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The Civilization.
The tenets state that civilization is something every participant outside of hermits and isolationists should work to uphold. To see it protected and held sacred, a collective of mortals is able to do things far surpassing anything a single individual is capable of performing. Yet at the same time, the larger a civilization is, there is an exponential increase to it's capacity of doing good or evil. So atrocities that seem impossible on paper can occur with a large enough civilization.
This is what happened to Aphros, I'm afraid. Not just that, but so many forgot this most important tenet. Helheim fell to Chaos under the Warden's loving care, and I fear that many took advantage of the inherent order that Aphros provided. To the point they became too lazy to want to protect it. They had grown content with the status quo and now it's been shattered into a million pieces. It's difficult to salvage and even harder to repair properly. You cannot take tape to it, nor can you take glue. You need resin to hold this civilization together properly, and I feel as if it's my duty to find this resin to hold our civilization together. We had been unique; we took in the souls that others found without redemption. We offered solace against the darkness as we stood right upon the precipice of it, dangling by a singular string.
But throughout the years we had always held steadfast and strong. We were always stronger united and yet something in these most recent years has fractured that unity. The inherent hierarchy in any civilization should be respected... But at the same time, any single soul that threatens this stability can bring about ruin. This is reflected within Aphros' falling, and our people's subsequent running. We're in disarray. It worries me, as when civilization falls does it threaten the balance of the World.
I feel torn, as I need to figure out who it is that threatened our careful stability. We had always been a rock within the times of darkness standing out against the likes of Misfortune's Coven time and time again, against Death Magi and Necromancers, against Hivekin and Giants. What happened? Times and names have changed. It's no longer Misfortune's Coven, there are dozens of them, being allowed to take root and sew seeds of discontent and darkness. Hivekin are no longer an issue, and Vdalion is gone. But the problems remained and yet we had remained resolute.
This is what happened to Aphros, I'm afraid. Not just that, but so many forgot this most important tenet. Helheim fell to Chaos under the Warden's loving care, and I fear that many took advantage of the inherent order that Aphros provided. To the point they became too lazy to want to protect it. They had grown content with the status quo and now it's been shattered into a million pieces. It's difficult to salvage and even harder to repair properly. You cannot take tape to it, nor can you take glue. You need resin to hold this civilization together properly, and I feel as if it's my duty to find this resin to hold our civilization together. We had been unique; we took in the souls that others found without redemption. We offered solace against the darkness as we stood right upon the precipice of it, dangling by a singular string.
But throughout the years we had always held steadfast and strong. We were always stronger united and yet something in these most recent years has fractured that unity. The inherent hierarchy in any civilization should be respected... But at the same time, any single soul that threatens this stability can bring about ruin. This is reflected within Aphros' falling, and our people's subsequent running. We're in disarray. It worries me, as when civilization falls does it threaten the balance of the World.
I feel torn, as I need to figure out who it is that threatened our careful stability. We had always been a rock within the times of darkness standing out against the likes of Misfortune's Coven time and time again, against Death Magi and Necromancers, against Hivekin and Giants. What happened? Times and names have changed. It's no longer Misfortune's Coven, there are dozens of them, being allowed to take root and sew seeds of discontent and darkness. Hivekin are no longer an issue, and Vdalion is gone. But the problems remained and yet we had remained resolute.
So what happened, Aphros?
It's time to wake up.