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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 157786" data-attributes="member: 2020">Hazen's TriumphHazen wrote:  Out of the Darkness and into the Light   Edena, Hazen was seeking a way to stop the Dark Powers and it seemed logical to find their location and try to find a way to keep them away from Oerth and the other worlds.  Sorry I did not post earlier, but the boards were down.   Sometimes to fight evil, you must confront it on its own ground. Here is a post that I worked on writing while the boards were down.   The background shimmers, and Hazen appearing as a mortal man appears. Surrounded by the dark powers, speaks:  (rest of article is over on page one.)  - - -  RULING:  It is sufficient.  Words are only words.  Actions speak much louder.  However, Hazen has lived the words he spoke, throughout the entire IR.  Hazen has repeatedly proven through his actions, his deeds, that he truly believes the words he spoke.  Because of this, the red cloaked Hazen cannot withstand them.  Neither can the darkness in Hazen's own heart.  The Dark Power falls back, flinging up it's hands defensively, unable to withstand Hazen's words, unable to tolerate the repudiation.  The monsters that were savaging Hazen fall back, snarling, then they whimper and cower back further, then they shriek and turn tail, running back into the dark.  The red robe Hazen speaks bitterly:  You stand strong in your righteousness, and you reject me.  But know that I will always be here, for I am you.  I am you, and you will never rid yourself of me.  We will see how long your righteousness and altruism stands, when your enemies take you, and you face a final ending at their hands!  Then we will see if you reject me.  Then we will see if you do not call on me, for I can give you the strength to save yourself.  We will see ...  We will see ...  Still saying that over and over, the figure becomes blurred, then misty, then fades away.  The darkness around Hazen becomes a misty grey, in which blurred objects are visible.  The blurring slowly lessens, objects appear sharper and sharper.  Then Hazen realizes that he is back.  He has reawakened, and is sitting in the chair;  the Angel is smiling warmly at him.  I am guessing Alzem is standing there too, also beaming.  Congratulations, William.  Now, Hazen knows what the Dark Powers are.  They are Hazen ... and Alzem, and Kalanyr, and Kessel GnomeWorks, and Melkor, Iuz, Rajaat, Mina, and Erika Lesage, and Zouron, and all the rest.  But Darkness is not the whole truth ... one can always repudiate the Darkness, and turn to the Light.  Hazen gains an appreciable number of levels, and a fair amount of power, out of this experience.</blockquote>

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