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'''Title: Dynamic World'''

'''Author: Bleen the Green'''

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We live in a world of 
dynamic balance, for every 
action taken by light 
there is a corresponding 
action emanating from the 
dark. There is no endpoint 
in the battles between 
the guilds of light and 
dark, these move the 
great balance closer to 
the omega point. What 
we percieve as the great 
ages and upheavals of our 
age are the perbutations 
in the balances as it 
swings from alpha to 
zeta. It is human and fey 
blood that is spilt to 
bring the balance back to 
the center. The virtues 
and the shrines and the 
dungeons are all part of 
the system that creates 
and maintains this balance. 
With the age of shadows 
upon us, we are now in a 
period where the forces 
of light and dark are to 
be in contention on many 
fronts. One of these has 
been the desecration of 
the shrines by individuals 
for various reasons or so 
they think. In fact their 
actions are all part of a 
piece. 

To cleanse the shrines. 
The tradition of the light 
guilds sending their young 
warriors to the shrines 
as part of their process 
of moving upwards in the 
ranks has given me my 
basis for this proposal. 
The way the shrines work 
for virtue is this. The 
shrines exist as physical 
manifestations of virtue. 
But only when does it 
exist in the hearts and 
minds of the population 
of Britannia does the 
shrine truly exist on this 
plane. Otherwise they are 
simply pieces of rock and 
stone. The ability of 
individuals like Gorhan to 
accomplish his desecration 
has to do with the battle 
for the souls of the 
people in this land. Not in 
the particular 'magic' of 
the shrine itself. So here 
is what the guilds need 
to do. 

Not only must bands of 
lightbringers visit the 
shrines and chant the 
sacred words at them, 
but they must bring small 
amounts of gold to each 
one as a symbolic 
sacrifice. They must also 
leave a small bit of corn 
or other symbol of life 
or rebirth at the shrine. 
Along with this, the 
lightbringers must choose 
a dungeon as a symbol of 
the infection of darkness 
in our land, near a shrine 
and in a mass gathering, 
go through the dungeon 
and cleanse it of as 
many of the beasts of 
darkness as possible. 
Finally to truly cleanse 
the shrine and 
reinvigorate the shrines 
the members of these 
expeditions must write up 
their experiences in a 
book to be left near the 
moongates througout the 
lands. This is to transmit 
the values of the virtues 
to the populace and 
thereby strengthen the 
hold of virute and rebind 
the connection between 
the void and the material 
plane of our lands. This 
last part is in fact the 
most important. It is in 
the hearts and souls of 
our people that the 
cleansing truly takes 
place.

Godspeed to all of you. 
Bleen the Green 
First Student 
Truth Ascendant

[[Category:Virtues and Religion]]