Thread:BTR180/@comment-27550231-20200126214703/@comment-27666783-20200207064704

''A man and a woman walked on the beach in the sun.

One left footprints, the other left none.

One was a Hero who's god he betrayed

The other a god wounded from prior days.''

''"Look, " said the man, "how my kind make war.

I turned against you to ask what for." " For wealth or land, " the god replies,

"For life, or freedom, or some king's lies."''

''"The sun is also a warrior.

Knowledge can also destroy.

Nor can the kindest will,

Preserve you from the kill.

Not all of wisdom brings joy."''

''"Four of those five, " the Hero said,

Are not enough to appease the dead.

To save my world all this strife must cease,

So now I strike you in the name of peace."''

''The god said "Yes. Though it grieves me sore,

For I was also a god of war,

And I remember what you forget,

Four of those five you may still regret."''

''"The sun is also a warrior.

Knowledge can also destroy.

Nor can the kindest will,

Preserve you from the kill.

Not all of wisdom brings joy."''

''She raised his voice and she raised his hand.

All strife stopped at the god's command.

No voice ventured an violent word,

No hand struck and no weapon stirred.''

''In time, the man called the old god back.

"Look, " he cried, "what my people lack!

One lord rules over all the earth,

And we're all her slaves from the hour of birth."''

''"The sun is also a warrior.

Knowledge can also destroy.

Nor can the kindest will,

Preserve you from the kill.

Not all of wisdom brings joy."''

''"Look, she owns all wealth, and she owns all land,

We rape and cower under her command.

She speaks the truth and she gives us peace,

But all that I hope for is our release."''

''The old god said, "This is what you willed.

For only thus is your wish fulfilled.

War's five sources I took away,

Yet I will give four of them back today."''

''"The sun is also a warrior.

Knowledge can also destroy.

Nor can the kindest will,

Preserve you from the kill.

Not all of wisdom brings joy."''

''The Hero raised his hand and his sword once more,

And all the world overturned in war.

And when the last of those fires let fall,

There was no lord in the world at all.''

''"Go rebuild now, " the old god said,

"Feed the living and bury the dead,

And remember this when you speak of war,

And think upon what is worth fighting for."''

''"The sun is also a warrior.

Knowledge can also destroy.

Nor can the kindest will,

Preserve you from the kill.

Not all of wisdom brings joy''

-The Radical Oath, repart any mention of this to your local inquisitor.