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Following the return of [[Pentharian]] in 422AF, with the [[Holy Codex]] in the | :''This page is about the Codex of Light. For other uses, please see [[Codex (disambiguation)]]'' | ||
Following the return of [[Pentharian]] in 422AF, with the [[Holy Codex]] in the apse of the [[Chrysalis Basilica]] blank, after events concerning [[Tarah]], the divine of [[Good]] decided that a new document should be bestowed upon those who wished to follow Good, Order, and Light to guide their path. This document was given to the organisations and followers of Good in the year 423AF. | |||
== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
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The many tongues of mortals attempt to twist "good" into many different meanings. For the purposes of this document, Good and good shall be differentiated as it often is, by capitalisation emphasis. Relative good is not the concern of this document. The force of Good is the focus. This is also called the greater Good, or universal Good. | The many tongues of mortals attempt to twist "good" into many different meanings. For the purposes of this document, Good and good shall be differentiated as it often is, by capitalisation emphasis. Relative good is not the concern of this document. The force of Good is the focus. This is also called the greater Good, or universal Good. | ||
Absolute, unchanging, and eternal, Good is a force spawned by Creation which seeks always to keep Creation strong and growing. The realm of Creation is nearly everything you know and are. | Absolute, unchanging, and eternal, Good is a force spawned by [[Creation]] which seeks always to keep Creation strong and growing. The realm of Creation is nearly everything you know and are. | ||
== The Means, The Ends, And the Intent == | == The Means, The Ends, And the Intent == | ||
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=== Evil === | === Evil === | ||
Evil is, like good, an absolute and unchanging force. However, its servants use misdirection and greed to fuel a short-sighted purpose. Touting the [[ | Evil is, like good, an absolute and unchanging force. However, its servants use misdirection and greed to fuel a short-sighted purpose. Touting the [[Evil]], they claim to spur the development of sentient life. | ||
Little could be further from the truth. Survival of the strongest is closer to the actual practices of Evil. Crush the weak! Weakness is, however, relative. Should Evil prevail, eventually there would only be Evil left, becoming the snake eating its own tail. Far from spurring sentient life, it instead spurs continued destruction, until there's nothing left but to curl up and consume itself. | Little could be further from the truth. Survival of the strongest is closer to the actual practices of Evil. Crush the weak! Weakness is, however, relative. Should Evil prevail, eventually there would only be Evil left, becoming the snake eating its own tail. Far from spurring sentient life, it instead spurs continued destruction, until there's nothing left but to curl up and consume itself. | ||
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=== Chaos === | === Chaos === | ||
Another ill-used and twisted concept, [[Chaos]] is the oldest direct enemy of the | Another ill-used and twisted concept, [[Chaos]] is the oldest direct enemy of the Church. Misunderstanding and misdirection are key to Chaos' power in Creation. | ||
To understand the danger of | To understand the danger of Chaos, one need only list the things that have come from it: the [[Spawn of the Unnamable Horror|Unnameable Horror]], [[Pazuzu]] and his legions, [[Entropy]] and [[Discord]]. All of these and more, all possessing of godlike power, these beings would like nothing more than the chance to overpower Creation and destroy it. Some have, in the past, come close, nearly destroying the Gods themselves, and were only stopped by the direct intervention of the being now known as the [[Logos]], [[Sarapis]]. | ||
The everyday phenomenon that we experience in Creation that we call chaos is primarily the result of the dispersal of Entropy and Discord in our realm. It's unknown if this was a planned-for result. It is possible that these entities counted on this, and thus secured a foothold for | The everyday phenomenon that we experience in Creation that we call chaos is primarily the result of the dispersal of Entropy and Discord in our realm. It's unknown if this was a planned-for result. It is possible that these entities counted on this, and thus secured a foothold for Chaos within Creation. While chaos, in the common form we take for granted, is not known to be particularly harmful (and indeed, has become a basis for life as we know it), it is a shadow of Chaos. | ||
The practice of [[Occultism]] keeps open a window to | The practice of [[Occultism]] keeps open a window to Chaos, allowing its denizens a constant taste of what they desire. It empowers them, and lures them. It promises power and knowledge to the practitioners, rewards that would be worth absolutely nothing if Chaos succeeded in its bid to invade. The world got a very, very small taste of what could happen, when the Goddess of Chaos, [[Eris]], was frozen into a statue during an experiment. In Her stasis, some of Her power was released from Her control, resulting in hideous, torturing deformations of life, and life breathed into things that were never meant to contain it. If you experienced these times, you have a fraction of an idea of what unopposed Chaos means to Creation. | ||
Very likely, anything you know not of Creation is of | Very likely, anything you know not of Creation is of Chaos. These were the two realms created in the dawn of time. | ||
=== Darkness === | === Darkness === | ||