Role

Chapter 1

Odrirg is no longer a young dwarf. A fact that actually hit him with more
than a little surprise. He did not see his old scars, the white and gray
in his beard, the slowness in his getting up and getting down, until his
young brother Alarian pointed out the gray in his beard as they talked
in the Temple.

This sudden realization that he was beginning to get on in years led to
two things. The first was trivial. He realized he had passed the age
at which dwarves usually added braids to their beards, a sign of age
and responsibility, so he moved from 3 forked braids to the five that
he now had earned.

The second was a reflection upon his life.

This reflection began to have an effect on him. He remembered far too
many lightwalkers bleeding under his axe. Oh, he knew that in each case
he had only done what he had to do, and while it had indeed hurt him
each time to be forced to fight those who were of the light but worked
for Chaos...looking back at all of them at once was a new thing for him.

Why was this? Why were so many *MORONS* who would otherwise serve the
Light turning to Chaos and thus utterly undermining the peace,
prosperity, and the road to the perfect world. This question puzzled
him for some time. But he finally came to realize, he had been under
estimating the Empire.

Those fargers, aside from being evil, were damned cunning. It was an
ancient ploy in war, and he was ashamed for his fellow lightwalkers,
because it seems to be working...divide and conquer.

Many in Thera see the Empire and think "Order and Darkness" and think
that they must fight against both in order to fight against Chaos.
And this sure does make those who lead the Empire happy.

Because the Empire is not about "order and darkness". Those fargers
are about Darkness...using Order as a tool. But it gets more devious
than that. The slaves and the lackeys of the Empire might truly
believe that they are to use Order as a tool, but that is not the
real reason that the Lords of the Empire have gone out of their way
to claim Order.

Odrirg knows that it is truth that it is the most basic of corruptions
at the most basic level of the fabric of Thera called "Chaos" that
is the foundation for all other corruptions, even corruptions of the
soul that are called collectively "Evil". Odrirg also does not
underestimate the Power of the Lords of the Empire, and he knows that
they know this truth as well.... that Evil can only exist where Chaos
exists.

This is the real reason the Empire claims Order. Because the Lords of
the Empire know that many of the Empire's enemies will be moved
stupidly to fight against Order as well as darkness. Thus the Empire,
by claiming Order, is forcing it's enemies to increase Chaos...which
in turn increases Evil...

The Empire Lords have turned their enemies into their most powerful
tools in their unholy quest for power and Darkness.

He has been trying to get this message out, preaching to all of the
Moron lightwalkers that have been Agents of Chaos, but they do not
listen. Faced with the Truth, and proof of their own stupidity,
every single one has retreated further into the warm cuddliness
of the Lies of the Empire and chaos that rule their lives.

All this has serve