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Groq's Ascension - Homi ---------------- A wise man once wrote, "Our age is retrospective. It builds the sepulchres of the fathers. It writes biographies, histories, and criticism. The fore- going generations beheld God and nature face to face; we, through their eyes.... Why should we grope among the dry bones of the past, or put the living generation into masquerade out of its faded wardrobe? The sun shines today also." Often, Therans of today look upon the past in nostalgic wistful- ness, as if the present were voided of original energy and young passion. A Valourian especially may look upon the images of his political forefathers and wonder if ever there shall be another Arkhalis, Torin, or Runath, men of such moral strength and dignity that one may feel paralyzed by the mere thought of attempting to imitate them. And yet, it is through imitation that the best moral character may be developed. Imitation leads to mastery of form, and mastery of form leads to new power, power struggling and driving itself towards new expressions. When I speak of power, of course, I speak of personal force and magnanimity -- the infinitude of the sovereign soul, bathed at birth in the coddling images of the past. However, such fashioning of the self is rarely achieved, for common men and women grow burdened by the dull toiling of everyday existence. A farmer has heard all the grand tales, and wearily says, after a long day's work laboring in the fields, "And what of it?" A seamstress looks up from her repetitive work, suffocating the life out of the creative inner kernel of her being, and asks, "Will your great heroes feed my children?" No, tradition and gross custom have their limits, and imitation is a privilege of those entitled enough to make it work for themselves. What is needed, then, is a sudden influx of power, an original energy, unfolding outward from within itself, like an organic movement of the spirit. Such power, such _divine inspiration_, has come to us, and we must reckon with its consequences and implications. Now we shall learn to live by impulses, and spontaneity of spirit will push us by fits into boundless horizons. Newness is now our guiding principle, and our souls shall breathe in great measures once again. I speak, of course, of Groq's conversion. Never before has such a momentous event occurred, and we shall not soon forget it. Gaze in exuberant felicity at the future that has opened up for us. A new heart beats in Valour, one that at one time beat in sluggish foulness, contaminated by the base desires of the flesh: wealth, territory, and material power. Groq's transformation nourishes us all with previously unsavored sustenance. The movement from earthly desire to spiritual perfection is complete, and we are the better for it, for truly now we know that evil need not be a fundamental characteristic of Being, but merely one Test for the troubled soul. Who is not absolutely astounded and thrown from their complacent seats? Even the farmer and seamstress turn their shimmering eyes upon this Dragon Reborn, this Child of Sarich, and laugh in joy and amaze- ment. The Universe speaks. Its revelation signals to us a coming new age. Can you read the signs writ upon the stars' countenance? I am Homi Bhabha, Prophet of Hope, and Noble of Valour. May Groq bless Valour, the Castle, and all living creatures, good and bad. Current Events - Isador -------------- A new clan has arisen in the lower ranks of the mage guilds as mages announce the coming of a new clan with the intent to draw support for some sort of mystic organization. They have announced that a long since dead mystic has sent them from the realms of death to attempt to gain support for such an organization, which could be entirely possible, as even I have heard word from said mystic about such matters. The two young mages responsible for this clan are a Drow Invoker named Mahtan and an Elven Healer named Larsanna. This clan could spell a new era for Thera where mystics may more aptly contribute to the realms than ever before as something other than Warmongers and Lawmen or it could mark trouble for the people of Thera on a grander scale. Which will happen only time will tell. |
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