Pantheon 1.0 - GAME OVER

[I'm Murrin]

Thank you. Two places I read mention of effects of 'the earthquake' in passing, but nowhere had you actually told us an earthquake had occured.

Toringian! Wish you aid against the newest demon threat? A shame to delay action against Morgath, but this is a more pressing matter, yes? My force could reach your lands shortly by sea.

[Amplarx]

I offer my aid also. These demons are savage, barbaric creatures, and the world must be protected from them.

[Movahl]

I will be putting forth my power to mend this new rift - the sooner it is closed the fewer demons we have to deal with.

[Queeaqueg]

I think we should look at what the Demons might do. Their likely move is to attack the God of War's cities and then they would travel north. We can't close a rift while the demons are around it. Lead them away, the God of War should be able to handle them but I will send Drakes for support with a few troops for back up.

[Movahl]

We can't close a rift while the demons are around it.

The Alien Rift was closed from afar whilst surrounded by the very creatures that created it - I see no reason why this new rift should be any different.

However, if my aid is not needed then there are other matters that require my attention.

[Loredoctor]

Thyddian: I am calling my army back to the city from its field training exercises - they should return in a day or two - but will use them to defend my city. My army is not great enough to risk sending troops north to the rift or to assist in defending cities.

However, my agents are leaving and travelling across the land - there is something I need to resolve.

[Toringian, God of War]

All aid will be welcome.

[Loredoctor]

Thyddian: My actions are secret this turn (as per my pm, Xar).

[Argothoth]

I will spend a divinity point to close the daemon rift.

[Amplarx]

Maeror and I are sending forces to destroy the demon hordes spewing forth from the rift.

[Loredoctor]

Thyddian: My army is back at my city. It will remain there.

[Avatar]

My bretheren, I implore you once more to join Maeror, Argothoth and myself, and spend some power to seal the rift.

Those who cannot or will not, it seems that the fabric of reality is strained indeed. We must repair it or face grave consequences I fear.

Put aside petty ambition. To have a world to fight over, we must first ensure its survival.

--Avatar

[Loredoctor]

Those who cannot or will not, it seems that the fabric of reality is strained indeed. We must repair it or face grave consequences I fear.

Thyddian: A king was walking through the halls looking for the royal artist; he was hoping for the artist to show him to the commissioned artwork. Frustrated after spending several hours searching for him, the king stopped where he was and decided to turn and head off to the throne and dwell on his problems. He left the corridor he was in and headed off down another corridor that would probably lead him to the main hall. At once, he hit his head against soft cloth hanging before a wall. It was the artwork of the royal artist - a clever life-like picture of the corridor leading away. The king, in anger for being made to look like a fool, tore it down and stormed off.

Later that day he jumped from his throne and gave the artist his crown. The artist had proven that he was wiser and the king was no longer fit to rule.

The parable has shown the wisdom of Thyddian. My army remains in the city and I extend my power across the continent following a more important endeavour.

[Queeaqueg]

I have had a change of heart. I will not involve myself in fighting demons. I think protecting my homeland will do. I feel there are bigger threats then demons lucking in this world.

[Amplarx]

It seems to me that the man possesses artistic talent, not wisdom. The only thing he proved was his ability to paint a deceptive picture.

And the king? Walking into a lifelike picture of a corridor whilst preoccupied with something else? Clumsy perhaps, but not unwise.

The artist would be better off doing more commissions and making a fortune using his unprecedented skills then taking a place on the throne, and the only foolish thing the king did was to hand over his rule.

What's the point of the story? How does the parable relate to the situation in the world?

It appears as if you're just spouting drivel, Thyddian, in an attempt to divert attention from your selfish endeavours.

[Loredoctor]

It appears as if you're just spouting drivel, Thyddian, in an attempt to divert attention from your selfish endeavours.

Thyddian: I'm trying to save my powers.

If you fail to understand my parable, then that is not my fault.

[Movahl]

It seems to me that the man possesses artistic talent, not wisdom. The only thing he proved was his ability to paint a deceptive picture.

And the king? Walking into a lifelike picture of a corridor whilst preoccupied with something else? Clumsy perhaps, but not unwise.

The artist would be better off doing more commissions and making a fortune using his unprecedented skills then taking a place on the throne, and the only foolish thing the king did was to hand over his rule.

What's the point of the story? How does the parable relate to the situation in the world?

It appears as if you're just spouting drivel, Thyddian, in an attempt to divert attention from your selfish endeavours.

Peace brother Amplarx - Thyddian is but young in his godhood.

I'm sure you remember the days when we had but newly ascended to divinty. In those times when we had little power, when faced with a choice as to where to make use of it, internal matters always took precedence.

It is true that Thyddian could have spoken more clearly so as to be better understood, but we all have our own ways, and this I believe is his.

I am sure that between yourself, Argothoth, Avatar, Maeror, Toringian and I that we will be more than able to defeat the demons and close the rift.

I'm trying to save my powers.

If you fail to understand my parable, then that is not my fault.

I must however confess Thyddian that I too failed to fully understand your parable, though I do not doubt that its meaning would be perfectly clear to one of your followers. Perhaps it would be wise to speak more plainly with those of us who look with eyes other than your own so as to avoid similar misunderstandings in the future.

Your brother
Movahl

[I'm Murrin]

Thyddian, do you accuse us of not looking beyond the immediate, of not trying to see the bigger picture? You think then, I presume, that there is another way in which we should act toward what threatens us - or what lies behind it. What harm to share your concern? I ask you, Thyddian - what do you believe you see that we do not?

[Loredoctor]

I must however confess Thyddian that I too failed to fully understand your parable, though I do not doubt that its meaning would be perfectly clear to one of your followers. Perhaps it would be wise to speak more plainly with those of us who look with eyes other than your own so as to avoid similar misunderstandings in the future.

What's the point of the story? How does the parable relate to the situation in the world?

You think then, I presume, that there is another way in which we should act toward what threatens us - or what lies behind it.

Thyddian: My story merely illustrates that reality is illusion - that we take for granted is often just an illusion over something more real. Or perhaps other layers of illusion? The artist was wiser than the king for he showed this - that reality is like a painting that fools us - and when the king realised that he banged his head against the stone beneath he knew that his throne was merely a layer over which greater truth exists. What use a throne then if it is illusion? Where does his power lie? Not in the throne, nor his crown. These things are ephemera.

You worry over the fabric of reality. Very well, all is well. This demon attack merely illustrates that reality is tenous and indeed illusory.

[Movahl]

You worry over the fabric of reality. Very well, all is well. This demon attack merely illustrates that reality is tenous and indeed illusory.

I worry less for the fabric of reality itself and more for my worshippers who have to live in that reality.

Reality may be tenuous and illusory, but it is the only reality that my followers have in which to live the life they have been given. The demons - creatures of evil that revel in death and destruction - that pour through the rift threaten them and so I act in their best interests.

Furtheremore, just because our reality may be an illusion does not mean it lacks worth. It is a place as fit as any other to live and to die - to raise a family or win renown - to follow whatever path you see fit. Therefore I would defend it.

While I applaud your desire to see the truth behind the facade, my responsibilty to my children demands I take account of the unreal as well as the real.