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The Perception of Evil
Jallentime
One of the hardest concepts I have ever tried to express to someone is that of empathy. The capacity to recognize and share feelings between sentient beings often goes unnoticed, working in the backgrounds of society, but silently controlling the entire system. The reader may ask, "But what IS empathy? How have I never heard of it?" and I always answer in the form of an example, "It's like when you notice someone is sad and you feel like comforting them, or when someone is angry and you want to calm them."] More specifically it is brains perception of and reaction to emotion. Empathy explains why people do not run through the streets murdering people. It also explains why the societies of Aegis have developed the way that they have more or less. Of course this does not explain why Orcs tend to be capable warriors and Elves tend to be capable dancers. But I digress, the purpose of this book is to understand what "Evil" truly is. For the majority of Aegis it is common conception that Evil is a constant everlasting monstrosity that plauges the land. Others look to the churches and temples to distinguish between "Good" and "Evil" for them. But for every race in existence the manifestation and epiphany of evil is that of the Undead and Iblees. The Undead are a vast and capable army of warriors and warlocks from the dark realm known as the Nether. Their goal is none other than the complete and utter conquest of Aegis. The populace of Aegis will be killed off or enslaved for the remainder of their lives. To most people this constitutes as an immediate Evil title being placed upon the Undead. However if we take into example the similar circumstances of Oren's attempt at politically (and silently) assuming control of Kramoroe from Laurelin without any form of documentation, we can be sure that "Evil" is not solely restricted to the Undead. However the way that Oren went about doing things brought no bloodshed or death in general. Even when finally confronted by the townsfolk of Kramoroe the Oren representative abandoned his mission and left Kramoroe in peace. This is where the Undead's example differs entirely. The undead do not care about the ramifications of their actions and would happily see a complete genocide of the races of Aegis. My research on the Undead always comes up with one very distinct finding with every experiment. The undead have an extremely degraded and often nonexistent form (or lack of) Empathy. The brains of the Undead corpses I experiment on almost always have a somewhat decomposing brain. But only in the same areas that emotions and some forms of logic are located in. I have therefore concluded that, theoretically, an exremely powerful and precise form of healing magic may be able to reverse the affects of the Undead brain degredation. This is purely speculation however, and has not been tested at all. Although if this theory turned out to be correct it would open up a broad horizon of philosophical questions aimed at whether the Undead can potentially be cured. Which also opens up questions as to if such magic can even exist. But I digress, in the plainest words possible, the existence of "Evil" is purely up to how an individual views it. Whether as a constant tangible force, or an temporary intangible perspective. Unlike cruelty, which is entirely separate but related concept that is very real and understood. The Undead may not be "Evil" Per se but they are most certaintly Cruel, and a very real threat to Aegis. In conclusion I hope the reader now understands the Undead, "Evil", and Cruelty much better than before and promotes your own research and action against them. By Delaselva of Kramoroe.