I"m hearing lots of emotional pleas and excuses flung back and forth, but nothing in the way of logic, reason, and facts. So let's take that all aside and look at what actually happened.

A bell was left out in a supposed strategic move to be used against the shadow mother at a later date. This bell has ties to Dejaani and her powers. Dejaani is an Albedi god none of us have ever witnessed, but their religious teachings state she is on the same level as the Shadow Mother but governs spirit. We have also learned that pure, uncontained, elemental spirit is every bit as unbalancing as shadow, and just as deadly and ultimately destructive to our lives and world.

Regardless of whether Dejaani would be good for us or not, as it's all speculation either way till she is met and we all have our own opinions, the bells do seem effective against shadow. Bloodloch decided to take one of the bells for their own use in the war, and to research it's powers. Some may suspect they are taken over by shadow and were doing it for the shadow mother, but just as with Dejaani, it's mere speculation without any facts.

So a decision was made, based what from an outside opinion can only be seen as based on fear and malice, that anything would be better than Bloodloch having the bell by Enorian, and the rest of the shadow guard followed suit.

The decision was made to instead of letting Bloodloch have it, cause it may aide shadow, to instead give the bell to the Shadowmother directly and with certainty. This is a fact, as the rot doesn't destroy things. It's not a mindless force of destruction, it is sentient. It takes what is fed to it, deconstructs it, studies it, and repurposes it for shadow's benefit. This has been shown time and time again. With the minitours, with their own slaughtered shadow beings, with our troops, with our own bodies as we fell in the shadow fighting it. And now they have the bell, one of the most effective weapons, to fully understand, make measures against, and use back against us. Somehow that made a better logistical statement to everyone in the shadowguard then letting Bloodloch have it cause it might be used against us, so let's give it to someone we know will. Fear and malice of Bloodloch a driving force. Let's not even get into actually looking at other acts, they fall the same way.

Bloodloch acts alone not out of pride, not out of being forced to by others, but out of might and honesty. We can do what we say, and with our full force, and honestly, because we do not have to bend over to please everyone. Because we don't have to twist our beliefs, or give up on them. Because alone is the only way it can succeed. Any universal joint effort is doomed to fail, we are too different. The Grey Accords, the Shadowguard, whatever you want to call it, they are all fool's dreams that will fail.

Here ends the logics and facts, and here starts what I know to be true. All joint operations will be led by fear, and malice, and avarice. The weak bending to the wishes of the strong, doing things not to honor the ideals stated of the group, but to relief fears, sooth malice and bend to the desires of the strong. That's because any such conglomerate of people will by it's very nature, and the nature of mortals, be corrupt, and only manageable by the gifts of corruption. As you fight against the simple truths, you will fail to properly use the group, you fight against yourself, the group, the enemy, the world, while lying to yourself and saying it's for the greater good. You can't put forth your strongest focus or might, you are too busy spending your energy denying the reality before you.

Know that should reality fall in this, I will be laughing joyously as you all prove again once and for all that no force is stronger in this world than corruption. It is the start, middle, and end of all things. I'll see you all as you descend the spiral. For those who actually would like to survive, I encourage you to embrace the gifts of corruption. Through them you can gain mastery of this pitiful world, and stand up. Stand on your own, for your own beliefs, your own desires, and put forth all your might with those who are doing the same. Salvation is only found through Corruption.

Ever Downwards.

Penned by my hand on Falsday, the 2nd of Severin, in the year 504 MA.