Post:A Note - 06/02/2012 - 13:33

A Note · on 06/02/2012 01:33 PM CDT	107
My children, It has come to my attention that some of you have learned how to construct and release -- but not control -- glass constructs. I am not happy with this development, but it is within the character of the community we are trying to build that you deserve to know why, rather than receive some distant ban from afar. Let me dwell for a moment on the issue of Perverse necromancies. Let us not kid ourselves: Necromancy is not a misunderstood art. What we do is antinomian, quite easily understood to be "evil." There is no distinction between the Necromancy that is evil and the Necromancy which is not. However, the masses' evil is not the point. What noble purpose have you willingly defiled yourself to accomplish? What end justifies this means? There is one, simple answer: the Great Work. We do evil on this side of our lives so that we may be free to do good, true good unfettered and unblemished by the mores of the gods, on the other. What better good can there be than to free man and to grant him life eternal? We posit that the sacrifices that must be made are tiny compared to the glory that awaits. But this is not the same thing as saying all is permissible and all will be forgiven. Evil is permissible in service to the good which it will create. We can now divorce ourselves from talking of good and evil and get to the heart of the matter: a necromancy is helpful when it serves the Great Work. Necromancies which do not (such as the hedonism of the Bone Elves) or cannot (such as the spirit-warping of the demon worshipers) should be avoided, for they threaten our purpose. As our purpose is the glorification of mankind, they in turn threaten our selfhood. What good is power in the service of a demon? If that is what you are after, you might as well have been a priest. With this in mind you should understand why these glass constructs are dangerous. What knowledge do you gain by animating glass? What does a loud, obvious, and most importantly uncontrolled creation do that lends itself to our noble purpose? Before you bombard me with hypotheticals, remember that this is not a game we play: your actions are judged, not by me, but by the indignant mobs you rile up when our science is put on crude display. For all of that, as the glass constructs are not spiritual necromancy they are not forbidden and you will not be punished for its use. However, I hold you to the same standards of temperance and wisdom as before, whether you wield a scalpel or a maul. My children, reflect on what I have said and then do what you must to forward the Great Work. Z.B.
This message was originally posted in The Necromancers \ In-Character Necromancer Discussions, by DR-ARMIFER on the play.net forums.