From the Church of Light re the Blazing Sun

Father Ephrem,
I followed you as best I could all through the battle to reclaim those of our people who could at their base defend themselves. You can easily imagine where I would place myself now.

These reports, the tales of the Blazing Sun, they set me to ponder. It is a question I have asked several times when confronted with violence and threat. Not can I win, but should I win. Power is not enough to justify anything but its own existence...and if devoid of all else all it can do is destroy. So, when we confront these fellows, when we confront those who have heard their words and found them moving, when we reach that conflict our actions will bear the answer to the question...should we win.

It is fear, hate, and what is easy set against calm, patience, understanding, and courage to face the world that is, rather that destroy all possible maybe's that we do not control.....

Pardon me, I am still young in the ways of those here. I will see you soon to make myself a little older by you side and wisdom.

Bengarion Whitebane Mortimer

To all my brothers and sisters in Faith and to anyone who might wonder where the Church of Brazen stands...

It is his teachings that advise those of his faithful to improve their selves and to improve the lot of others so they may flourish.

Through self-improvement and helping others to do so, we all benefit.

The acts of this "faction", this group of malcontents and murderers hiding under the guise of the light church.... Are not to be condoned. Those of my faith would work to stop them even before the pontiff of the Light churches had his missive published for us to read.

My hammer and blade stand on the side of Travance... And on the side of what is morally right AND what benefits the most people.

And to paraphrase-quote Donnie, giving these individuals the kicking of their ever insufferable lives... Is a Duty for this Priest of Brazen.

And a duty any of the Brazen Faithful would pick up. I dare say, given who holds His Teaching in their heart in this province... I should think all of His Church will be working to remove this blight upon all the work done by all Faiths.

Self-improvement, Improvement of those around you, Improvement of your environment....

Growth, understanding, knowledge, creation, crafting learning....

These are what we believe in. What this Order of the Blazing Sun believes in is obviously not that.

The Church of Brazen fully supports the efforts of both the Light and the Dark to remove this problem from all of our lives.

This group... are a destructive force that serves no purpose. Therefore they need to be addressed in a most direct and definitive fashion. It is the Opinion that they be repurposed or removed from existence.

Respectfully yours

Father Duncan MacKenzie.
Templar- Priest of Brazen

I cannot speak for the entire Church of Chronicler nor the entirety of the Order Aligned Clergy, but I speak for myself and the promise I made to Our Lady Chronicler. Every person on Arawyn is part of the Great Story, good or evil, light or dark, order or chaos. I will stand to protect the stories of the innocents against those who think they have the right to rewrite their stories, to end them. I will gladly stand shoulder to shoulder with both the Light and Dark clergy, as well as any other of the Order Clergy and those who hold non-Eodrans patrons dear to them, both as a Devotee of Chronicler and a Cleric of the Weave.

In the service of the Weave and for the protection of the Great Story,
-C. Tartaros

The Church of Galmachis will kill those associated with this cult.

The ones who do not raise a sword to us will have a chance to hear the true words.

The ones who raise a sword or prayer against us, will be slain on the spot. I have no wish for them to see trial. If it is their destiny to die with a sword in their hand trying to kill a servant of Death, so be it. They have killed those who follow me without question and without trial. We will give them the same treatment.

-Gal'Azin Merikh Tazam

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To my fellow Travancians, all of whom I hold dear,

It is good to see such strong faith and determined conviction. The Blazing Sun does not know full well what it has done in declaring a war on us. We have not only shown glory in our victories, but we have even shown tremendous resilience in our defeats. When it does come to a clash of steel, I have a very realistic confidence that we will prevail.

But the vanguard of our force is not the use of the sword or spell. Let us not waste our strong faith and conviction on foolishness. If our initial assault is by means of arms, then we will work against our own cause and create martyrs for their cause thus swelling their ranks. Our first assault is to be a battle of words and ideas, of promises and truths, of thoughts and emotions. Let us not be unwise and lose this battle, for it is not just a simple skirmish but it is full battle. My petition to all of you is that in this battle of wits let us not go forth unarmed!

Our initial goal, very simply is to decimate their ranks by desertion. Show them their errors. Make them see that their means are antithetical to the common good. Enlighten them so as to make them drop their weapons in disgust to the goals that the leaders of this heretical movement have somehow impressed upon them.

Also, Father Donald brings up good points that some may be pressed into the service of this army, by fear of harm to either themselves or their loved ones. Others might have been tricked by lies and false promises - of which the liars will be held most accountable to retributive justice. Some others may have foolishly taken up arms just by virtue of the fact that their lives are empty of cause and purpose and this heresy fills that vacuum. There in lies the contours of our battlefield; do not ignore the shape of the field and the positioning of our forces. Ignoring the conditions of the battlefield is a grave and terminal mistake.

At this point we need:
1) Information as to any means that the enemy uses fear of harm to the commoner or their loved ones. Information on their means of proselytizing and why it is working.
2) A means to communicate and reach out to those who follow this heresy either with blindness or by false promises.
3) Consistent and unified theme(s) to sway those who might reject the leadership and purpose of this heresy.
4) Establishing a place of refuge for those who do desert the enemy.

The Church of Glomm stands against the heresy. Jed has requested the chance to preach to them and sway their souls back to the truth. Should that fail our church will put an end to them and devour their rot.