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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Neurotic" data-source="post: 4556137" data-attributes="member: 24380">Vorian TolgarYou ask for much Jaroth. I am open minded, but I'm still priest of the Light, Knight protector of the Lands and man of honor. That is not somethin you just shed like snake sheds her skin.However, I'm willing to talk this out and I'll try and address your requests in order.This ties to the story that the book itself cannot be destroyed. But what if it is possible that we take spirit out of the book, destroy the item and then release the spirit? Or have it imprisoned instead of the book?I agree that the book may not fall to hands of the Dark or Fey. For even if not all Fey are soulless abominations...sorry Vadric, Anniston, it's just hard to generalize on so grand scale...they WOULD use power of books magic and that would lead to more strife with Four Lands which ultimately would lead to conflict which would strenghten The Dark.The Book was hidden until now and we were at war. Nothing changes except maybe that it would become more public.I disagreed earlier with going to the Church with it, not because I believe us superior in strength or wisdom, but because I don't want to see it's curse spread through center of Four Lands. And I stand by that decision.This is one I disagree with. You don't know what will happen. Even if some major catastrophe occurs people will survive. If we can make destruction of the Book occur at some remote region or even completely outside boundaries of our existence we could alleviate some of the backlash.You profess that The Book didn't influence you thinking, but you shy away from any mention of anything that might bind it or limit it's influence such as redeeming or capturing it's spirit or destruction.You said yourself that hiding the Book leaves everything to chance. What if by some foul chance right at our heels come party of powerful Drakkar maybe heeding the call of the Book and they take it from this fortress? What if some purely random event takes it out of the fortress into unsuspecting hands of some wondering soul?What you are saying is that this will delay inevitable and any deaths that happen later will be laid at some other mans conscience. Now, that said, I'll travel with you, not as hired muscle, but as protector and hopefuly, a friend. BUT! I'll wait to see result of Vadric's divination and I'll confer with Arrwuh and in my simple ways with Lady Chess before I commit totaly. I'm ready to protect you and keep the book safely out of reach, but I won't go against my faith or morals and will oppose you if you start behaving as if the end justifies the means. I don't want to say that you will do such thing, just that such burden might create tension within and without and temptation to go easier route might be stronger then otherwise it would be.You may be lone carrier of The Book, but you are NOT lone bearer of it's burden. Allow us to help and be strong.OOC: being only 3rd level cleric, Vorian has acces to few divinations and augury is not likely to yield more answers than Vadric's more powerful ones. BUT, augury has one advantage: it's clear yes/no/i don't know answer <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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