Visagalis

The snowy season has prevented me from making it to the last baronial feast. This has left a sour taste in my mouth as I lost the opportunity to further investigate the matter of Visagalis's legitimacy.
I'm also unaware if Mr. Bat Cooper ever had his pow-wow to talk about the matter at hand, but I feel every man who has a vested interest should share what they have learned on the subject.

I maledict'd a follower of Visagilis, who in turn invoked a prayer of my own goddess in front of me, while being cut off from divine power THROUGH the will of said Goddess. This is inexcusable heresy. Visagalis is a plague amongst the lands of all those on either end who are of any faith. He is a demon emulating the will of the gods; and if he wishes to deter those of faith from their gods and cause strife amongst people; blood and war, then so be it. However, my Goddess is not so weak as to allow such an affront her to her will go unpunished.

This matter needs to be investigated further before bloodshed is inevitable; I will openly share any knowledge I acquire on the subject publicly. Those who have more information, stories, or experiences around the subject; I implore you to share them. We need to figure out what is going on immediately.

Razael Seiryn

Father Razael,

There hath been a few developments in the intervening months since last thee were at the Proper. The most notable was information given the Church of Light that indicates the Eternal Battlefield is empty of combatants and that the Gods, all of them, walk our Lands as flesh. The Heavens were damaged by the acts of Xualla and/or the destruction and reformation of the Weave, so by unanimous agreement the Gods, Light, Dark and Neutral, left the Heavens so that it could heal. Given that, though I am no expert by any means, it may have had some effect on the workings of Malediction. More tests need be done.

However, let me first bask in the irony of a Priest of one of the Dark Gods becoming so passionate about another religion to suggest it is Heresy and must not be allowed to exist........all right, I am done, that's enough basking.

All levity aside, my opinion on this entity is unchanged from when we last spoke on the matter and I will continue to share discourse on it. To my knowledge after the appearance of Father Lazarus and subsequent conflict with one of his lieutenants, there has been no further direct contact with this cult. When thou art next in the Proper, I will be certain to discuss this further with thee.

Regards,

Hjolda, friends! I can give you both some information. The priests of Visagalis have been in the proper both this moon and the moon before as well, at least briefly. My brother spoke with Father Lazarus at length, or so I understand.

Do thou happen to know what business they were about, Guardsman? I missed seeing them this month. I was not in the Proper for last month.

It may be illuminating to know their movements.

I was at a sermon and it seems these followers are coming to us in peace. Heresy is a big word to be throwing around Razael. We are in an age where Necromancy has become legal..... This is despicable. I guess though if the king orders us to turn a blind eye to such dark powers then we must turn a blind eye to these followers. I am not happy about this, matter of fact if I could I would kill every necromancer I come into contact with, take their heads, and leave them all on pikes in front of the Proper in order to ward off any of these witches who decide they wish to come to Travance.

Sadly I can not. We are in a confusing age Father. We are in a time where those who had an idea who they are now question themselves. Where angels fall from the heavens. Where the lines of good and evil are blurred beyond all of our wildest dreams. I think we need to truly figure out who is friend and who is foe. Hopefully at the end of it all, I hope to have a lot of friends who will stand by me.

Signed, With Truth,
Jack Dimms.

Nothing has changed Aldric, this should have been easily divined by any keen observer who is in touch with any of the Gods. Your lack of second sight does not speak well to your claims of Prophesy. There are few heretics in the way that is understood by your Church. There have been no new developments, things are as they have been, you've only just begun to see the beginning changes of this Age.

A reformation is upon us, a metamorphosis of the Divine. The understandings of the ideals and the roles of the Gods, must be realized. The Ascended War may not be waging, but the struggle and the conflict between light and shadow continues on. Without darkness light has no meaning, and it is the very light which so many cling to that creates the shadows around us. Both Pantheons mutually justify the existence of each other. One cannot serve one God without serving the others of that Pantheon, and by serving one Pantheon, one serves the ideals of their counterpart.

At the end of the last Age, the ideals-the true ideals of the Gods became lost to so many of their followers. So many on each side misrepresented their own interests. Those of "faith," caught in their zeal, lost sight of their purposes; the Gods, their ideals so overly corrupted through zealotry and so overly represented lost perspective, and this allowed Xualla to bring all of the Prime Material, and the Astral Realm to its knees. The truly heretical are those like Xualla, and what he stands for.

If a world of complete and utter darkness were to ever exist, the existence of the Dark Gods would become inconsequential. In a world of perfect light, the Gods of the Light Pantheon would become unnecessary, and their roles meaningless. These scenarios can never come to pass on Arawyn.

One loves the light of day because they fear what may be found in the darkness of night. But we cannot have day without night, and it is only through the existence of light that there is any shadow.

Razeal speaks for himself and only for himself, his understanding is as limited as yours. You and your church are simply just late to the soiree. True prophets do not require Angels to deliver messages of what is clear and bright as day to the truly awakened.

If you are up for more tutelage I am always taking on new students.