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Full Name of Man - Damien Hughes
Date of Birth of Man - 1812

Name of Woman - Amelia Eleanora
Date of Birth of Woman - 1810

Location of Ceremony - Just beside Providence Bridge, next to the River, Lower Petria
Date of Ceremony (Year) - 1847
Name of Clergyman who performed ceremony - Father Stor

Father Stor gazes over the ruins of Rozania. Its people had long since been driven from their homes by fellow Canonists. He reads the letter, and nails it to the ruined Church door, before heading home with his belongings. “Too little, too late. GOD have mercy on our souls, the Church has failed its flock….”

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Did you like Nexus?

bring back freebuild, yay or nay?

"The tax is still too high." Stor says pinching his brow "I asked and asked and now, when I have finally left and all the shops are empty, do they lower taxes... to still an insane amount for what they are offering. A stall in the corner of the city should not cost 4 times the average cost for stalls of similar size in other cities."

Finally, more good smithing lore for normal smiths that doesn’t require me to hunt nodes +1

Father Stor shakes his head, sighing to himself. “They never listen. I specifically said I do not support the ordination of women.” Stor then carefully binds the missive, and stores it away for posterity. “They chase progress, yet all they manage to do is marry the spirit of the age. While Rozanians perish, while men are denied confession before military execution, we worry about whether women may be ordained. And even then, only Duchess Crestfall offered a theological argument. God have mercy on us.”

Hold on, let me preempt a comment. Okay, I’m going to shake the magic 8 ball. Ah yes, here it is. The classic response to let me play wacky and zany character.

“People want mature rp now, the server has changed, and groomers are no longer satisfied with just buying an rp wife, they want to SAVOR every romantic interaction with this 13 year old boy playing a female character. Just because the most newer and younger players want change, doesn’t mean all the older players do. Sorry sweaty, times have changed.”

Honestly this would all change if we got rid of guard default. How is acting tyrannical enforcing the law. It literally feels like dealing with real world cops coercing someone into violating some minor rule to convince the staff they had a right to pvp you when they wanted to arrest you for farting in public.

"Diz am Bazed" Kulthark'Izig said

Kulthark’Izig reads the missive with a smile. “Peepz lyke da ice azdrazi nub lyke da racizt azdrazi, bub’hozh, hopefully klompin iz sure tu follow”

5 minutes ago, Gusano said:

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Kulthark'Izig sharpens his dragon slaying axe. The orc, like many of his brothers, did not care about Azdrazi or Azdromoth or protecting Elvenesse. Instead, he hoped to slay a beast in the name of Votar, spirit of the hunt. "Lup'Votar!" he roared from inside the forge, before starting work on the spears.

I AM WANT YOU TO BE AN ORC

Father Stor smiles as he reads the missive of the wise scholar Emperor. “Let it be known that Crown and Laurel are once again in harmony, as in the days of Evaristus & Clement.”

Father Stor considers the document and ponders about the implications. “This shall make a good testing grounds for the theory of tolerance in faith. I suppose we shall see how a society fares when beholden to the rod. I support this social experiment in public spirituality.”

Stor smiles “This is perhaps the greatest thing I have ever seen. Finally, a chance to write MORE TESTS!”

“I went to the fleshpit and the only thing I got were wonderful family memories!*” Exclaimed father Stor.

and ptsd

Who defines honor? Is it within the hands of society to claim alone? Is it the decree of a Rex or Wargoth that defines the bounds of an honorable Uruk? Honor is inherent to every Uruk, and every Uruk shall feel his own sense of truth and morality. Prior to the collapse of the War Nation of Krugmar, slavery, raiding, sacrficing descendants, and violence were acceptable and honorable. Now, in the Iron’Uzg, these things are forbidden and, under threat of law, condemned as dishonorable. I declare that the measure of honor can only come from one source alone, the Great Gatekeeper & Judge of the Dead, Kor.

We know that brothers who slaved reside past Kor’s Gates in the Stargush’Stroh. We know that brothers who raided and plundered reside past Kor’s Gates in the Stargush’Stroh. We know that brothers who have lived in violence, tasted the flesh of descendants, and brought them upon altars, reside in the Stargush’Stroh. It is not these acts alone that are dishonorable, but how they are conducted. Violence is not simply a means to an end, it IS the end. Life and all its struggles are given to us to weave forth our legends, to tell our stories and win our glory. Through our violence, our honor is born. We never hear of halfling honor, because halflings do not fight. A man who has never had the chance to test his honor cannot be considered honorable. Honor is a shadow cast by the flames of war. 

In this Iron’Uzg, the Uruks in charge have made deals with other nations on behalf of all brothers. It is our honorable duty to uphold these deals. This does not mean we must conform to the definitions of honor imposed upon us by other peoples or other Uruks. To be alive is to fight, and nowhere in nature does peace prevail. Just as the great beasts stalk the jungles that they may eat, so too do Uruks hunt for combat that they may taste victory, adventure, and glory.

