Hali rolled his eyes, smoking in the tavern as yet another propaganda piece was read. “Faith meant nothing to those of the Midlands, until it was the only avenue by which they might retain power. Such verbose yet hollow scholarly writing as this was not deemed necessary to make their crimes less shocking until they realized that we meant what we said. They were proud enough of Veletz and all it stood for, until it was no longer a tenable position to hold. The claim of two distinct wars is preposterous. There is only one aim, which has not changed, to disarm the Midlands so completely that they never again threaten stability and reason.”