Demons and the Revised Law

Two laws of the Barony have been revised as of last December. The following is in effect:

December 1213 - By Order of His Majesty, King Aleric II of Kormyre, the following law is hereby suspended until further notice.

None shall worship, nor preach, nor serve Malyc, Aguarra, Galmachis, Glomm, the demon Ramular, the demon Xualla, nor any demonic entities.

According to this, one may now serve demons. At considerable loss of life, Travance fought the demonic hordes and only succeeded in stopping them as the Exemplar of Janus Ilvannius appeared. Half the population of Arawyn perished.

I beg his Majesty to rescind the section of the revision of this law applying to demons.

PERHAPS THOSE IN CHARGE OF KEEPING THE LAWBOOK UP TO DATE SHOULD STOP QUIETLY SLIPPING EXTRA PIECES IN BETWEEN THE LINES

TZ.




(oog: not Angelica)

Master, as I read this I feel maybe it is time to weigh in on letting others worship dark gods. Now the truth is, those who worship the darkness simply put have put their life on the line for Travance as well. Granted it was when destruction was staring them in the face, but a recent posting as somewhat swayed my mind to this whole dark and light thing. I can't remember who said this, but this is most certainly true. Without Light there cannot be darkness and without Darkness there cannot be light. I am not a worshiper of such gods, but I will say that I believe Dark God worship should be fully allowed. As for Demons no......... Just no...... Demons die at the end of my sword, necromancers die at the end of my sword, but people worshiping the other half of a world that has called for balance sits well with me. I like balance. I like seeing the Light and the Darkness shine all around us. All of us are some sort of man or woman. All of us make mistakes. All of us have triumphs

To not accept the fact that the Darkness needs to remain is to deny that you have ever done anything wrong, that you've never had failures, that you've never hated or have been hated. To deny darkness is to deny the blood that are on most of our hands. To deny the Light is denying that you've ever loved, that you've ever came back from the brink of death, that the blood on your hands was for something righteous. I have seen Travance and understand what the place is now. It is the center of Balance.

Signed, With Truth,
Jack Dimms

I think Jack, no one has debated the worship of Dark Gods, though personally I find this distasteful and would be happy to share my opinion why, the intent was to bring up Demonic worship. I fully agree that demons hath no place here on our plane of existence. I would support any petition sent through proper channels to see this changed.

An individual perspective,

Dark Gods themselves do not attack the barony; they are far more distant than demons are. Demons have been, are currently, and periodically show up to cause problems under direct supervision of powerful demons on a semi-regular basis. The worship of a demon, implies worshiping a hostile force which actively works against the proper; rather than potentially through tenants working against the proper. In the event a demon is worshiped, or a specific known being is discovered to be a demon.... I'm relatively certain that would constitute conspiring with the enemies of state.

In short; The next time someone says they worship Thallo; I'm pretty sure it's okay to light them on fire. Same principle applies.

R.S.

Honestly as just a common person observing all this I just have one thing to say to all the loved "heroes" of travanse.


The gods may bring comfort to the people however it is conflicts like this that make the people suffer. I propose the outlandish idea of caring less about the god someone praise to and care more about the person standing next to us as they are as a person. I have seen both followers of light that murder with glee and followers of dark protect others. It is not what the person worships its the actions they take with others that make them who they are. I have taken this chance with the levity of the law to fully understand the dark as well as the light and I find that there is merit to both sides. Next time you think about causing pain and destruction for any sort of holier than thou attitude you might have I want you to stop for a second and think. "How many people are upset and scared and simply want guidance where they can find it?" In the end that is all each religion does at its base. Offer guidance and help to the scared and angry.

Signed
The Outspoken Commoner

(OOG the handwriting looks a little sloppy as if the quill was pressed a little harder against the parchment than needed.Also its not signed as Dominic )