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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SolidSnake" data-source="post: 978" data-attributes="member: 102">Richfest, 591 CYThese past few days have surpassed all of my expectations.  It seems as if the group that had traveled to Blasingdell has not met its end prematurely.  As I had expected, most of the members were slain.  This is to be expected with the solemnity of the task before us.  I never place all of my hopes on a single group of people, which is why I have been cultivating other skillful men and women elsewhere on Flanaess…Over the years, Otto and I have had many discussions about the concepts of fate and destiny.  Many conceive of prophecies as instructions for precise cause and effects to bring about a predefined outcome.  I; however, have a different opinion on the matter.  Instead of the usual epic hero destined to slay the great evil, I think of prophecy as a way of stacking the odds in one’s favor.  There is no one man or woman destined to change the course of history; instead many men and women attract favorable outcomes through interactions with other players.  One important man changes another, who changes another and so on and so forth.  As the critical mass is reached, the favorable outcomes attract to these persons like gravity.  I would never have guessed that the one they call Aramek would have survived the trials thus far, but he did and in so doing brought Strider and Eblis to him.  Is Aramek the one destined to destroy the Temple and rid the world of the Taint?  Most likely not, but maybe Eblis and Strider will be…Aramek; thus, has played his part by increasing the odds of our survival.  And yet how can anyone be sure that it is indeed Strider?  Could not Bandar be the one?  Perhaps…or perhaps Bandar will be the one to find that great champion…but then again no such person exists.  It is the collection of Eblis, Strider, Aramek, Bandar, and the future Champions of Flanaess that will slay the great evil.  No one man can change the course of our destiny…no…it will be the will of many that decide this outcome.  I fear that my writing has suffered as a direct consequence of sleep deprivation; however, I will allow this journal entry to survive…maybe the future readers can discern some form of logic from my meager ramblings.-Mordenkainen, High Defender of Flanaess and Leader of the Circle of Eight</blockquote>

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