer the greatest damnation. There is no such thing as a good war, no such thing as a legacy of nations, because all nations shall fall. One should not vie to have his homeland become one of the six great nations corrupted by Vargengotz, for what dream is this? No man should desire to die in needless conflict against his fellow man, no mother to send her children to be slaughtered like cattle. No brother should strive to slay his kin, and no sister should pray for the destruction of her family. It is clear that someday, wicked iniquity shall lay low all goodly men and women, but the Auspice revealed to us that we might take the lessons of the future and apply them to the present. 

 

The Penance of Owyn

 

It should be the goal of all good people to end war, to end killing and conflict, and to restore peace amongst the brothers. We shall all ride side by side from the skies one day, let us ride side by side today as well. To each nation let there be peace. You may say that Owyn destroyed the wicked, and was lifted to the skies for it. I shall say that Owyn’s sin was wrath, that it is not up to man to destroy the wicked, but up to GOD. When Harren was humbled by GOD, it was not Owyn’s duty to then extend beyond his authority and destroy his uncle. (Gospel 4:53) We cannot forget in the zeal of righteousness that GOD did not permit us to destroy our kinsmen, decrying the act of spilling the blood of kin as worse than the rejection of Harren. (Gospel 4:52) As Owyn journeyed to the north, although he made his penance there, we must remember that a penance is a punishment. With every soul Owyn took, he was forced to face the reality of his anger, and by the time Owyn had slain numerous unrepentant he did not feel joy, but rather deep sorrow. (Gospel 5:18) It was that which was the nature of Owyn’s penance, a final realization that no man could hope to destroy the evil of sin within the hearts of the descendants without also sowing destruction and chaos himself. 

 

The Exalted Owyn, Defender of the Good

 

Owyn defended the good not with the sword, but with his words. Owyn is not the Exalted of War, but the Exalted of Peace. For more good can be done by a peaceful proverb than by an vengeful blade.

"For seven years Owyn Son of Godwin served Harren Son of Horen, and the prophet defended goodly Harrenites from their lords of mixed blood. And by GOD’s will, he authored the Spirit." (Gospel 4:37-38)

 

Conclusion

 

It is not the duty of the good to purge the heathen, the apostate, and the sinner from the world. Such murder of kin is a greater affront to GOD than their own rejection. Force should only be used when absolutely necessary to protect the holy and innocent from the machinations of the wicked. GOD does not demand that we spare the necromancer, nor the demon, nor any other wicked thing which has become one with Iblees. Only against the unnatural and wicked things of Iblees should great violence and death be wrought. It is not up to us, lowly as we are, to determine the purity of those who are still yet in the fire. Every soul may find a chance to repent in their lives, it is not our place to defy the will of GOD and choose to sentence them to damnation.