ROLLENSPIEL

To Renegade Astarth,

I heard that your guild Guardians of Shadows has left Min-Cho and will live on the beautiful beaches of Aeden Aqueous like before the second Great Swarming? If this should be true I bid all of you farewell.

Your guild-leader Binarabi once said that you, Renegade Astarth, have lost your marbles - at that time it sounded like a joke. But now, after talking to Liao Fa-Ling and reading this… You still are an Awakened, until your title will be stripped of you by the Sages. So you insult and slander yourself now too? Do you thing this sounds sane?

No, was never not your title that is important to anyone, but of course the political authority that it "entitles" you to. As well as the reputation of the Theocracy that you unfortunately represent as long as you still wear this title.

Contrary to your lies some Awakened and also initiates have in actual fact thought up many ideas to improve the well-being of the people of the Witherings. It was you, Renegade Astarth, who did not care about improvements and events. You did not contribute to to the many suggestions we Awakened made, like to fight against the Goo. And you never spoke up against any of the ideas that you now suddenly condemn...

While we discussed the Rangers' termite-plan in Min-Cho with Sage Sens and Awakened Fey-Lin Liang you did not even try to persuade anyone to support it. You were the one who suggested magnetic means instead - while not doing anything to turn this idea into action afterwards. Remember now?

Besides of that the only new idea that ever came from your guild was to let the guards admit Marauders into Min-Cho and declaring Min-Cho a "free trade city". Don't try to hide this truth, please. We heard Binarabi's public speech asking for sympathy with the Marauders.

But at the same time you, Renegade Astarth, actually complain about Marauders "controlling" the Void? No wonder even my honored mentor Sartyrica felt that this weirdness has to be commented on. Whatever you might mean, Astarth by exaggerating brief seizures of outposts for a short time or petty duels in the wild…

The ones who came up with wanting a botanical solution were all Zorai, starting with initate Valandrine. Only later on we asked the nobles from the Kingdom to join us and then they helped us. The lie about "ambassadors of other nations" engineering decisions of the circles clearly is only your unsuitable hatred of all Matis speaking.

You aren't Marauder nor Fyros; and as the Matis-nobles have helped us Zorai big time it is unworthy of a Zorai to keep on openly expressing hateful prejudice towards. Remember that you are still an Awakened.

I heard that you told Liao Fa-Ling that "all people" from Min-Cho allegedly agreed to your plans, Renegade Astarth. Do you really not know that four members of the "Wandering Hermits of Onaru" made clear in public that they are very much against the "free city"-plan for the Min-Cho where they feather their nest?

Pointing out that you were "defending this realm" - while secretly housing at least one professed, active Marauder, and at one time murdering Zorai-guards in the Great Outback with your guild-mates? No "Guardian" ever apologized for this - why do you lie about your guild always being "respectful" towards the Theocracy?

To be continued….

….continuation

You talk about fighting all day long, Renegade Astarth, and even want to make the Zorai "proud and strong" people. Do you really believe it would "benefit" our people to warp and twist their very souls - souls that value spiritual accomplishment, wisdom and respect for nature (ecology) more than anything?

Even lamenting that "all others got is scorn" - while it was only you yourself who ever threw accusations and imputations around - against your fellow Awakened and also against allied homins, patriots and nobles. You, Renegade Astarth, trample on the feet of others and then react resentful when they cry out because you have hurt them...

Insulting Awakened as "traitors" for having sent spies to dangerous tribes to watch over them and warn the Theocracy of any threatening development? If this were true, then wouldn't you be the only real traitor, Renegade Astarth, for exposing spies working for the very nation that you have sworn loyalty to?

Sorry, but it's laughable to describe how you "would" have fought (and defeated, of course) Ezek, Renegade Astarth... It was your own decision to not even take part at Ezek's trial: and that's why you naturally never stood a chance from the beginning.

So you'd like the circles and Awakened to be stripped of their powers and the Sages to "rule" the Witherings "directly", Renegade Astarth. Isn't this just pitiful cowardice to lash out at your colleagues while sucking up to the authorities of higher ranks who are more powerful than you, even though they are the truly responsible ones?

In actual fact it was the Sages who decided to decline your petition to make Min-Cho a "free" city, Renegade Astarth. As you should know very well. The Awakened and circles did not have any say in this decision at all. They were only permitted to voice their opinion afterwards.

Every political decision up until now has been made and executed only because of and according to the will of the Sages. As well as everything that has not been done and/or postponed.

Face it already: you failed as an Awakened, Renegade Astarth, as you never used your political powers that you had for a very long time to change anything to the better in your homeland; over the course of many Assemblies that you only ever briefly visited.

So stop blaming others for mistakes that you merely imagine, Renegade Astarth; as long as you yourself even have much, much more to be ashamed of personally.

Awakened Zhoi