The Journal of a Liar - Valette Montelione / Naroa DeGray (Deceased)

[Whatever]

I am not proud of what must be stated here. They are going to kill Ember. A woman who still believes me to be her cousin in blood.

I still picture her as that sweet, poor girl who required shelter all those years ago. The one I grew attached to, who suffered the most from my distance. She now has children. She is a Necromancer. But she has still remained kind... A victim of the cruelty and manipulations of those around her. I have failed her in so many ways. I need to do something. I have done something.

She deserves to live... To find redemption in this life...

If the children of Athelios succeed tonight then I will never forgive them for their hubris. Their violation of the sanctity of life. Their prejudice and cynicism. They are no better than the beings who bind lost souls to this life. They wrought misery and toy with peoples lives as though it is their divine right. I reject their moral immunity. Culling and threatening all that defy them. All their actions do is sustain a society that is unworthy of being upheld. Nothing is sacred to them, but their own warped justifications in the name of a being that is unconcerned with our lives.

I begged the Oracle to offer her clemency. He refused me. Not with respect and regret, but with dismission and indifference.

So I offer my prayers to another.

To whatever god may hear me, know that I seek your aid. I pray that many faceless die this night. Take your fill of their souls and deliver Ember to safety. 

I beg this of you.