Role

Chapter 2

First few weeks in the guild for Antharde were a blur. It truly was
a revelation at how much hidden knowledge existed in this building,
which Antharde passed by while walking the streets of the city, for so
many years. It made his head spin. It made him think about the secrets
that other guild buildings held. From there, the same principle held
to not just buildings, but other things. How many secrets were in the
books, in the lost places of Thera, in people's souls, hiding behind
the facade of mundane life? And these were just the obvious secrets,
hidden on purpose. How many things were hiding in plain sight? Things
such as constraints of Law or Trade, politics and struggles for powers,
for one's goals? Indeed, many things could be revealed.

But the biggest secret, as Antharde understood, was the one that was the
most obvious: your own soul. Are you a coward? Are you a hero? Would you
bend or break when the terrible hour came to pass for you? How could you
be discover this? Blacksmiths transforme ore to steel in the crucible
and on the anvil. Alchemists seek to refine the elements to morph them
into their essence. All of them quest for the Truth. But there is only
one way to find it: rise in power and put yourself to the test.