Greetings.
I speak to you now, not as the Commander of the Armies of our Lord God,
but as a humble Malakite who can no longer stand the idea of slander
being made upon the memory of his Lord Uriel, nor on the Purity
Crusade. I have heard many a people condemn the Crusade as an act of
insane cruelty to the Ethereals, and as a deed which damaged the human
cultural consciousness, traumatizing many... The record must now be
made straight and clear concerning this matter.
The Purity Crusade was a just and rightous act, inspired upon my Lord
Uriel by God Himself. Many of you don't remember how the Ethereals
used to act when on the Corporeal Realms, while others simply ignore
that the humans used to fear the creations of their own dreams just
as, if not more often, they worshipped them.
Of the Ethereals predating the Crusade, the Pantheons were perhaps the
worst. They were Parasites feeding on human dreams at best, and
monsters who tortured Humans and extorted Essence out of them at Worst.
Look upon the stories of Greek Myth; of Athena, in a Jealous fit,
turning a girl into a spider, of Zeus using trickery to sleep with
mortal women and neglecting his wife, and of Herakles killing his own
family when drunk. Read those tales, and then look me in the eyes and
tell me we were wrong to seek to slay these monsters. Was not one of
the Greek Gods Pan, lord of the unreasonning fear called "Panic"?
Or perhaps you'll speak to me of the Asgardians, and claim that Odin
and his Aesir Warriors would've made fine aids come Armageddon. I
hope you'll forgive me if I scoff once I hear your words, though.
Odin was a god of Chaos and Unreason, one who schemed endlessly to try
and get an advantage at Ragnarock, in an attempt to avoid his Fate.
He would've sold Heaven out for a slim chance at Surviving Armageddon,
I assure you. His son Thor, though probably the most Honorable warrior
in all of Asgard, was too devoted to serving his insane father to
agree to obey Heaven's laws. Thus we had to Purify Asgard as well,
lest they interfere with Heaven's works come Armageddon.
Maybe you'll speak to me of the Faeries, and of how the Seelie court
may be our allies against Hell and their own Unseelie cousins. How
thick is the line that seperates Seelie from Unseelie, I ask? There
is a reason why the Humans spoke of Faeries as "The Good Folks", "The
Little People" and "The Gentry". They sought to appease them, by not
attracting their attention. This smacks to me of Nightmares, not
Dreams. The Faeries kidnapped humans, dragging them into their realms
in the Marches, and having their way with them. They took pleasure in
acting as self-proclaimed judges of Right and Wrong, thinking
themselves above Our Lord God's laws. Between the works of Disney
and Tolkien, too many people nowadays forget that their ancestors
feared the Faeries of Old.
The Mythological Beasts of Old weren't much better, as I recall. Most
of them made themselves plagues upon Humanity, preying on innocent
people rather then natural animals. The Manticores stalked humans
and ate them whole, clothes and all. Griffons played both sides of
the Celestial War, seeking to serve Heaven AND Hell, but without
commiting to either side. And the Sphinxes... I assume many of you
are familiar with the twisted Ethereals created by the works of the
late HP Lovecraft? Allow me to inform you that the Sphinxes would've
made fine additions to his Mythos. That is all I will say upon this.
And then there be the Dragons. That anyone would seek to resurrect
these foul beasts makes me believe that al of the Host has gone
insane! Have you forgotten what kind of monsters those Dragons where?
I have not. They were foul Fire-Breathing beasts who hoarded treasures
stolen from men, and who attacked villages to steal cattle to eat...
with sometimes an innocent maiden or two to add variety to their meals.
Many of my compatriotes died during the battles against the Dragons.
And now you speak of bringing back those horrid beasts? May God
forgive you for insulting the memory of my souldead friends... For I
cannot.
Some of my fellow ethereals criticize my views, and hope to recruit
the Ethereals to Heaven's side, proclaiming that anything made from
human imagination cannot be wholly evil. I would remind them that
when the Purity Crusade came, the Ethereals did not run to Blandine's
tower to seek redemption. They ran straight to Beleth's tower to make
a deal. There is a reason people speak of Faeries paying a Teind to
Hell.
We would do well to focus our attentions upon God's true Children, the
Humans. For not only are Hell's prey, but they are the prey of their
own dreams gone wild.
May God be with you.
Laurence
Archangel of The Sword
Commander of Heaven's Armies.
Servant of God.
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