What is dishonorable, we can know in simple terms based on a shared conviction all Uruks have. To slaughter the innocent is dishonorable. To fight those unable to properly resist is dishonorable. To torture the weak is dishonorable. To treat the other descendants like cattle is dishonorable. To desecrate the grave is dishonorable. To strike down a surrendered opponent is dishonorable. To lie is dishonorable. These are things which we know that Kor despises, and that will result in a denial from the Stargush’Stroh. 

When these fundamental terms are placed in more complex situations, we must understand that in all life there will be acts which derive from these that are dishonorable. To kill kubs is dishonorable. To kill unconscious opponents who have yet had the chance to fight or are unable to fight is dishonorable. To beat slaves is dishonorable. To work slaves to death is dishonorable. To kill slaves is dishonorable. To keep slaves within your bondage forever, with no hope of recourse, is dishonorable. To treat slaves as less than descendants is dishonorable. To eat slaves, or those descendants who did not have the capacity to fight back, is dishonorable. To destroy graves or deny a proper burial when requested is dishonorable. To trick descendants into surrender through deception is dishonorable. To kill one who begs for their lives or surrenders is dishonorable. 

Given the many ways in which a brother may fall to dishonor in the keeping of slaves, it is understandable that the Rex has banned the practice, not just to appease other nations but to keep less intelligent brothers from falling to the temptation of dishonor. To take slaves is not dishonorable, so long as the slavery is not intentionally lifelong and these slaves are put onto a path to becoming an honorary orc. I disagree that the permanent state of affairs should bar all Uruks from keeping slaves forever, but I agree that the practice as it was only brought dishonor upon more brothers than it had conferred honor to through the creation of honorary orcs.

It is through violence that our honor is proven, our glory won, our bloodlust sated, and our path to the Stargush’Stroh paved. This cannot be done by sitting within the walls of our goi, it must be sought out in the wider world. To plunder and raid is not dishonorable, for it is no more wrong to hunt for battle and riches than it is to hunt for game. That the wealth we seek may be divested from our quarry without the need for slaughter and consumption is all the difference and the matter of honor. Should those we demand ransom from be unable to pay, and decide to fight back, then it is the flames of this battle which shall test the honor of the Uruk. To take through a challenge of strength is not dishonorable, it is the way of nature and the way of the Uruk. As noted above, the Rex has designated who can and cannot be plundered, which at this moment falls upon a wide range of peoples. As he is the representative of all of us, it would be dishonorable and a lie to break these pacts that he has made, as we too are bound by them.

I make this declaration to help my brothers who disagree with the acts of the Rex come to understand him, and know that there has been no rewriting of our most fundamental codes of honor, but instead a series of pacts, treaties, and pragmatic decisions which has governed the current policy of the Iron’Uzg.

Kor-Ur,

Kulthark’Izig, formerly known as Krawz

Kulthark’Izig recalls the arrival of the Raguk Yeller with fondness. “Hozh tikz are comin bruddahz, da zhomoz have peeped da way fur uz, now wi must go agh walk it. Dem Buurzspawn nub gonna gruk wub hit em when wi get da forges roaring! Lup’Genththaruz!”

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Inside the Rozanian Church, a plaque hangs above the entrance. From deeper in the Church, you hear it chanted. It reads as follows;

"Viriliter agite! Vigilate state in fide! Viriliter agite!  Et confortamini!"

"From the curse of our desolation. In our work we must find salvation Remember man that thou art dust. In the yoke of the cross we trust."

"The world’s pattern in our undoing, Be reformed in your mind’s renewing. Holy writ, the scholar’s plume, Ignorance of the law is doom."

"Stand in faith with deep conviction, Love thy brethren, endure affliction, In your scabbard keep your sword, Holy soldiers of the Lord."

 "Prayer unceasing, sacrifices, Purge your soul of all its vices, Quam bonum et quam iucundum, Habitare fratres in unum."

"Seven times a day I praise Thee. I have loved Thy commands that raised me. Let my prayer come near Thy sight. Lead my heart in the way of right."

"In manus tuas Domine comendo spiritum meum!"

"Into thy hands O Lord I commend my spirit."

"Redemisti nos Domine, Deus Veritatis!"

"Thou hast redeemed us O Lord, God of truth."

Full Name of Man - Arthur Galbraith
Date of Birth of Man - 1821

Name of Woman -  Safiya Oma Basrid
Date of Birth of Woman - 1820

Location of Ceremony - Chapel of the Augustine Palace
Date of Ceremony (Year) - 1839
Name of Clergyman who performed ceremony - Father Stor Vuiller

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. 

"HOZH! KRUG KRUG KRUG KRUG KRUG!" Kulthark'Izig roars

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