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<blockquote data-quote="nonamazing" data-source="post: 1946134" data-attributes="member: 12118">&quot;Maybe I'm wise and maybe I'm not,&quot; Laucian quips, &quot;but I do know that it'll do you little good to gain your revenge by becoming the thing that you hate.&nbsp; And I also know we won't protect our home by throwing away our lives to sate your bloodlust.&nbsp; Or do you wish to see more elven children orphaned as you were?&nbsp; Because that's what'll happen if we don't choose to make protecting the Shadow Wood our first priority.&quot;&nbsp; Laucian shakes his head and smiles sincerely at Aenyeweddien.&nbsp; &quot;The elders are close-minded, seeing only what they want to see.&nbsp; We can't help matters if we act they same as they do.&quot;&quot;My brother, do you truly understand the scale of what we're facing?&nbsp; If, by some grace of the gods, we managed to kill a thousand orcs for each one of us gathered here, that still wouldn't make a dent in the Horde's size.&quot;&nbsp; Laucian laughs.&nbsp; &quot;A hundred or so die each day just because they can't stop fighting amongst themselves, and each day two hundred more arrive to replace them.&quot;&nbsp; The young elf looks at his friend with genuine sympathy.&nbsp; &quot;I'm sorry, brother, for I've marked well the loss you've suffered.&nbsp; But the path of anger and vengance will doom both us, our home, and the memory of our people.&nbsp; For if we fail, and the Shadow Wood is razed, than there won't be anything left to remind this world that our race ever existed, and the Sylvan Elves--all our lore, all our poetry, all our craft, all our magic--will be forever forgotten.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="nonamazing, post: 1946134, member: 12118"] "Maybe I'm wise and maybe I'm not," Laucian quips, "but I do know that it'll do you little good to gain your revenge by becoming the thing that you hate. And I also know we won't protect our home by throwing away our lives to sate your bloodlust. Or do you wish to see more elven children orphaned as you were? Because that's what'll happen if we don't choose to make protecting the Shadow Wood our first priority." Laucian shakes his head and smiles sincerely at Aenyeweddien. "The elders are close-minded, seeing only what they want to see. We can't help matters if we act they same as they do." "My brother, do you truly understand the scale of what we're facing? If, by some grace of the gods, we managed to kill a thousand orcs for each one of us gathered here, that still wouldn't make a [I]dent[/I] in the Horde's size." Laucian laughs. "A hundred or so die each day just because they can't stop fighting amongst themselves, and each day two hundred more arrive to replace them." The young elf looks at his friend with genuine sympathy. "I'm sorry, brother, for I've marked well the loss you've suffered. But the path of anger and vengance will doom both us, our home, and the memory of our people. For if we fail, and the Shadow Wood is razed, than there won't be anything left to remind this world that our race ever existed, and the Sylvan Elves--all our lore, all our poetry, all our craft, all our magic--will be forever forgotten." [/QUOTE]

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