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Quote:While I've long recognized the fault to my obsession,
the slow smolder behind liquid eyes
And I know the voice, smooth as any god could sing.
I've never quite understood the fire, the flame,
or the disappointment that cuts so deep at a single touch
And while speaking of fire,
It's the one, the reason, the red-hot culmination of it all,
the maker of my wildest dreams, the destroyer of my heart.
The taker of my soul to who I am so bound..
It's an Addiction, an Obsession, a Passion, a Fire
And it burns me every single time…
Yet to no other do I worship so deeply.
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The days in Abendrot have come to an end. My daughter Misery, so corrupted by her own greed for power - betrayed me so fully in the eyes of all. It is regretfully so, but not something I could so easily overlook. With my power to aid the demon king Laplace in his victory, I was ready to watch my own flesh and blood die. Yet he allowed her to live, with the condition of her loyalty and betrayal of our dear lord Misfortune. A lord that all of my children have been taught to never forsake. It is because of her consistent betrayals I relinquish her right to call herself one of my children. What a disappointment.
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My other children - are left to their own devices. I hadn’t the time to find them all before I fled into the Tower of Aetius. While I would like to think their loyalty to our lord Misfortune would not waiver, I have been mistaken before. The world of Meranthe has become harshest on all that I love. Through many years I have seen the rise and fall of our coven, and while the demons may have found their own footing through the betrayals of our own - I can respect it. Admire it, even.
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But I will never betray my lord.
I’d choose death before it.
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I will mourn our losses and continue to sing my songs of worship.
-remaining in the dark.
For the next time I emerge….
Meranthe will know the true meaning of chaos.
I’ve always had a passion for theatrics, after all.
-and it’s time for me to put together my opening act.
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And Meranthe will be quite the fitting stage.
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