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<blockquote data-quote="Tokiwong" data-source="post: 159886" data-attributes="member: 961"><p><em>Iuz smiles to Hazen, "What is our philosophy? We wish as much as any to dominate words... we wish to bring an enlightenment of the spirit and the flesh."</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Iuz ponders for a moment, "Do I show repentance for my actions... I show that I have seen the path... after the merging with the Red Scourge I saw something. A glimmer of a future yet untold. A flash of light like fire that wracks my mind as much as the events of the present.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“You say that Thayadon acts to bring peace and order then so be it… allow my dignitaries to be escorted out peacefully instead of forcing an issue before they are allowed to leave. I find that tyrannous… but then again… as you see it I am but a tyrant that is taciturn…” Iuz smiled.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Once we were allies… once the Shade poisoned my lands… but that is the past… things change… was it not your own emissaries that pressed an issue that we should destroy Anabstercorian for his actions at the end war against the City of the Gods? And yet now… today he stands here in your presence and you have yet to chastise him for his actions… He murdered countless millions on Luna and strengthened the Red Scourge… and yet he is treated as a friend? I say if you are to call me on being inconsistent then you should observe your own actions as well. Hazen I have always prided myself on holding you as an intellectual equal very few can match wits and words with me as you have,” Iuz sighs, “But our paths and philosophies are divergent.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“Where you seek the light… I quest for the perfection of Glowing Darkness. What are my beliefs? What is my philosophy? It is life. It is the dynamic structure of creation that is life, the cycle of creation and destruction. We are on the tail end of that cycle descending into the depths of destruction. Life is both good and evil… law and chaos… it is the ephemeral substance of the universe, a delicate gift that many of us have taken for granted. I wish to create life… pure… heal Oerth and make good the deeds of my place in nearly destroying the one thing I love above all. I do this not out of good, nor to restore the balance; I do this for pure selfish survival. The one instinct that ties all creatures, the desire to live and exist. This survival instinct is not my own, it is that of Oerth, the world calls out in pain for we have abused her greatly.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“This is the lesson of the red Scourge… it is the pain… the rage… anger… dilutes the mind… it damages the spirit… and in its wake is destruction… Consumed by the anger of a world… how else was I to act… I know this now; the rage took me into great depths of depravity and maliciousness. I was no longer Iuz, I was the Red Scourge… I was pure rage and violence quantified…” Iuz clenched his fist, “My allies seek to continue to plumb its depths, and I shall not stop them… I have no need for the substance, for the anger and rage has abated… I am Iuz now… changed but still who I was… and yet forever different.”</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>“I do not wish to destroy whole worlds… my people have heard my words and understand the burden I carry on my shoulders. I seek only to create a world where there is peace, where there is understanding and where I may pursue my path… is this an essentially evil act no. To protect my dogma, my faith I will strike at my enemies… to protect my children, I will not abide by while those who wish to worship Melkor, Hellmaster, Talindra, or myself are persecuted for their faith. Nor would I impede upon that of the Union of Oerth… or Kalanyr… I allow choice… life is choice… but,” Iuz glows with blackened flames, “do I wish to dominate… no more then an alpha wolf wishes to lead his pack. I act as the part given me… I am a leader among men… among the divine… I cannot deny my role. I shall not deny the Golden Path laid out before me. Hazen,” he turns his gaze upon him, “you asked if I had a message and that is it. I seek life, that is my purpose… the purpose of the Pantheon of Glowing Darkness but the old order is corrupt… for life to flourish it must be torn down or restructured… through conflict or words it shall happen… the Crusade will begin with words or the bloody edge of swords… I leave that for you all to choose… I will not make decisions I leave you the freedom to make your paths… we all know the dangers… we can all feel the pinpricks of the Mist… the call of the Dark Powers… We as a world must choose wisely. If