The Shining One observes The Crusade from the Heavens. Seeing the Cleansing of the World, He becomes Proud of His Luminite Warriors, but knows that there will be more Battles to come, and seeing The Luminite's Depleted Forces, knows that The Crusade has a long way to go before it reigns Victorious.
Zelthen Speaks, His Voice echos across the World, and only those Pure in their Souls can hear it. This is what He says to The Luminite Crusaders.
To The Luminite Crusaders on The Torton Front:
"My Children, You have Fought Valiantly, and for that, I am Proud. You have furthered The Crusade on this Day, and All Impure Peoples shudder at the News of Your Victory. Larix, Holy Priest, I see Your Efforts, and I Bless them. Larix, Take The Fifteen most Keen-Eyed Luminites in Your Host, and Teach them to discover the Orange Slime Burrows as You have. Ask The Tortons If any among them will Forsake Om and Join The Crusade, Learn The Arts Of Metalworking from them, and Train The Faithful Tortons to do Battle. If any Tortons among them Refuse to Forsake Om and Join The Crusade, Slay Them as quickly and painlessly as possible, then Burn the Corpses in a Vast Bonfire Blessed by The Priests among You, so that Their Bodily Impurities might be Cleansed and that Their Souls might be Guided to The Light. Then, Fortify The Torton Camp with the Knowledge that I have given You, and Train to Bring The Light to all Others. As For Veri The Torton, He is Honorable and Fought You, so that Their Young Ones and Families Might Escape, Ask Him to Join The Crusade, If He Refuses, Slay Him as quickly and painlessly as possible and add His Corpse to the Bonfire, after It is Blessed by the Most Faithful Priest among You, for He was Pure in His Soul. Do Your Best to Create New Luminite Brethren, For The Crusade is not Yet done. Do as I have Spoken, and You shall succeed."
To The Luminite Crusaders on The Anorath Front:
"Many Anorath were Slain Here. By Resisting Their Demonic Overlords, In Death They have Become Pure. Their Bodies must be Burned in a Vast Bonfire that is Blessed by The Luminite Priests, so that They may be Guided to The Light and Cleansed of all Demonic Taint. If any Anorath still Live, ask them if they will Join The Crusade, If Not, they are to be Slayed as Quickly and Painlessly as Possible, and Their Bodies are to be Burned in a Bonfire that is Blessed by The Priests. The Ravens have committed unspeakable Deeds here today, and They Must Be Cleansed. After One Day Of Prayer, March Upon the Raven Keep and Slay All Ravens, for they are Impure in the Depths of their Being, and by Slaying them, they might be Freed from Their own Demonic Nature. Slay All Anorath who support The Ravens in Battle, for they have Forsaken themselves. Ask All Anorath Prisoners if They will Revoke Pherse and The Ravens, and Join The Crusade to Slay All Creatures of Darkness. If they accept and Join The Crusade, they are to be Trained and Taught to Bring The Light to All Others. Go Forth and Do as I have said, and You shall be Blessed."
To The Luminite Crusaders on The Deep Front:
"My Blessed Children, You have Fought Bravely and Your Slain Brethren are now at One with The Holy Light. The Ickyanthy and The Grots who have Joined them have Slain You Through Demonic Sorcery, and You are few in Number. You cannot Yet Bring The Light to either Them or The Dremonians, for They are Many, and You are Few. Instead, Retreat to The Furthest and most Isolated Depths of the Caverns and make a Camp There, Fortify It with the Knowledge I have given You. Soon, The Children of The Darkness shall come against You, stand firm, and Purge as many of them as You can, and know that Once You have been Slain, You shall be at One with The Holy Light. If The Children of The Darkness do not come against You, do all that You can to Create New Brethren, and Bolster the Encampments Defenses. I name this Encampment, Nobilon, For You are Noble to Uphold The Crusade though all Hope has Been lost. Go Forth and Do as I have said, For The Light waits to Embrace You."
To The Luminite Crusaders in The North:
"Sancturn has been Destroyed through Weak and Cowardly Means, and All Hope may seem to be Gone. But know this, Your Brethren have Cleansed The Torton Encampment, Go South, and Join Them in their Efforts. One Day, Sancturn shall be Avenged, Until that Day, You must Uphold The Crusade. Go Forth and Do as I have said, and know that I am watching You."
To All Luminite Crusaders:
"GO FORTH, MY CHILDREN, EXALT PURITY AND REIGN VICTORIUS! FOR THE LIGHT ALWAYS DRIVES BACK THE DARKNESS! FOR THE CRUSADE!!!"
Upon seeing The Luminites attempt to Further The Crusade, Zelthen, knows that they are too few in Number to Defeat their Foes. He Reaches out and Speaks to the Inax, as He Speaks they are shown Images of Glorious Combat, and an Infinite, Righteous, and Blissful Light.
