Blood on our Hands

Ma,

If you wish to know more about this, please missive me. I will tell you all that I know. We need to talk anyways.

Signed, With Truth,
Jack Dimms.

All,

For those who wish to seek atonement, penance or counseling over what has been done, the Church of Light will have its doors open to you. Alternatively, if the gods of Light are not to your favor, come see me, and we can simply talk and seek your answers from Arawyn, the mother of all, or from within yourself.

For those who participated, but do not feel the need for such actions, I do not envy you when you reach Galladel's judgment.

Caldor

Siegfried

Speak true and bravely. You are not alone.

Know that if you took innocent life or ordered the taking of innocent life for the purposes of this ritual, justice will be done upon you. Be you Lord or commoner, there is nothing you can hide behind for your part in this heinous and despicable act.

Whoever ordered or took part in taking the life of the woman and who carved out the living heart of her unborn child, know that when I find you, you will submit yourself to justice. Your life is already forfeit, and no excuse or writ will protect you. If you offer yourself willingly you may be offered the small grace of being able to hear your sins confessed before your head is removed from your body.

By Valos I swear.

Wotcher,

For what it may be worth to you, Mister Aldorson: all morality is relative. What will pass as commonplace in the Quinarian homelands may be considered a grave insult in the Northern Wastes, and those actions that are considered a dark taboo to the people of Amon'Zad are carried out on a daily basis by the subjects of the Jade Empire. It is simply the way of the world, and the nature of Good.

Little more than a year ago, in the late days of Spring, I made the same journey over the rift as you so recently have done yourself. Upon my arrival, I recall feeling rather shocked by the cultural practices of the people here: men and women will frequently walk in public with a good deal of exposed skin on display, and will attempt to kill each other for little more than uttering the wrong words of devotion, or wearing the wrong sort of clothing. However, since then, I've come to terms with the violent and unforgiving ways of the people here - though their ways would be considered improper to the former inhabitants of my home (and, clearly, to those of yours too) I do not believe that one can make a sound argument that such are in any way less correct than our own set of acceptable behaviours.

I hope my story will go some way to helping you make sense of what you might have seen over the past few days. Understand that the nature of Good in the lands east of the Rift is likely different from the nature of Good in your homelands. Cold-blooded slaughter and death are accepted and celebrated here; as outsiders, it is not our place to judge, only to observe and learn what we can from the people here.

As a final thought: the first lesson given by the Royal Exploratory Corps to its field operatives is centered around the practice of existing within a culture without allowing our own practices to rub off upon its inhabitants. Such is considered best practice amongst anthropologists and explorers alike, and is something to which you and I can both aspire!

Very good, Mister Aldorson. If there's anything else that you think might help you come to terms with societal practices here, or are simply in need of someone to listen to your troubles, please do not hesitate to send me a letter - I'd be glad of your correspondence.

And yet for all that, Quartermaster, you were one of the ones who stood up and spoke against the creation of this weapon.

I would argue you have a more deep investment about the nature of what we did than you think.

Goggins,

There is custom and there is good and evil. Of thees, only custom changes when you travel. If it has become the way of this place to embrace evil, it is the duty of all good men to change the way of this place.

-Siegfried Aldorson