On Fire and Aberrations
Written by Deacon Pierre on the 19th of Malin’s Welcome, 1649
The Owynist depiction of fire as a means of purging the filth is not a misguided one, but rather one based on the logic of the sad reality in which we find ourselves. Plagued by the heretic, the heathen and most foul of all, the aberration, men must turn to fouler means to keep their lands, their families and their churches safe.
The nature of the heretic and the heathen is well known, and both souls have potential to be readily saved from damnation. But this does not extend to the aberrations, the foul abominations, qu.eer in nature, that roam these lands, melded from twisted human souls. It is these unnatural monstrosities most in need of the fire to burn away the deepest sin tainting their once human souls. For them, only gold and fire can save them, for they are beyond prayer.
This thesis is not to suggest the fire itself has these sacred properties, as to assume such errs on the side of paganism. Rather, the suffering it induces as it bares the soul from the flesh is what removes the taint, repentance through pain taken to the furthest extreme. It is the reason fire is used upon heretics and heathens alike, and why many of the bodies of beasts are burned by the Hexers, locally known as the Marked, a creature most foul in nature already. For they know that to strip away the flesh which holds the soul is to send it to its judgement.
The greatest mercy to aberrations is to condemn them to judgement. For while many of these accursed beings revel in the que.er nature, there are a select minority who have been dragged upon this evil path by the minions of Iblees, their souls and bodies warped against their will. It is for those, that you must pray during the act of the purge, for should their actions or their final words suggest repentance, they must be given the chance for their once-human soul to reach the Seven Skies. Take pity on these select few, do not hunger for their demise, but think of it as an act of salvation when the gold and fire free them.
But to those aberrations too numerous to count who embrace and enjoy their corrupted state, revel in your chance to put them to the blade, the torch and the cleansing word of God. For the fire is only the beginning of the suffering that awaits them in the Nether below.