"MIGHTY INAX, HEAR ME WHEN I SPEAK. I AM THE SHINING ONE, GOD OF ORDER, LIGHT, AND PURITY. IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS ONLY DARKNESS, HATEFUL AND TWISTED, IT'S DENIZENS WERE LIKE IT IN EVERY ASPECT. THEN CAME THE FIRST DIVINES AND THROUGH THEIR POWER THE DARKNESS WAS DRIVEN AWAY, AND REALITY WAS FORGED. FROM IT, CAME THE LIGHT, WHICH ETERNALLY DRIVES THE DARKNESS AWAY IN FEAR. THE UNIVERSE BEFORE THE LIGHT WAS CHAOTIC, FORMLESS, AND ETERNALLY DRIVEN APART BY ITSELF, BUT ORDER, FORGED BY THE DIVINES, BINDS THE UNIVERSE TOGETHER. WHEN DARKNESS RULED, THE UNIVERSE WAS CORRUPTED, VILE, AND HATEFUL OF ALL THINGS BUT ITSELF, WHEN REALITY WAS FORGED, THAT WHICH WAS GOOD PROSPERED, AND IN IT'S RIGHTEOUS INNOCENCE, CAME PURITY. PURITY IS THAT WHICH ALL THINGS STRIVE FOR, THOUGH THEY MAY NOT KNOW IT, PURITY IS THE TOTAL ABSENCE OF ALL DARKNESS, HATRED, AND TEMPTATION TO DO THAT WHICH IS WRONG. HOWEVER, PURITY IS NOT UNBREAKABLE, SOME TAINT OF THE DARKNESS REMAINS IN ALL THINGS, AND IF THAT TAINT IS NOT DESTROYED, IT WILL SPREAD AND SHATTER ALL PURITY. THE FIRST DIVINES SOON BEGAN TO DISAGREE AND THEY SEPARATED, BECOMING TITANS, GODS, AND DEMONS. TITANS DO NOT KNOW OF ORDER AND PURITY, TO THEM, THE LIGHT IS REPUGNANT. DEMONS SEEK TO SPREAD THE DARKNESS AND CORRUPTION, FOR SUCH IS ALL THEY KNOW. GODS ARE MANY AND DIVERSE, MANY AMONG THEM SEEK TO EMBRACE THE DARKNESS, OTHERS DO NOT KNOW OR DO NOT CARE, BUT A SELECT HANDFUL, SEEK TO EMBRACE THE LIGHT AND SPREAD IT'S BEAUTY TO ALL THINGS. I, THE SHINING ONE, SEEK TO DESTROY ALL TAINT OF THE DARKNESS THROUGH THE HOLY LIGHT, THEN, I WISH TO FORTIFY ALL PURITY WITH ORDER, FOR IN ORDER, ALL THINGS ARE UNCHANGING, AND AS PURITY IS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE FORM OF EXISTENCE, ANY CHANGE FROM PURITY EMBRACES THE DARKNESS AND THAT WHICH IS WRONG. MANY SEEK TO DESTROY ME, AND ALL WHO EMBRACE THE WAY OF THE LIGHT, THEY HAVE EMBRACED THE TAINT OF THE DARKNESS AND MUST BE CLEANSED OF THE TAINT OF CORRUPTION THAT THEY HOLD DEAR, FOR ONLY THEN, MAY THEY BECOME PURE. MY PEOPLE ARE AN ARMY, SEEKING TO PURIFY ALL DARKNESS THROUGH THE FIRES OF WAR, IN A HOLY, ETERNAL, CRUSADE. YOU, THE INAX, ARE STRONG, CAPABLE, WARRIORS. YOU SEEK TO EXIST, SO THAT YOU MIGHT WAGE WAR, BUT FOR WHAT PURPOSE I ASK YOU? WHY DO YOU WISH TO FIGHT? TO FIGHT APART FROM THE CRUSADE IS MEANINGLESS, FOR IN BATTLE, HATRED PROSPERS, AND WITH IT, COMES THE DARKNESS. I ASK YOU, TO TAKE UP THE MANTLE OF PURITY, AND JOIN THE CRUSADE. THROUGH SANCTIFIED BATTLE, YOUR IMPURITIES SHALL BE WASHED AWAY, AND YOUR FIGHTING SHALL HAVE PURPOSE. THE DARKNESS SHALL FEAR YOUR NAME, AND YOU SHALL BECOME WARRIORS OF THE LIGHT. DO YOU ACCEPT MY OFFER? OR DO YOU WISH TO JOIN THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW THE TRUE WAY? GARIX, YOUR CREATOR, HAS ABANDONED YOU, I SHALL NEVER FORSAKE YOU, SO LONG AS YOU UPHOLD THE TRUE PATH OF THE CRUSADE."
The Shining One offers to Transpose The Inax into the World to Fight The Crusade with 4 Influnce Points. If the Inax accept, Zelthen Transposes them into The Torton Camp, to Train under Larix and the other Luminites.
((OOC: Mebbe this'll work...))
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