Intergalactic Summit

It is a common conceit among the more liberal and transhumanist elements of our cluster to think of time as something linear or something progressive. We are always advancing, they say, on an arc of history toward more social justice or toward a technological singularity. In this there is an inevitable tendency to atheism; after all, may we not with ever more “respect” for human rights create a Paradise not in some distant metaphysical plane, but right here in this cluster? May we not, by ever more manipulating our genes and jamming ever more implants into our heads become gods ourselves?

We Chosen know better. For we know time is not linear or progressive but cyclical. Civilizations come and civilizations go; those like the Jove who become so enamored of progress that they forget God receive a grave chastisement — like the Jove. I wrote before of the Blood Age, that glorious age past when the slaves humbly offered their labor to the Chosen and were sacrificed unceasingly upon the Altar of God, all without the slightest hint of rebellion on their part. But the Chosen became wayward and liberal and showed the slaves Pity, and God sundered the world; this began the Earth Age. Of this and the Dark Age that followed it, we know little.

We now live in the twilight of the Golden Age; the age of Amarr with its golden cities and golden fleets that Reclaimed so much of known space. God was glorified in this age. But now the Reclaiming has stopped; now we shall soon have our fourth Emperor in a decade and a half. Something is clearly wrong.

Yet the end of the Golden Age will not be the end of God being glorified, nor even the end of the Empire. The Cycle now wraps back around to a new Blood Age, and I am its harbinger. Consider — not since the last Blood Age has one been able to own so many slaves and offer them to God again and again and again in spectacular rites — all with impunity even from such as the Empire's Speakers. Truly, SCC Markets and absolutely secure hangers are a gift from God to his Chosen. As are Vitoc and TCMCs and the glaive collar and the electric lash; the tools with which I have made slaves more docile, more broken than in any time since the last Blood Age. And I use these all without Pity, as did the Chosen in the last Blood Age before they became wayward and liberal.

When that glorious day comes when is formed a Reunifed Amarr-Blood Raider Empire-Covenant, then all shall know this is a new Age; a Blood Age. Perhaps a Red Champion will help enthrone a Red Emperor and bring this to pass. If not now, soon. Rejoice, Chosen, in the new Blood Age. Amen. Amarr Victor.

Looks like we're rooting for the same person in the succession trials!! Congrats you share something in common with at least one Matari!

Do not look for a joined Empire of Blood. It will not happen.

Despite your origins, do not for a moment consider Khanid as ever being in-line with your heresy.

For as "liberal" as Khanid can be, on the subject of heresy and the Sani Sabik, we stand firm in God's wishes to see the lot of you burn.

Should God's Will be that our King be elevated to Emperor, there will be a new fire of justice that will reduce you and yours to ash.

From the Bleak Lands to Delve, from Cloud Ring to Querious, there will be no place where one such as you will be able to flee or escape the flames of an Imperial Khanid Amarr.

Khanid Victor!
Amarr Victor!

There is both a wisdom and a truth in the words of venerated Nauplius that all scribes and students of the faith must acknowledge even if begrudgingly.

Yes the Theology Council has declared this minor offshoot of the Amarr faith "heretic" and we must, all of us strive always to combat heresy.

To me, the legend and stories of the "Blood Raider" and this arch villain promoted by Amarr Certified News are interesting to observe. They are a sign of something deeper within the faithful, fearful of change, yet anticipating and wanting it.

Blood Raiders cannot of course be welcomed as equal into the Empire. At least not as they are seen now.

But we do have desperate need of men of faith, men who will pursue their faith no matter the cost. These kinds of men of faith definitely have a place in the future of Amarr, in fact they are its future if we are to have one.

For me, do I openly stand for this manufactured for mass media cult ? Of course not. I am a humble, simple man of faith. But I believe with open eyes, following all the scriptures. Not just the "safe" ones.

More will follow this way of belief. I pray we shall be granted an Emperor that restores Amarr to its full strength - and yes, by that very definition that means this Amarr to be is radically different to this weak feeble old empire that has hobbled itself. It is simple. The reincarnated ghosts of machine men are already here. The one weapon we have they do not in a vastly more advanced form is faith. It is the only hope of Amarr, the Empire, indeed all of New Eden.

Drink with me brothers and sisters. Save your souls. Save our World.

Yes... There is indeed a cyclical element that seems recurrent enough that it befalls on most civilizations... And yet, some have, for now, escaped it, it would seem (Sleepers being the main example).

While I hate to rain on your parade, there is plenty of such places - especially as far as regions such as Cloud Ring or Querious are concerned. Last time the Amarr, or for that matter any of the Big Four rolled up to those parts they got a bit of a black eye.

Whether the locals of those regions would accept Naupy is another question - I'm not sure if he could work out a deal even if his long-term existence depended on it.

There is no judgement for the chosen. We are as eternal as Red God. I'll pray for all of you. Especially for Nauplius, that he be forgiven of his sins and that he rises to become chosen. I'll pray for the fool, Edeity, that he is forgiven of his sins and that he rises to become chosen. And my poor poor friend, Samira, I pray everyday that you will be forgiven for your sins and that you may one day rise up and become chosen.

I had an impression that for a Blood Raider, the only sin is weakness; is it not?

So Nauplius is, in fact, considered a faithless heretical sinner even by the Blood Raiders?

Good to know. I'll have to buy Omir a drink for that, next time I'm down in Delve.