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"Horses are strong, lovely beasts. They race ast families, kept close for protection. To see them race past a window is art. But the art is only momentary, and when the horses have gone, all you have before you are their leavings. This is a metaphor for the whole [[The Marukan Alliance|Marukan Alliance]]. The people here are blithely unconcerned for the condition of their souls. Those few who save breath for prayer make sacrifice to their ancestors, and too many are the shrines they raise to their horse god, [[Hiparkes]]. Since coming here, I have even heard strong rumor that the Hundred Gods Heresy has taken root deep within the hills and spreads like cancer out into the plains. | "Horses are strong, lovely beasts. They race ast families, kept close for protection. To see them race past a window is art. But the art is only momentary, and when the horses have gone, all you have before you are their leavings. This is a metaphor for the whole [[The Marukan Alliance|Marukan Alliance]]. The people here are blithely unconcerned for the condition of their souls. Those few who save breath for prayer make sacrifice to their ancestors, and too many are the shrines they raise to their horse god, [[Hiparkes]]. Since coming here, I have even heard strong rumor that the Hundred Gods Heresy has taken root deep within the hills and spreads like cancer out into the plains. | ||
| − | "But the flock of a monk in the Scavenger Lands is widespread, indeed. There are children of the Dragons here, and I cannot leave them on their own when they ask for my guidance. Not that I am fooled into believing Tesos' | + | "But the flock of a monk in the Scavenger Lands is widespread, indeed. There are children of the Dragons here, and I cannot leave them on their own when they ask for my guidance. Not that I am fooled into believing Tesos' chief thought is piety. He has as much authority over these backwater plains as any man can claim, and he will pretend to whatever faith he must if it can gain him the power to keep it. Nor would he be the first to use the Immaculate Faith so; even the great houses on the Blessed Isle send their children to the Cloister of Wisdom more for the puissant arts we teach than the enlightenment we offer. And I will do with Tesos what we Immaculates have done with the children of the great houses for centuries. I will send him my [[finest disciple]], and Tesos will see the difficulty of learning our arts without also learning our faith. We will mold him into the image of the dragons yet." |
-- ''[[Ragara Junet]], Immaculate Abbot of [[Nexus]]'' | -- ''[[Ragara Junet]], Immaculate Abbot of [[Nexus]]'' | ||
Revision as of 18:58, 26 August 2006
"Horses are strong, lovely beasts. They race ast families, kept close for protection. To see them race past a window is art. But the art is only momentary, and when the horses have gone, all you have before you are their leavings. This is a metaphor for the whole Marukan Alliance. The people here are blithely unconcerned for the condition of their souls. Those few who save breath for prayer make sacrifice to their ancestors, and too many are the shrines they raise to their horse god, Hiparkes. Since coming here, I have even heard strong rumor that the Hundred Gods Heresy has taken root deep within the hills and spreads like cancer out into the plains.
"But the flock of a monk in the Scavenger Lands is widespread, indeed. There are children of the Dragons here, and I cannot leave them on their own when they ask for my guidance. Not that I am fooled into believing Tesos' chief thought is piety. He has as much authority over these backwater plains as any man can claim, and he will pretend to whatever faith he must if it can gain him the power to keep it. Nor would he be the first to use the Immaculate Faith so; even the great houses on the Blessed Isle send their children to the Cloister of Wisdom more for the puissant arts we teach than the enlightenment we offer. And I will do with Tesos what we Immaculates have done with the children of the great houses for centuries. I will send him my finest disciple, and Tesos will see the difficulty of learning our arts without also learning our faith. We will mold him into the image of the dragons yet."
-- Ragara Junet, Immaculate Abbot of Nexus
