Who Walks The Shore

[UnBaed 8910]

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[!] This text may be openly read by anyone, the author evidently went through a great deal of effort to ensure many copies were produced and shared around.

 

A Shorewalker lighting incense for memorial urns

[Art by Ringustav]

 

W H O   W A L K S

T  H  E   S  H  O  R  E

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 ҉   ✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼　 ҉ 　✼   ҉ 

 

Faith in the Soul:

There is a misunderstanding often had, with those who first encounter The Shore and its preachers; many mistake the iridescent path to be a religion.  That the faith we have is in devotion and worship to a new higher power, yet it is called The Shorewalker’s Faith not in dedication to Aengudaemon or Spirit… The faith is trust.  Trust within yourself, and within others; faith in the enduring nature each of our souls possess; faith that we possess the power to persist through our struggles and rise above our faults to grow into something better.

 

The Shore is an encouraged way of living, a philosophy.

 

The Shrines:

Scattered around the lands are Shorewalker Shrines; altars composed of driftwood, coral, seashells, and decorated with murals of soft-colored pigments.  Often they are kept to quieter corners and alcoves within cities, or erected within ruins or the outskirts of battlefields.  Their primary purpose is to serve as memorials for the fallen, places of remembrance for those who have passed away–assuring the deceased that they’re honored and live on in memory.

 

Yet they also serve a purpose for the living, intended to be places of introspection; where one may reflect upon themselves and the path they tread on and where it shall lead them.  Everyone leaves a mark upon this world, Shorewalkers encourage careful thought in deciding how that mark is to be imprinted.  Writings of The Shore’s philosophy are often kept around these shrines, to provide wisdom and information to the lost and the curious.

 

To Dream For All:

The Shore is a path open for many to pursue, of varying backgrounds and aspirations; including religions.  The cause is one that many ought to be concerned for, due to how the imbalance and chaos of the afterlife under Aeriel’s rule bleeds into our world.  Even the judgment of the Arch-Aengul upon the many of our souls does not align with the many codes and beliefs established across our realm.  We may forgive, yet She doesn’t; ever black and white and severe with her ruling.  

 

Even if a once-terrible man rises to become loved more than he had ever been resented or feared, Aeriel may still condemn him to perpetual suffering upon his passing.  This may spark wonder on the point of anything to life–why grow into something better, if we’re to be cruelly sentenced anyways due to the ever distant perception an Aengul may have?  Our end is inevitable, suffering always destined–But that is incorrect.

 

One may mistake this fate to be shackling, but that isn’t the case in the slightest.  The only shackles set upon us are by ourselves; we take the will of the Aengudaemons and regard them as facts of our existence to meekly follow.  The Shore encourages faith in the soul; faith in the self.  To know your worth and might and potential for being something greater, something undefined by its scars.  To acknowledge this beauty and power within yourself and others, to become enlightened, will alter the mark you make upon this world and inevitably alter the course of our fates like a shifting river.

 

To walk The Shore is to keep hope and peace, to work toward a future where the enduring nature and quality of our souls may be recognized.

 

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   Ilaria Des'Nox       

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And a thank you to Veluc Strixxi

 

Other Writings of The Shore:

The Shore

Correspondence of The Empyrean

Autumnal Musings