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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 1981553" data-attributes="member: 2020">A very important and very final statement from EclavdraAt the TEC Summit, Eclavdra receives Iuzs' sending.  Shortly thereafter, she receives the news that a lesser or intermediate diety is on Gibenei, that Iuz was opposing him, that Iuz has been forced to retreat from Gibenei, and that the Elven Imperial Navy thinks it's Vecna out there.  Eclavdra stands, and addresses the entire Assembly.  Her voice is soft, gentle, and stricken.  'My Lords and Ladies, Lady Shadow was quite right.  A moment of Light does not assuage centuries of Darkness.'  'I fear my spirit rotted and withered in the fire long ago, and only a hollow shell remains, which you see as my physical body.  And, there is no redemption.'  'I have betrayed Lolth.'  'Now I have betrayed all of you.  For had I voted innocent, Iuzs' forces would yet be on Gibenei, and the enemy there yet withheld from striking at Oerth.'  'I have betrayed my own people again.  Indeed, the Lady Shadows' words are proven true.  True at last.'  'With my last breath, I plead with you for sanity and reason:  do not strike at Iuz!  Your petty politics mean nothing now.  Forces greater than our comprehension come to destroy us all, and you must lead the fight against them.'  'However, my time is over.  For me there is no out.  For me, there is only an Ending.'  'Heed my last words, and unite.  For only in unity can you survive, and my people survive, and the World survive.'  And with that, Eclavdra draws forth her Morganti Blade, and stabs herself through the heart with it.  The Morganti, instantly kills her, and instantly and irrevocably kills her spirit as well.    All that Eclavdra was, is, or could have been, ceases to exist.  In one moment of tragedy and blood, Eclavdra makes her final plea for unity.  The Lord of the Yuan-Ti and the King of the Ice Elves stagger back in shock.  Lord Leathnor of Aliador just sits there, stunned and face gone white, but the Lady Gwyndilyn breaks down and collapses in tears, falling out of her chair with a crash.  (Serpenteye, please note this was the real Eclavdra and not the simulacrum.  Eclavdra really is dead, there is no afterlife for her - good or bad, and I must take a new PC.  Eclavdra tried to become a woman of ethics and morality.  But unfortunately, in wartime ethics and morality do not apply, and they cannot be made to apply.  Eclavdra could not resolve this conflict, could not handle the reality of war, even as she was forced to participate in that war.  Normally, IRs are a frivolous affair.  But I am making an exception here.  This is about as serious as I've ever gotten in an IR.  I will return to a more frivolous approach, but for the moment grim seriousness is the rule.)  -  EDIT:  Welcome back, Xael.</blockquote>

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