Blood on our Hands

We will all be judged by our actions taken during these events. I believe evil is in the eye of the beholder. Many of those who committed the crimes do not consider themselves evil but doing something this or considered wrong is.....well we all make our own judgements. Just be warned if we create evil ourselves in the name of good we are still creating evil and assisting in the spread of evil deeds.

I think I might be glad to be busy in other areas of the Barony.

I'm not sure morality is relative. But at least it seems agreed that if it is not, then certain things that may have happened are not moral on that standard.

As to whether "effects" justify actions - if the future is unknown yet responsibilities are known, it would seem a great gamble. Doing what ought to be done ought to be done for its own sake, rather than because they may grant benefits. The life in front of you is more present than a theoretical possibility of gain or loss later.


-Kuo Kun

Atrus,

I have no tears left for you. If you wanted to live in peace with your darkness and wallow in it, you would find a quiet cave to meditate in where none could ever threaten or bother with you.

If you want redemption, and I know that you must. You come closer and closer to asking for it each time you wander by the Monastery looking in the windows to see if anyone is home to give you attention.

Do something with your existence. If you were a hero for the people once, then continue being that each day, You are only as good as you act each day, nobody will and nor should they continue to treat you decently if all you want to do is abuse yourself and watch others around you suffer as they try to help you.

I am sorry people made fun of you, or pushed you around when you were younger, truly I am, but your constant droning about who and what is corrupt while showing absolutely no action towards trying to repair it is frankly not worthy of anyone's time.

I thank you for your service in combat to the army. Now go away.

Lucion

Before you speak of doing naught for change consider this, Atrus forces speaks of what the town does that is wrong and then spreads the knowledge of this and all transgressions of those who consider themselves "good people". You can attempt to justify it however you wish, but deep down the murders of innocent committed by the Travanse. He speaks no lies and does not hide his nature. But those who claim to be good people and yet do what was done in this past moon are the greatest of liars, because you lie to yourself.

And to everyone
As I was a witch hunter I had constantly done things that I knew were wrong. I had killed, and slaughtered people in my hunts against creatures of negative energy. But deep down I knew that I with every death it did not make me any less evil than the creatures I hunt. You can lie to others, justify the blood you have spilled it any way you wish. But at the end of it all, you cannot truly justify the deaths of the innocent, not until you stare into the eyes of those you killed and begged for forgiveness.

Once was a time where I saw the murder of innocents to be past the line that the town does not cross, it horrifies me how wrong I was.

Those who go after Atrus... you know, you don't exactly make yourselves very approachable, despite all your talks of redemption. You're all too easily convinced to go on a rampage via a rumor than to hold off and find out what REALLY happened. Seriously, that's crazy.

But hey, this is Travance, where nothing makes sense and the rules don't matter, right?

Sometimes gentle guidance, kindness and the WILLINGNESS to TRY to understand, even if you never will is better than yelling, threatening and physical violence. You think something like redemption is instantaneous? If it was easy, everyone would do it.

Try to relax, everyone, and make your stands but do so with honor, please, or you are no better than the ones you preach against.


After this moon, I have a lot to think about. It weighs heavy on my heart, because I always was one to say how proud I was that the hearts in Travance were good. Mostly.

Those of us who have them left, anyway.

Atrus I will be yer huckleberry. Ye want a chance to test your style, man against man. I dinnae need clerics or gods. Just one man beating another man, honorably.

SLIGHTLY SANE BILLLIAMM