A message of Mercy

I find it disheartening that one man could make us fall into distrust and suspicion. It has been but five days since the incident and we are now almost at each other’s throats, wondering. Who will be the next to succumb the darkness? Everyone was shocked to find that Yoshimatsu had turned including his friends. Necromancers are scum but it is cruel to see his friends’ names dragged through the mud along with him. They are just as much his victims as the person he murdered. They lost a dear friend when he spurned the path of virtue, and then they had to lose him again when he was executed. From what I have been taught since my baptism to Andorra we are to trust until we have been given reason to trust otherwise. That is what his friends did. They were just as shocked as the rest of us to learn of Yoshimatsu’s crime. I know some of them and they have never had reason to suspect them of any wrong doing. They are good people. Do not let the actions of one man make you question the rest. If we cannot feel that that we can genuinely trust each other than how can we ever truly coexist.

-- Typhon Scylinga

My only thought that are left unsaid is this...how does it reflect on us if we who hold to the light tare apart a body? His hart was removed thus disgracing a corps. To be quite clear I am not talking of mercy for a necromancer or one who would employ there use, but saying that such acts on his body afterwords where shameful on our part.  I would not do such to anyone friend or foe but I guess we are arguing believes and schismatics now which are best done over tea or a nice smoke of a pipe.  Be it evil or no such acts are or should be beneath us. The rest was already addressed above when talking about the crime and the just ruling.

I was not there this moon.  I did not see the exchange.  I did not know of this ill nor did I know this person well.

I've read wise words here, those written in passion both right and left on this subject.  I have reread the original note.

I therefore as a lay person must ask.

When a person falls to the darkness that is said to be seeded in us all, do they bring forth the same feelings in others when such as this happens?  Hate, disgust, reviled, spit upon, a heart hacked out of a body, those actions of mutalation seem to speak to me as the very same negativity that starts that same germanation in the hearts of those who witnessed the act and thus acted so.  Yes or no?

This is not in referances to the Justice given but in the reactions and actions taken by those in witness.  I've seen warriors claim heads in battle of those they haad slain, to prove as dead and I have seen the same for those who sought to prove themselves the better warrior through the defeat.  Then I have also seen the same for those who 'wanted a piece to lord over others' or simple revenge.  Intent counts does it not?

Why was this done and what did it start within those who did so?

Yoshi Matsu has been found guilty of necromany and punished by the laws of men. He did not run or hide from his punishment as a coward. he faced it head on. in this he showed honor. it is in this as to why the carving up of his body like a Yuletide goose was unwarranted.

it is not for men to judge him. that rite is the sole providence of Galladell. and upon the time of his final death it will be so.

his execution and exile are complete.
there is no more men can do
there is no more men should do

i worry for those who felt so compelled to desecrate his body and those who allowed it to occur
inspite of the foul taste the act for which he was punished was and is to me. once his head left his shoulders. no more should have been done or been allowed to occur.

So to be completely clear, to all who believe that the body has no comparison to the soul I hope believers that die before me die with your eyes closed I would hate to see what happens to you.

Many of you know I am a blunt yet truthful man. Please hear my words and let us move forward from this.

When one who walked a righteous path falls to the wayside, we have all failed them. But in the end, the decision is usually made by that individual. And that is their own failing by their own hand, in which they will pay for in this world or the next.

Many events have transpired which have heightened emotions and strengthened resolve. But we must never lose sight of the fact that while we all hold to various beliefs; be they religious or cultural; we must work with one another and not against.

Too many times have I seen those who enforce laws or cultural beliefs forget the true meaning of those laws or beliefs is to guide and inspire the innocent & punish the wicked; not to demean or inspire fear in all.  

This seems to me to be a problem of understanding the beliefs of those we live amongst. One need not agree but at least understand.  If you have not the willingness to try and understand one another, then you should not judge each others hearts.

There are strong feelings surrounding this Yoshimatsu and his crimes. This particular incident has been dealt with and is concluded. How we tread forward  from this point will either bring us together or tear us further apart.  

Let us forgive but not forget, lest we fail others who show signs of Yoshimatu's weakness.

Let us understand each other, be it religious or cultural beliefs, so that we may grow closer as allies, neighbors and friends.

Let healing begin for those who have been wronged by such evils and offer them comfort and companionship so that they may never face these horrors alone.

Please above all else, let us begin to heal so that we may guide, inspire and heal others.  It all begins and ends with us. Let us not fail each other. Too much is at stake.