Atlantic:Denouncement in Moonglow

Denouncement in Moonglow

A hush came over the small crowd gathered at the Church of MoonGlow. Cerdic the High Priest of MoonGlow looked to the crowd and smiled. He began to speak.

I welcome you friends of Virtue. Today’s sermon is one that shall not run along the same course as the others. For today I am here to speak to you of a new evil. An evil masked as the greatestleader and philosopher of this era. I speak of Lord British.

We as a people toil the land every day in an attempt to change it. Make it better...Make it more livable. Some forces out there try and stop us. Try and make the world a challenge. These forces are ones of great evil. The worst of them is the one I stated earlier. Our lord British. He has taken from us our honor and our land. Felucia lies in ruin... we are a race of men and women on the run. Because HE could not hold his ground and HE lost all that we loved. The new land is... different. It is free of the vices of murderers and brigands. But what or our Honor? We sacrificed that the second Nystul opened the gate here. Nystul... another evil of this land. He has caused more damage then Minax herself! We have proof of things that he has done.. his mistakes. Lives were lost and so was our land.

Stepping back to British. British has arrested members of many orders and held them in his prisons. Why might you ask? Because like us they were rising against him. For them using their free minds they now rot away inside the dungeons of Yew. But now we stand here today. We the men and women of Moonglow. We stand here with one clear voice that says “we shall not be dishonored. We shall not wasted our lives. For we are united!” But... We are only one group... one small tree in the forest of life. But we know what we are. We know where we are going. We will no longer be subjugated. For we are free.

This reminds me of a story I once heard. A ship lost at sea for many weeks finally sees another vessel. The captain of the lost ship calls to the other one. Water we need water! The other captain responded “drop your bucket into the water and pull it up.” The lost ship captain stunned by this repeated the plea and was given the same answer. He tried several more times until he finally dropped his bucket into the water. When he pulled it up it was the freshest water he had ever seen. Then he looked to the east and saw a stunning river that he had neglected to see. Friends I ask you to cast your bucket. To those of my group who depend on the bettering of their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the power of within that creates the strength we need I would say “Cast down your bucket where you are” Cast it down in making yourself stronger mentally and physically. Cast it down in farming, building, commerce, and domestic services.

Though it may seem like we are acting in complete and utter treason. We are taking back what was taken. Our Virtues... our way of life. He has shown us that though he may have created this way of life he cannot stay the course. By defying British we are not going against the Virtues. The Virtues were created by British but he does not own them. They are not his to have. The Virtues are for the people. No matter what walk of life brigand or merchant. They are for the people, we as people say British has strayed from his path. The time of change is apon us children of the Virtues.

Before a reaction could be given by the crowd GreyPawn stood and began to speak of the coming evils of the realm. He spoke of nightmares that plagued mages across the land. Then he returned to his seat. As he sat some members of those that watched clapped while others cried treason. GreyPawn and Cerdic nodded for their point was put across.

-Scribe of MoonGlow