The current stance of the Light Church of Travance in regards to Dark Clergy

The Law against the worship and preaching of the Dark gods as well as the Law against calling upon their powers have both been suspended. The casting of Dark prayers is no more dangerous than the casting of Light prayers, or Magic, or wielding a sword; provided any of these powers are not used against those protected by the Law, there is no reason to argue this. You aren't required to like it, only to accept it.

Razael, it is my belief that there is no Injustice greater than to ask for one's aid only to turn around and stab him in the back. Though I cannot say for certain that any others share this thought, I will do all in my power to ensure that no harm comes to you and all others like you, just as I would any being acting in accordance with the Law. I trust that those who are being so open have no intention of violating the Laws, and I will keep my word until this trust is broken. Do not test this.


May Valos Light your Paths.

I don't believe the Kings Law covered anything retroactive or even a single letter involving past crimes under his Law.

Since we are all firm about following the laws these days.

It's only fair that those who have come forward be submitted to questioning to make sure they never practiced any form of dark worship in the boarders of the kingdom until the decree was made. As this new law has only been in effect in response to the demon attacks.

However seeing as all involved are long standing members of town I'm surprised their travels every day to lands east past Ostcliff or north in to the Goblin lands went so long with out comment.

Or are we just glazing over inconvenient details like this these days?

To be entirely honest the whole concept of favoring light over dark never really sat too well with me in the first place. First of all, by favoring one side over the other you only end up skewing the line between what is "good" and what is "evil", rather than accept that these "light" worshipping cultists are inherently good (and reminiscent of moths) and these "dark" worshipping culitists are inherently evil, shouldn't the decision of what is "good" or "evil" be determined by the values of the individual rather then their associated choice in pointless worship.

Secondly it must be said that we are on the verge of a new world and progress can only move forward, as such working against progress could just as easily be considered working against society (or if you prefer harsher terms to descride it: sabotaging the barony) as half the things those of you who are against change have claimed these "dark" worshippers have done or rather "will" do.

Finally while the idea of agreeing with Dimms's point of view is more than a little unnerving, inevitably it really doesn't matter which delusion in the sky you immortalize, since you will all burn in atheist hell anyway, making this whole conflict relatively pointless since you're both essentially the same or at least will end up in the same place regardless of how you attempt to goad eachother into further conflict.

Well. Well well well.

The ashes of our world haven't even begun to smolder out yet, and everyone's already grinding their fingers to the stump trying to pound their views and philosophies against one another like a pair of rams vying for a filly to shag. Tell me, will this stack of boorish parchment be large enough to support a collapsed roof? Will the collective hot air being spewed by anyone with a quill and a bruised ego be sufficient to breathe the life back into a demolished townstead? The answer is no, and as such this clash of viewpoints and scrutiny of written laws will leave a mark upon our society equivalent to a bladderfull of ogre's piss in the Anteries Sea.

You see, those who worship the Dark Gods within Travance? They are scum, simple as that. Up until the downfall of our would-be conqueror, they have lived their lives like scum, hiding in the gutters like scum, wearing their scum masks to deceive others, all for the sake of prostrating for their scum gods whom may or may not have decided recently to act less like scum. However, the sudden realization by our oppositely-aligned divine beings that sending their worthless patsies in droves to the meatgrinder that is Travance, and other civilizations like it may have not been the best preparation for a cataclysmic event such as this does not change the nature of their followers. The Dark Pantheon has always attracted sociopaths, murderers, and people who wish to partake in other corruptive, still-illegal power sources, and nine out of ten of these men will not simply stop this behavior because they can finally unleash their divine crutch-gifts in public. Honestly, I think it'll do you people some good to finally see things through a Dwarf's eyes, I've been restrained from slaying those whom I've perceived as enemies by your King's laws for years. And I've adapted. I've learned to play this little law-game, because I know that scum will always be scum, and it'll only be a matter of time before they screw up and reveal it.

And so, it is this adaptation that brings me to write tonight, not the simple pleasures of linguistically lambasting our newest 'neighbors'. For you see, I needn't not wait long for someone to make a false move that would allow me to show them just where they stand in my purview. It's really quite amusing that amongst all the scholarly minds, I'm the only one who happens to spy this little inconsistency, but I'm going to make sure that it works to my advantage. The guard are so busy and few of number these days, I figure that I shall take this matter upon my own hands to lessen their workload.

Since one representative of the forces of darkness seems keen on being the figurehead of this new age of change, I shall address this next line to them in particular, but I would rather like everyone to pay close heed to these words, to avoid the nasty cleanup it may entail if they simply gloss over it.

Father Seiryn, do not be so quick to hold your growing flock of misfits close. I will be coming for one of your number to bring them to justice, on time and terms of my choosing, and it will be in a manner entirely within our legal limits. Should you, or any of your number stand in my way, you fall within the jurisdiction of Collusion with Dark Forces, and will be treated accordingly.

I suggest keeping your heads down and putting your hands to more productive use around this ruined world.

Mr. Grumblegut,

It's good that there are hard working citizens like you are doing my job for me. You seem to misunderstand my place in this matter. If someone did something against the law, they should be tried appropriately for the level of crime they have committed. I would certainly hope you wouldn't decapitate a man for pickpocketing like many seem to be think is acceptable. I can assure you, that whomever this Agauran is, it isn't me and therefore is accountable for his own actions. Feel free to do as you please as long as your reasoning isn't worship for its sole purpose. I would rather the stupid and the suicidal be handled by natural selection. After all, we don't need people like this in the new world order.

R.S.