The Infinite Crucible
22-09-2006, 02:51
Supreme Regelarc Nicodemus Christos stared into the camera, his eyes black pits of obsidian that seemed to consume the light with ever growing lust with each passing second. His many wrinkles and scars drew a map of carnage and bloodshed across his aging face, each crease a million lives lost before him. Slowly he began to speak:
“Your time of judgment has come, the very fabric of your society and essence of your existence stands on the brink of oblivion. Will you have the wisdom and courage to pull back from the edge, and save a million lives, or shall you stand as fools often do and fall into the endless seas of brimstone?
You have committed your people to a sinful circle, bowing your heads, your very dignity to the Griffincrest Corporation. To lie with sinners is to be a sinner, and the boundless wrath of the Almighty knows no mercy to sinners and their sympathizers. Your association, which you hoped to be your saving grace is now your undoing. The Griffincrest Corporation is on the edge of collapse and you are posed to fall into memory along with it.
If you should forsake all manner of sanity and love for your country men and choose to remain within the corporation, our armies will march on your lands. We shall slaughter your armies, enslave your populous, and poison your lands to such an extent that no green life shall ever grow from the soil again. There will be no return from this war for your culture, no salvation for your people. For all eternity you will be condemned to a footnote in history.
However, there is another possibility. Free yourself from the chains of oppression, break from The Griffincrest Corporation and seek a new and brighter future. You will be released from all bonds, and no new restrictions shall be placed upon you. We will allow you to continue in peace, no hint of war to detract.
You need not fear your former task master, he is and will be too embroiled in war and conflict to seek your grace. Should even the most minute army, however, be dispatched to bend your will to his, we will offer defense against it.
I urge you to think this decision over carefully, it will determine your eternity.”
The camera’s turned off and the message was sent to all appropriate nations. Although he was a man of war, Christos prayed that they would see reason.
“Your time of judgment has come, the very fabric of your society and essence of your existence stands on the brink of oblivion. Will you have the wisdom and courage to pull back from the edge, and save a million lives, or shall you stand as fools often do and fall into the endless seas of brimstone?
You have committed your people to a sinful circle, bowing your heads, your very dignity to the Griffincrest Corporation. To lie with sinners is to be a sinner, and the boundless wrath of the Almighty knows no mercy to sinners and their sympathizers. Your association, which you hoped to be your saving grace is now your undoing. The Griffincrest Corporation is on the edge of collapse and you are posed to fall into memory along with it.
If you should forsake all manner of sanity and love for your country men and choose to remain within the corporation, our armies will march on your lands. We shall slaughter your armies, enslave your populous, and poison your lands to such an extent that no green life shall ever grow from the soil again. There will be no return from this war for your culture, no salvation for your people. For all eternity you will be condemned to a footnote in history.
However, there is another possibility. Free yourself from the chains of oppression, break from The Griffincrest Corporation and seek a new and brighter future. You will be released from all bonds, and no new restrictions shall be placed upon you. We will allow you to continue in peace, no hint of war to detract.
You need not fear your former task master, he is and will be too embroiled in war and conflict to seek your grace. Should even the most minute army, however, be dispatched to bend your will to his, we will offer defense against it.
I urge you to think this decision over carefully, it will determine your eternity.”
The camera’s turned off and the message was sent to all appropriate nations. Although he was a man of war, Christos prayed that they would see reason.