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Post by Brian on Oct 26, 2022 7:22:19 GMT
" The new church teaches magic is a violation of the purity of the human form. The powerful have tricks to keep wizards...so I hear....but anyone who has magic is taken to a designated temple and killed....to purify them."
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 26, 2022 10:32:30 GMT
Dio laughs
"If death was purifying worlds would be way cleaner.
But that is the way of those wanting power and wanting to keep power....
Those who can oppose and form a threath or perhaps in the future can form a treath. Slay them.
Just like keeping slaves in check. keep them overworked emaciated, tired, and prevent them from breeding.
And if they do.. clean out their future generation with a 'purification'.
Dio scoffs.
"And they say that those of Chaos are the demons and savages. "
She shakes her head.
"Hmm never mind. Well it is the way in many worlds, many places, many religions and cultures.
Death is a good solution for a stubborn problem. But if not handled subtle to many buttons could be pushed and an uprising may start. "
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Post by Brian on Oct 26, 2022 10:38:12 GMT
I laugh a bit. "So Wizards claim to not be fully human to get around the rule. And most of them claim to be descendants of Gnomes."
I close my eyes to pull up a memory "There were elves it was said. The god of the new Church makes a big deal about killing the god of the Elves and consuming his power. There were Dwarves but they all died out somewhere.....the stories everyone talks about involve Giant Spiders under the ground. I've seen stuff people say was made by Goblins and it looks about right. But no one heard of Gnomes until Wizards had to claim they were not fully human. The Wizards who do so almost exclusively are the ones who work for nobles powerful enough the Church needs them on point. And there is always a young man or young woman who has magical talent. MOST go to the church willingly to be killed."
Brian shakes his head. "But its KIND OF like a church from Earth...not exactly but close enough. From a period where Human Sacrifice to gods is viewed as a supreme act of evil. It feels odd....like its a lie to hide something else."
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 26, 2022 10:53:46 GMT
Dio laughs it almost sound like a cawing of a corvid bird as she has practically transformed now to a giant white raven.
"I would not know of churches of earth, i know very well of the church and temple i live in. But i know that many others exist. Because lets face it.
In a universe of infinite worlds with infinite possibilities there is nothing new. And everything already exists.
It is just a matter of finding it if you want or losing it if you don't want it near you. "
Dio ruffles her feather by fluttering her wings as if stretching.
"I would not worry to much. At a point power shifts. and i feel you would be there to see it. Or you are in the cusp of it. "
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Post by Brian on Oct 26, 2022 11:19:55 GMT
" yours based on what I saw...." i laugh " is different but not as different. Yours is sort of a dark mirror. This doesn't make sense. They beat people down by force. "
I shake my head. " when I can I'll find a path home. Hopefully I can see the wheel turn for the folks here.:
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 26, 2022 11:42:37 GMT
"A dark mirror? Hmm curious. My world is not purely the convent i live in that is merely a small part of things. A tiny part of things.
Some say where i am from it all has started... though i do not know they are stories and as many stories they find origins in truth and lies and at a point come so entangled the clearity is lost within it... though still fun to hear stories."
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Post by Brian on Oct 26, 2022 12:00:18 GMT
" In the ritual and practices...certainly. but not an untrue dark reflection of its excesses. "
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 26, 2022 16:45:31 GMT
Dio nods.
"Possibly.
Perhaps my story one day will be told as well. Wonder what versions will evolve from it."
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Post by Brian on Oct 26, 2022 18:02:22 GMT
" And coming to this place... its like I'm in a very old story. But also a new ome."
And I describe to Dio the story of the 1983 Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. " like this is a story as old as time itself probably. "
He turns to her " Sometimes the heroes never get an end so you have to imagine it."
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 26, 2022 18:22:36 GMT
"Stories in which heroes have not yet an end means their story is not yet completed. many more chapters might be added. or the ending was not of noteworthy enough to add to the story of the hero. But i like to think they are still out on their adventures experiencing life, meeting new people and fighting their battles. "
She smiles to Brian
"Just like you and me, our stories are not yet done. we are still in the first chapters... though it might be a short story and not many chapters are added or it will become a book as thick as an arm. just make sure that every chapter you write in your story, you write with passion with conviction and make it so the reader is enthralled by your ways and struggles. Then you can at the end of the book think back of the story as succesful and having been worth living. "
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Post by Brian on Oct 26, 2022 18:29:08 GMT
I laugh. " Or maybe we get a story where we get to adventure awake."
I give her a serious glance " Anything else you want to see here before I get shoved awake?"
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Post by Dionisia on Oct 27, 2022 11:49:00 GMT
Dio shows a wry smile
"Some will adventure in dream and waking hours. Some will only adventure in one of the two. And then there are a few who never see adventure at all.
We will see which we will be."
She looks around as the white Raven like woman she had turned into and shakes her feathery head.
"I need to go. You will be awoken soon. Stay safe warrior Brian. May your experience grow and you find your paths."
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Post by Brian on Oct 27, 2022 12:32:20 GMT
I give the strange dream woman a hug...
I always met her just before a crossroad in my life. The path that comes after this marches in one direction.
The crossroad doesnt come again till a snowy mountain top years later
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