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Message: <blockquote data-quote="simmo" data-source="post: 1496546" data-attributes="member: 9744">We Interrupt This Adventure to Bring you the Following News....Convergence/Divergence is dangerous to your healthChant mongers and touts are rattling their bone-boxes around the Cage bringing you this breaking piece of news. A Divergence has been witnessed in the Outlands and many greybeards now speculate that this is a sign that a new Power will soon be joining the Divine Golfing Club. Our intrepid journalist Ashenbach was able to track down a back-street sage in the Hive ward who has an almost unrivalled understanding of the process of Convergence and Divergence.Ashenbach: "So, err... cutter, would you care to tell us what this Convergence/Divergence thing is all about?"Ripperibo: "Convergence. This refers to reaching a limit or a meeting place. Divergence. This refers to a departure from the norm or a deviation."Ashenbach: "Suren. But what in the Lady's name has this got to do with some leatherhead getting on the ladder to Divinity?"Ripperibo: "A Convergent soul has collapsed several of its possible selves in to a single form. A Divergent soul has expanded its possible selves to create more possible futures."Ashenbach: "Wait a minute. Surely in a infinite Multiverse there are an infinite number of possible berks that a sod can become?"Ripperibo: "No."Ashenbach: "Eh? Care to fill us in on the dark of this?"Ripperibo: "No."Ashenbach: "Lady's grace, you're certainly a blood who likes to rattle his bone-box. So what's to gain by adding or subtracting some possible selves?"Ripperibo: "By reducing possible selves, a soul can theoretically advance to the next stage at a quicker rate. Each fragment of the soul would be required to perform some very specific actions in order to facilitate this."Ashenbach: "Tarmy. So how does a blood get to join this Convergence club?"Ripperibo: "If any of the soul fragments fail in their goal they are lost forever, reducing the overall soul. This is irreversible."Ashenbach: "Ouch, that's going to sting in the morning and suren. How hard can it be to get all of a sods soul-bits to work together?"Ripperibo: "It requires coordination that is beyond most mortals. A deity could conceivably control it. In certain instances it is preferable if some possible selves do not know what the other parts are doing."Ashenbach: "So what happens if a berk Converges and then fails or Diverges?"Ripperibo: "Again this would require Divine or Diabolical intervention. It is possible that those in the Far Realm could save this soul, but it is not a recommended path."Ashenbach: "Well, there you have it cutters. Converging and Diverging are short cuts on the road to ascension, but this blood is suren not going to try them. Stay sharp and try not to get peeled by any knights of the cross-trade."</blockquote>

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