And so the peace talks begin. The first order of business is to exchange missionaries, and this goes over fairly well and quickly. The Annelid prophet demands to send missionaries and is countered by the Sciro Gemini prophet. Who requires an exchange of missionaries. In the end, Tuaron's prophet gave them a warning of the dangers of the planet, but did not seem to object directly to the exchange. Later Duros started arriving at the peace summit. A few dozen of them. Skittering black shapes could be seen withdrawing across the horizon, their shifting spider golem forms drifting in and out of sight as they moved through patches of tall grass which had begun to retake the Deadlands. It seems they had upheld their end and brought the Duros refugees as far as they would. More than twice the number of Duros requested had come. It seems this was all that remained of a once large border village. They brought with them a shattered sword wrapped in a slightly damp cloth, a small amulet tying it together.
The duros walked alone, tired and downtrodden, across the deadland. They were greeted by the strange worm-ape people, who lead them deep into the earth. Upon entering the moderate cavern that held the summit, they immediately let out cries of rage and terror, for the Ishagi were here too! After much consoling and a lot of Annelid guards standing between the two groups, the duros/ishagi conflict was put on hold.
The peace talk moves on and a speech is given by the Visage of Aedanusuirillystiphosidarap.
we are aedanusuirillystiphosidarap the bright who have spoken to both of your peoples as you may recall previously
on behalf of the great gods of the moon of typheus father of monsters and most of all on behalf of ourselves we welcome you
we who rule over the earth have long gazed upon you and we have sought to bring you up from servitude
you will be invited to enter this door join the races of the moon and live in peace and plenty there
any who do not accept this offer we will still watch over you our hands stretch far indeed and even here under the earth our power is strong
our people whom many call aedans will join you as friends and guides to this end they will always help you
however we are aware that you still make war against others upon the surface you will immediately cease
you may defend yourselves as necessary but aggression only wastes resources
remember you have freedom your minds are yours at all costs we will protect this
do not forget our names we shall not forget yours
It is a fine speech, one that is immediately followed by a response by one of Tauron's prophets, Igashi. "My fellow mortals who were created with the divine spark, I as the Caretaker am displeased with the intentions of this Aedan-Thing and him talking about freedom and claiming that Tauron "enslaves" people. I want you other prophets and mortals to know that this is in no way true and what this monster from another universe is spouting is lies and untruths! These eldritch giants think they encourage "freedom" and think they are "omniscient", by stating that, they are pretentious snobs. Liars who have been discreet about their true intentions. This means that you should be worried and cynical about how they communicate and discuss their "beliefs". They communicate about freedom, but their race is a bunch of religious devotees, is that freedom? They are pretentious, for they state they actually care about you, but how would a bunch of eldritch giants who are secretive actually care for you? There are only two cases which explain this;
The first case, is that the Aedans are a bunch of tricksters who trick you into alluding to their omniscience, but is actually false and performing some form of comedic relief. If so, it's not funny.
The second case, is that the Aedans are secretive, this is well known across the lands, and that they want you to be their friends not for the sake of freindship but for their secretive and have sinister intentions! Slavery, mind-control, blood-orgy rituals, you name it. Whatever the Aedans have in mind, the Aedans have a sinister plan and are not expressing it. Instead they are being friendly to try to convince you that they care about you and hide their goals, but know they have evil intentions, something not morally-right. This must be spread to all your respective races and the other troon races, the other races must be wary of what the Aedans truly are. Make no mistake Aedanuwhatteveritscalled is not a god. It is a corrupter, a creature from beyond the holy power of divines, far in the twisted darkness. It is not here to make friends, it was never here to make friends, and its attitude and secrecy is proof of its sly and untrustworthy ways. "
The Duros, Ishagi, Sciro, Incilantro, Annelids, a few rather shocked and angry looking Aedans, and all other observers listened and watched this speech. A lone grung collected samples of cave flaura and hummed quietly to herself.
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