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No course is irreversible; no path so straight that one cannot veer off it. The inflexible fall; those who compromise who are called weakly principled survive. So it must ever be, but it is most pronounced in the times when nations are on the brink of utter destruction. We forsake our ancestors, and we give ourselves to war. Peoples are reordered to survive.
Many years ago, our nation was one of the greatest in the world. The whole tragic tale encompasses this book, but it deserves a brief introduction: the rise of Kelios from a minor city to a great empire; the subsequent attack by the Divotheists in their misguided crusade against other religions; the horrific plague that tore through the civilized world and felled far too many of our land; the invasion by the Tsayans upon what appeared to be the last gasp of civilization in the region; and the resurgence that continues into the present day.
The changes in culture and mentality were necessary for our nation to continue. Perhaps, then, we Keliosi shouldnt be so hard on ourselves. Yes, we have lost the Path; long ago we lost the Path, shedding culture, art, science, education, everything. We sacrificed it all for a war that seemed to be one of national survival. In retrospect, yes, our fate was not so grim as it might have been, and the Dark Age was not fully necessary. Our war was a minor one, scarcely one to destroy our own nation over. Perhaps if the Tsayans had entered our lands, peace could have been made. In time, agreements proved more effective than swords.
Even now we hear of more war to the east, and though we are exhausted, it seems to be the will of the Assembly, and perhaps it is the course of the Path itself, that we shall go forth and answer the call. Shall this be merely one war among many, or shall it be the Last?
We cannot know the future, but I shall tell the tale of the past. It is a tale full of heroes and villains, of foul and fair, though more often than not it is difficult to tell who is foul and who is fair. We have not always walked the Path, and we have sometimes disregarded justice in favor of survival. To omit these passages would be to tell a lie, and that I shall not do.
I write this history in the hopes that someone might read it and ponder on what a nation founded by good people on a good faith and good principles can turn to at the very end. At the same time, however, let us never have the fear of evil paralyze us. For though there might be demons, there are demon-slayers as well. Even a monster can have nightmares...
The above is from Out of the Darkness, the most thorough extant history of Kelios from the Revival Period in Kelia history. It covered all times, recorded and not, with the first book taking on a nearly mythic overtone.
The author was Adrian, a noted thinker and writer of the period, who lived from 2083 - 2139.
Many years ago, our nation was one of the greatest in the world. The whole tragic tale encompasses this book, but it deserves a brief introduction: the rise of Kelios from a minor city to a great empire; the subsequent attack by the Divotheists in their misguided crusade against other religions; the horrific plague that tore through the civilized world and felled far too many of our land; the invasion by the Tsayans upon what appeared to be the last gasp of civilization in the region; and the resurgence that continues into the present day.
The changes in culture and mentality were necessary for our nation to continue. Perhaps, then, we Keliosi shouldnt be so hard on ourselves. Yes, we have lost the Path; long ago we lost the Path, shedding culture, art, science, education, everything. We sacrificed it all for a war that seemed to be one of national survival. In retrospect, yes, our fate was not so grim as it might have been, and the Dark Age was not fully necessary. Our war was a minor one, scarcely one to destroy our own nation over. Perhaps if the Tsayans had entered our lands, peace could have been made. In time, agreements proved more effective than swords.
Even now we hear of more war to the east, and though we are exhausted, it seems to be the will of the Assembly, and perhaps it is the course of the Path itself, that we shall go forth and answer the call. Shall this be merely one war among many, or shall it be the Last?
We cannot know the future, but I shall tell the tale of the past. It is a tale full of heroes and villains, of foul and fair, though more often than not it is difficult to tell who is foul and who is fair. We have not always walked the Path, and we have sometimes disregarded justice in favor of survival. To omit these passages would be to tell a lie, and that I shall not do.
I write this history in the hopes that someone might read it and ponder on what a nation founded by good people on a good faith and good principles can turn to at the very end. At the same time, however, let us never have the fear of evil paralyze us. For though there might be demons, there are demon-slayers as well. Even a monster can have nightmares...
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The above is from Out of the Darkness, the most thorough extant history of Kelios from the Revival Period in Kelia history. It covered all times, recorded and not, with the first book taking on a nearly mythic overtone.
The author was Adrian, a noted thinker and writer of the period, who lived from 2083 - 2139.
, then a new player came along created a new twist on the old religion of Gooranism (the only difference I can think of is Gooranism has a Goddess and Gorrahnism has a male god). But didn't stick around long enough to cement It's hold on society.