you demand our destruction then so be it… if you demand a more peaceful means of coming to accord then so be it… I am prepared for either option…”</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tokiwong, post: 159886, member: 961"] [i]Iuz smiles to Hazen, "What is our philosophy? We wish as much as any to dominate words... we wish to bring an enlightenment of the spirit and the flesh." Iuz ponders for a moment, "Do I show repentance for my actions... I show that I have seen the path... after the merging with the Red Scourge I saw something. A glimmer of a future yet untold. A flash of light like fire that wracks my mind as much as the events of the present.” “You say that Thayadon acts to bring peace and order then so be it… allow my dignitaries to be escorted out peacefully instead of forcing an issue before they are allowed to leave. I find that tyrannous… but then again… as you see it I am but a tyrant that is taciturn…” Iuz smiled. “Once we were allies… once the Shade poisoned my lands… but that is the past… things change… was it not your own emissaries that pressed an issue that we should destroy Anabstercorian for his actions at the end war against the City of the Gods? And yet now… today he stands here in your presence and you have yet to chastise him for his actions… He murdered countless millions on Luna and strengthened the Red Scourge… and yet he is treated as a friend? I say if you are to call me on being inconsistent then you should observe your own actions as well. Hazen I have always prided myself on holding you as an intellectual equal very few can match wits and words with me as you have,” Iuz sighs, “But our paths and philosophies are divergent.” “Where you seek the light… I quest for the perfection of Glowing Darkness. What are my beliefs? What is my philosophy? It is life. It is the dynamic structure of creation that is life, the cycle of creation and destruction. We are on the tail end of that cycle descending into the depths of destruction. Life is both good and evil… law and chaos… it is the ephemeral substance of the universe, a delicate gift that many of us have taken for granted. I wish to create life… pure… heal Oerth and make good the deeds of my place in nearly destroying the one thing I love above all. I do this not out of good, nor to restore the balance; I do this for pure selfish survival. The one instinct that ties all creatures, the desire to live and exist. This survival instinct is not my own, it is that of Oerth, the world calls out in pain for we have abused her greatly.” “This is the lesson of the red Scourge… it is the pain… the rage… anger… dilutes the mind… it damages the spirit… and in its wake is destruction… Consumed by the anger of a world… how else was I to act… I know this now; the rage took me into great depths of depravity and maliciousness. I was no longer Iuz, I was the Red Scourge… I was pure rage and violence quantified…” Iuz clenched his fist, “My allies seek to continue to plumb its depths, and I shall not stop them… I have no need for the substance, for the anger and rage has abated… I am Iuz now… changed but still who I was… and yet forever different.” “I do not wish to destroy whole worlds… my people have heard my words and understand the burden I carry on my shoulders. I seek only to create a world where there is peace, where there is understanding and where I may pursue my path… is this an essentially evil act no. To protect my dogma, my faith I will strike at my enemies… to protect my children, I will not abide by while those who wish to worship Melkor, Hellmaster, Talindra, or myself are persecuted for their faith. Nor would I impede upon that of the Union of Oerth… or Kalanyr… I allow choice… life is choice… but,” Iuz glows with blackened flames, “do I wish to dominate… no more then an alpha wolf wishes to lead his pack. I act as the part given me… I am a leader among men… among the divine… I cannot deny my role. I shall not deny the Golden Path laid out before me. Hazen,” he turns his gaze upon him, “you asked if I had a message and that is it. I seek life, that is my purpose… the purpose of the Pantheon of Glowing Darkness but the old order is corrupt… for life to flourish it must be torn down or restructured… through conflict or words it shall happen… the Crusade will begin with words or the bloody edge of swords… I leave that for you all to choose… I will not make decisions I leave you the freedom to make your paths… we all know the dangers… we can all feel the pinpricks of the Mist… the call of the Dark Powers… We as a world must choose wisely. If you demand our destruction then so be it… if you demand a more peaceful means of coming to accord then so be it… I am prepared for either option…”[/i] [/QUOTE]
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