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The Silver Soul

 

Braxus Ni’leya

13th of The Amber Cold,

Year 48 S.A

 

Maehr’sae Hiylun’ehya

 

Malaurir Kalenz Uradir encourages, in his Abstract of The Valleian’acal of Larihei and the Effects on the Physical Body, that “all of Malin’s pure children” bathe in the Golden Pools - the physical manifestation of the genesis of our kindred souls. 

 

Why? Because it fosters both the prior - Maehr, and the latter half of our driving Philosophy - Hiylun. It is imperative to our people that we remain healthy - pure. The focus of this work, shall not be on physical health, nor on Purity, but rather that element of bathing in the Golden Pools, which remains to this date, unspoken of until now - The Silver Soul. However, as a brief note, I believe it important to say that Purity, as has previously and commonly been described as no more than a check-list of things one ought or ought not to do, is much greater than this. This is a foolish conception, for if that were the case, then anyone could claim purity by acting like Mali’thill - No, I say. Purity is a gift, maintained by elMaehr’sae Hiylun’ehya. Bathing in the Golden Pools did not merely make us fairer, taller, more intelligent, et cetera, but it fundamentally altered the very nature of our Soul. Before I discuss this, I shall expound briefly on what I mean by ‘soul’.

 

The soul, as it is classically thought of, is the animating force of all living creatures. It is that immaterial thing within us that brings us to life, as it were - that gives us a directedness. Other races will have more or less to say on this topic, but for our purposes, this is the definition that I shall use and it is the latter proposition that I am primarily interested in.

 

The four brothers are necessarily ensouled, for they drew breath, inhabited, and walked among the creatures of the world. As brothers, the essence of their souls were alike, for one cannot birth offspring whose fundamental nature opposes one another. As such, we can conclude from this, that the souls of the descendants of the four, are mutually the same, in nature and essence.

 

Corporeally, we differ very slightly from others. We have, as do all descendants, limbs and organs, differing shades of skin, et cetera - in this then, we are similar. However, what fundamentally sets us apart, is not our ability to write poetry, or to think in the abstract, for other, lesser races can do that to some degree - but rather, we differ in kind, as opposed to degree - it is the nature of our soul that excludes us. Following the betrayal of Larihei by Malin, she set off with like-minded allies and discovered the Golden Pools, they bathed in them and received the gifts which would become the hallmark of elMali’aheral. One of these gifts - the most important gift, was the altering of our very soul - enshrined in all ‘thill, is The Silver Soul

 

As I mentioned earlier, the soul gives to the ensouled, a 'directedness'. Each Mali’aheral has within himself, an innate sense - a drive, an urge even, towards perfection. He feels it pulling him in a similar way a pigeon can always find its way home no matter where it is set free - it is a sense that we have and we give to ourselves as we undertake our journey, the tool of elMaehr’sae Hiylun’ehya. Now to those who will rebut, “Ah, but I am a Mali’aheral and I do not have this sense - in fact, I am drawn to the vices of the world and exclaim that I am impure!”, I say to you - your Silver Soul has tarnished - it has degraded, fret not however, it can be repaired. Furthermore, in anticipation of another objection born from my previous point, I say that while a soul tarnished can be repaired, a lesser soul cannot transcend to that of a Silver Soul, which is necessarily, Mali’aheral in nature.

 

Children of Larihei, separate yourselves from those lesser. Return to your people and reinstate your Nation among the leaders of the world. Revive in yourselves, a sense of superiority, for you are ‘thill. Disregard not, the gift you possess - your Silver Soul, but follow it’s call - flock home. 

 

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Laerdya had the missive read to her, speaking with the Mali who wrote the missive in the tavern, she found the concept interesting to say the least. She wandered home after the discussion, still having a copy of the missive of her own. She sat and pondered in front of the fire place within her small home, the possibilities of all the future outcomes of this went through her mind, the woman dwelled upon such for sometime before she got up, remarking "A Silver Soul will be found." She went off to find some a few individuals to show them the missive and discuss.

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Amorette-Blondelle Acal’elor, daughter of the only Uthir of Haelun’or, read the missive held tightly betwixt her digits with a narrowed gaze. Her attention was drawn to the chirping ebon scaled pygmy dragon perched on the stone ledge of her tower balcony. It looked up at her with a tilt of its head. A moment later another elfess, a mali’thill by the look of her silver-white locks and bright blue eyes, came up from behind her and asked cautiously; “What do you think of such an idea, my Lady? I know how much you miss home.” Amorette turned her attention over her shoulder to the woman with a soft sigh escaping her lips. “Alert my armed escorts to be up and ready at sunrise. I will need you to stay behind and see that everything here is properly packed and put into our storage carriage. It would be a crime not to help my hurting city.”

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The elfess cackled to herself, a crazed grin coming upon her face.  She took a sip of tea and continued to read.

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Luthriel chuckles in half-human purity and perfection zealot.  "The way I feel inside, I could butcher a thousand children to usher in a new age of perfection.  And this idiot thinks I am incapable of feeling a drive toward perfection."

 

She shook her head, smirked, and continued reading.

 

"Oh?  And LO!  Again we see the philosophical mumblings of an emotionally unstable 'thill. So the 'thill soul is superior in the sense that it seeks to pursue purity, yet there is no evidence for this.  True, he has explained away the fact that many 'thill care not for the pursuit of purity, and I am sure he would similarly find a way to explain away the fact that many "Lessers" have decided to pursue perfection in their lives.  I don't care if he can explain away any and all arguments against his point.  He needs to provide EVIDENCE, strong, hard evidence that demands that we take his point seriously.  He needs to demonstrate that it is possible to show he is wrong by demonstrating certain facts, but that those "facts" are, in fact, not true and so his idea holds."

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