Taichabel Braaza the Grand Master of Changelings

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Chapter 6

I always wondered if there was no night, or if there was no day. If nothing
divided the passing hours that was distinguishable. I was inquisitive, so I
sought to find out. It was not immediately obvious how one would go about
finding out the effects of an environment of total darkness. I happened upon
an alchemist in his lab one day, and he was feeding mixtures to a rat. The
rat would suddenly grow large and stay that way..then go back to normal size.
I asked him why he used a rat? And his answer was that if a potion worked on
a rat..it worked on a human or other being.

It was there the beginnings of an idea began to take shape.

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Chapter 5

***Here is a scroll that has obviously been well taken care of. The writing
on it is absolutely perfect, with no mistakes that can be seen to be
corrected. It looks to be a description of an experiment.***

Question:
What would happen if something was subjected to no nightfall or no daytime.

Method:

Capture 9 rats.

Put 3 rats in a box that is closed, let no light get in at all. Observe the
rats only in the nighttime.

Put 3 rats in a box with a continual light source. (Best one I found is a
light made by a mage, it burned neither hot nor too bright.) Observe the rats
only during the daytime.

Put 3 rats in a box with an open lid, let them experience both day and night.


Ensure all rats are given an equal amount of food and water.

Observations:
The rats in the darkened box and the box with continual light slowly went
obviously insane. They began attacking each other until they had to be
separted. Eventually they stopped eating and died. The rats in the box with a
normal night and day routine behaved as you would expect rats to. Found out
one was a girl..ended up with about 20 rats.

Conclusion:
An absolute of anything leads to death. One can not have all darkness, with
no light. If it were to happen, then the end would be imminent. A balance
must be maintained. I further think that this can bbe applied to all things,
not just darkness and light. A balance must be maintained in order for
existance to continue.

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Chapter 4

The conclusion of the last experiment led me to wonder how many more extremes
could I test and see the end result. Drawing conclusions from the previous
test anything subjected to only one side of a coin cannot survive. I will no
longer need a control as I know what normally treated rats do. The next
obvious test for me is the difference between order and chaos. Recreating
order would be easy, scheduled feedings, same light and darkness patterns.
Perhaps a task that is the same everyday with the same reward? A maze
perhaps.

The real problem lies in creating chaos. In making a list of random things to
expose the rats to, isn't that the opposite? Chaos can be such a jumble it
will make the head spin trying to recreate it. The best I can come up with is
subjecting them to different experiences. I will make two lists, one with
pleasurable experiences, and the other with painful or unpleasant. I will use
a coin to decide which list to use, and dice to decide which act to perform.
Once an act has been selected a coin will decide if it stays on the list, or
gets crossed out. I'll make a wheel with three arrows. Around the edges I
will mark a clock. One arrow will tell me what hour, the other the minute,
and the third how many times a day is the wheel spun. What actually is done
and when its done is left up to chance, eliminating my own personal thoughts
on what would be Chaos.

The result...
As expected neither set of rats thrived. The ones subjected to order became
listless, and only really moving when the set time came for food, or the
maze. If the world was ruled by order, then life becomes meaningless. And
while it is not really dying, its not living either.

The set of rats that I recreated chaos with, well they didn't survive long.
Using the wheel for feeding times it was sporadic if they were even fed at
all. At times I would give them extra food or some other reward. Others they
would be poked with a pin. Differing the experiences seemed to make them
almost timid. Not knowing what was coming made them reluctant to do anything.
After about 10 days when opening the box I found the rats all still,
breathing hard. Shortly thereafter I think they gave up on life, as they all
died.

Conclusion...
All order makes for a meaningless existance that brings no pleasure. Chaos
leads to the fear of anything good and an existance filled with uncertainty
which leads to giving up. Like the experiment between night and day existance
on only one side of a coin leads to no existance at all.

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Chapter 3

I have been accepted into the Island. As my experiments have shown balance
must be maintained and now I've found others of like mind. Though I think our
ideas on the reason for maintaining balance may be different we all seek the
same thing. Eterlu spoke of the beauty of balance. I see the necessity of it
for continued existance. As important as food, water, or air. While there is
beauty in it, it is like the pleasure of a sip of cold spring water after a
long run. There is delight in the experience, but there is also the necessity
of the body needing the water to survive.

Regardless of the reasons why, we all work for the same goal. It is nice to
find a place where I belong. I'm a bit nervous as I'm new to the Island but
think I will become more comfortable as time moves on. For the time being I
will continue to grow in my abilities as a shapeshifter, and help when I'm
able to. In this way I'll prove myself as a worthy member of the Island.

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Chapter 2

***Notes in a journal can be seen jotted down. The journal is leather bound
and looks to be almost new.***

The more I travel the more things I see that must be balanced than just the
major forces of evil and good, chaos and order, and the presence of magic in
Thera. I see people even inside the Island govern their choices in an
unbalanced way. Letting fear hold them back, or recklessness bring them too
far. I've seen frustration make people act as if they've hit a stonewall. It
is okay to experience these things, but it not okay to have govern your life
by them.

A true Nexan must find the Balance in themselves as well as pushing for it in
the world. If fear of losing the pretty armor you found keeps you from
engaging the enemy, or fear of losing to an enemy makes you stand back then
you are not balanced in yourself. On the other side of the coin if you
recklessly put your life in danger and fall repeatedly without need, that is
not Balanced either. Even then there are times where the right choice is
sacrificing yourself for the greater Balance.

Frustration. I've seen frustration tip more souls of the Island than almost
anything. Frustration leads to anger, and anger is an emotion that inside a
Nexan it must be balanced. Of course the world is going throw you challenges,
to balance those challenges you must overcome them without falling prey to
giving up.

These observations since my experiments with the rats just once again
enforces my view that balance is a necessary and an essential part of life.
Thera needs balance to continue existance, and so do people. Without Balance
you just become your enemies fodder, and a burden to yourself and the world.

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Chapter 1

***A journal is here, it looks a little worn but still servicable for
awhile***

A narrow trail through some plains, a resting point and Calbaseeti and I
began to idly speak. I find her intriguing, and her thoughts are very unique.
Being as she is part of a reclusive tride it is not odd that I have met none
like her. She has dedicated her life to the healing arts, and she is very
adept at it. While her views on why Balance is important is very different
from anyone else I have spoken to, it pleases me that in the end it ties with
what I believe. Balance is crucial for existance, balance must be maintained
in order for existance to continue. I want to exist, and I want the things I
hold dear to exist. So by that logic maintaining the Balance is as important
as breathing.

A bit about Calbaseeti and her beliefs. She is a cleanser of souls, and
keeping a soul corruption free is her mission in life. A soul is corruptible
when it is passed from the body, be it when it is reborn or when it leaves
the body forever. Souls are linked, and the weakening of souls would weaken
if not abolish the tribe she is a member of. A short summation of her words
would be that if Darkness reigned, darkness would slay the cowering light in
hordes, thus opening the souls to corruption. By keeping the Balance
maintained, the less chance souls have for corruption the better off she, and
her tribe will be. The better Balance is maintained, the more likelihood that
she will not be destroyed by the corruption of souls. So to that end, her
existance is dependant on Balance, as I believe everyone elses is.

Like I mentioned earlier, it was quite pleasing once that conclusion had been
drawn, to see the beginning of a belief to be so different, yet end at the
same spot that my ends. I've sent a missive to all members of the Island, and
eagerly await responses to compare how everyone else believes. How they came
to that belief.

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