Role

Chapter 3

The Shadow Sect is the only place for men who know how to get the job done.
The immortal lords of empire, in their wisdom, gave the sect laws that can be
interpreted by those willful and brave enough so that anything is possible.
And in a similar vein, that same wisdom holds true when applied through such
a shadowed lens for the Imperial Laws. He believes that those who earn title
of leadership are placed so because they know how to interpret the laws, and
should he gain even the title of Shadow Lord, he would interpret the law in
ways that might make the squeamish hesitate. The law to the letter, should
this be the case in the future, would allow him the power to spread dominion
over the land as the sun spreads its light. And this too, is how he would
imagine his interpretations. Those who have forsworn the oath should be
killed, to defend and to teach, but are protected in the cities. Those who
have sworn fealty to other cabals, however, and guard items that are by the
Emperor's Decree to be held within the palace would be slain in cities at any
time that these individuals kept them away from the throne room. The letter
of the law, but perhaps not the spirit, is how he views it. And in the law it
is to these councilmen and women and the Emperor to do the interpreting, only
bending knee if the immortal lords demand it directly. Law and order are
topics which he has given thought to for his entire life, and his breeding
had demanded that he act in ways that would leave him infallible to those who
are not his superiors. Should he rise to the top, of course, but he is a man
who wears it on his sleeve to those enough to see into his true nature. And
through this, and other grand efforts, he will come to unite the entire world
in peace, harmony, without poverty or suffering. The only price he would dare
ask: unanimous obedience, or death. The same that he demands of himself to
his patron, the immortal lord Destuvius.