So, askthepizzaguy, are you accusing me of the Necromancer's untimely death? Well let me first say that I mentioned that I had a problem with you, and less so with the Entropy mage, but not the Necromancer. But I stated what I said earlier for two reasons. The first is that murder is completely unlawful in any light that you look at the subject! When one's brother is murdered, does one think that the murderer is a "nice, law abiding citizen"? When someone assaults you with the intent to maim, do you think in your last moments that why, this kind man is only upholding the standards of justice? Why, I can assure you they do not! Killing others for personal benefit is exactly of the sort chaotic injustice that caused people to come together as equals to dispel the chaos that plagued intelligent life in its infancy.
In all history, kings and tyrants, and their countless minions have engaged in acts of brutality and evil so heinous it boggles the mind, and because they retained a monopoly on the use of force, they were allowed to commit their atrocities in a perfectly legal manner. A code of laws is NO substitute for a code of ETHICS. The "law" has no conscience, as people do.
The second is that I admit that I let my disgust of your ideology give me preconceived bias as to your guilt. But I will say right now, that that is neither right, nor lawful, and so I must ask for your forgiveness for my flaw on that matter.
If you are not responsible for these murders, then I have no quarrel with you. Let us debate law and morality another time. I admit I am too eager to engage any rival when it pertains to matters of conscience, and I accept your apology and offer one of my own.
But truly no one is perfect; you could even say that it is a law of intelligent beings to make it oh so apparent that we possess unimaginable amounts of ignorance. But I beg you; do not try to claim that you did not have an unwarranted dislike of me, for that notion should rightly fall on deaf ears.
Perhaps not you, Archmage, I barely know you. It is the idea of law which represents a kind of pseudo-morality to me, based on the premise that whoever possesses military force can dictate what is right, for all laws must be enforced, and all laws are enforced by men with weapons. Morality is dictated not by the sword, but by the heart. By instinct. That is how I guide my conscience... but I agree, we should debate another time.
But lets not have any more of this pissing contest between us two individuals. As we are both Arch mages, we are both better than that, no matter our views of how the universe should ideally function. Not only are all of our own lives at stake; our fellow mages lives are at stake, this ritual is at stake, our nations very existence is at stake!
As a Chaos Archmage, it is in my nature to set aside rigid rivalries and pursue the greater good. I am willing to set aside our rivalry for the greater good.
*bows with a flourish*
Now we shall think these murders clearly through, and we shall catch the perpetrator and any cohorts that person might have in this ghastly business. But that will only happen if everyone works together by playing their part in this case. Fragmentation without reason, like we have already begun, and we might as well all kill ourselves just to save those murders some time.
Ah, but be wary of placing too much stock in
reason, for that is the quickest way to manipulation. Some of the worst things I've ever seen were a result of men being talked into something, being persuaded by lies. There are times when the most reasonable argument is built upon a foundation of quicksand. Great evil is sometimes done by naive men, out of ignorance, out of obedience, and with the best of intentions.
Now, answer me, askthepizzaguy, Archmage of Chaos, what will you do?
I will follow my heart, and bring my passion for justice to bear against those who would cause us all harm. As I hope you will as well, Archmage of Law.
*bows again, gracefully*
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