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Lesson on Balance; Ogland
Relinquo_Angelus
Ahad, 15th of Suns Smile, 1340 ::*:: "Can anyone tell me what the main thing the Guild wishes to uphold is?", asks Archmage Ogland ::*:: Apprentice Jon responds: "Balance?" The other apprentice Elindor speaks an Elvish term: "Meracahe". "It's an Elven word for balance of all things, both light and dark, this world and beyond", Elindor proceeds to explain. ::**:: Ogland speaks again: "Balance, more tricky than it seems." He then asks the student by my side - Algrim - to tell him anything he may of the balance. Algrim re collection fails him, and Ogland answers: "Now then, the balance is upholding in yourself, not choosing sides is a good example". "Although it is not the only thing, but the easiest to explain. I have seen it many times in the Guild" he adds shortly after. ::*:: "Does anyone here know of Cataris?", Ogland poses to the class. Everyone ventures what they have heard, or know of. Soon it is learnt that Cataris was the Guildmaster for the Human branch of the Mages, before making the mistake of leading a frontal assault against the Undead. ::*:: As a result the Undead retaliated by damaging the Mages' Tower and was the cause of the death of one Archmage Bell. The effects deeds have on the future is briefly discussed, and the term 'ripple effect' is used to summarise. ::*:: Elindor proceeds to tell the class a story, after being granted permission from Ogland: of his encounter with an Undead by the name of Vardak, whom Elindor prevented from dueling one called Safen. Vardak nonchalantly left the scene, having told Elindor he would fight those who confronted him. Intervening before the fight could take place prevented the fight from occuring altogether. ::*:: The moral was that if the Undead were not directly challenged, so too would their offensive be lessended. ::*:: A debate ensues over the Undeads role in keeping balance, and whether their existance permits balance to exist. ::*:: Points such as the threat of the Undead have united Aegis are made, and counter-arguments using the pain, suffering, and fear the Undead cause as leverage. ::*:: After the class is dismissed the discussion continues among the apprentices. It seems to be ag reed that the Undead are too close to realising their goal. ::*::*:: Scribe: Dio Astore