Xantiln's Honor

Fighting Misery Keep Lord.

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Go away.'

The Misery Keep Lord looks pretty hurt.

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Who speaks thusly?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'If you make me come in there..'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Who speaks thusly?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'One whose keep you enter.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Then you must fell me because I will not be threatened.'

The Misery Keep Lord is in awful condition.

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Do they now admit fools into the Gareth Keep, or do they recruit them as such?'

the Misery Keep Lord is DEAD!!

Knighthood has conquered Misery Keep!

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Some call honor foolishness.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'But others hold it dear.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'If I didn't hold 2 more keeps I might be worried.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'And a third remains a challenge to you masked gentleman.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'The others are there when if you're still feeling "honorable."'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Honor does not equate to suicide masked gentleman.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'So you admit going against me is suicide. Smarter than I previously had thought.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Honor does not mean we die needlessly.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'But upon that occasion I had committed my action.'

personal> Keep Lord clans: 'Xantiln is invading Misery Keep!'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Do you not feel good from keeping your word?'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'You do what you say you would do.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I typically do. Though I am presently confused as to your meaning.'

You peer into a glowing green portal.

The Lord of Misery Keep's Throne Room

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An eldritch staff lies here.

(Blue Aura) (Glowing) (Humming) An ivory mace inscribed with obsidian lies here.

(White Aura) The Misery Keep Lord stands here, 18 feet tall with black spiked armor and glowing green eyes.

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'What do you think of virtue?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'One's virtue is another's vice.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I can say to be virtuous in my own principles, though contrary to yours.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'What are the principles of Bloodlust?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'You attempt to immediately strike at the heart of the matters of the many. The Dungeon is a collective, purposeful in demonstrating the power of the Darken Gods, though each in his own principles serves.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'What higher principles can you claim enables the Knights of Gareth?'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'We seek love and peace, rather than disease and murder.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Yet you would kill those who will not love you in return! *chuckles*'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Those who would seek to bring us harm. Is that so odd?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Harm, perhaps, though the proper messenger is only attempting to give you a message from the Lord Fatale.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'What do you gain by doing his work?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Return that question upon yourself.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'I do not do murder.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'You gain nothing for all your frivolous attempts to cast down the Darkness.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Those who are not evil and have joined in those ways I find quite curious.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Perhaps the answer is simply that they have discovered the truth you have yet to.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'What do those of neutrality gain from sinking to the principles of evil?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Sinking? *chuckles* Or rising.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Those who bare no aura have been persuaded by the Truths that Darkness provides.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Evil truth? Do go on.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Those who bare no allegiance can often see Truth among fog.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Their actions alone are evidence of its power.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Are you suggesting that because you kill a lot of people that you have power?'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'What of your conscience?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Hardly.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'It is not the death that proves my point.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Nor is death the end to things, as you should ready know.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Does it not amuse you that the Gods have, in their wisdom, given unnatural strength to creatures you would consider vile?'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Not all Gods support the principles of Good.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'I can see the short term gains which evil brings.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'But what man is a man who does not try to make the world better?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'They have not given your enemies strength to make the challenge and victory sweeter for you. No. It is strength that is gained by accepting the Truths in Darkness.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'I do not follow your reasoning for 'truth' and 'evil''

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'As you say, not all Gods support the principles of Good.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'What good is there in pretending that you are more than a heretic by damning those of evil spirits.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'As with your words you curse no less Gods than you claim to worship.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Evil seeks to bring misery to the world. Good seeks to heal it.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'I would make Algoron a better place, and this is why I choose to fight those who would bring it harm.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'From Misery and the ashes of the ruined world often comes the best through strife and challenge.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'You would make Algoron soft.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'And with its softness all would perish.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Without Evil, the world would be a better place.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Without Evil you would appreciate nothing.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'You say it would perish, I say it would live.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'I am sure that there are enough evils been in this world documented, that we could still appreciate how bad things were.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'With time you would forget, and grow soft, and weak, until the realm sweeps up and swallows you without a fight.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Even among those who you claim evil, there are those making the world better, in their own way, with their own judgement.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'I do not think you appreciate the concept of peace.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Nor you the beauty of war.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'We would not be swallowed up. But there are those who would live without fear for their lives.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Tell me of this beauty of war, and how it benefits those of Algoron.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'More can be seen of a man in an hour of combat, and more can he grow, than in a year of soft living.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Blood ties and unity, courage and strength all tested, true to each his own on the field of battle.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Yet so many fail to meet their potential because so many have fallen in battle.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'And the weak who do not rise back up are rightfully judged.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I do not fear death. I do not fear combat, because I have seen combat, because I have come to know thy self.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Those who fall are dead. They will not rise again.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'In your visions of peace each man does not know who he is, and thus is damned from the start.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'There are other ways than combat to give your life meaning.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Shall I plant a garden and munch on carrots as my skin withers in the sun and I grow to be a feeble, fat, old man?'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Yesterday the man you slew, may have found a cure for disease.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'And once more you assume that the disease is meant to be cured.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'What purpose does disease do for the living?'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'What man is a man that does not make the world better?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Better is perspective, and is applicable to those of all creeds.'

You tell Xantiln 'I do not understand your last point.'

You tell Xantiln 'Ah, it is you.'

Xantiln tells you 'Indeed.'

Xantiln tells you 'My point was that you claim to be making the world better, as if that is only a principle of those who claim to be good, when it is not.'

You tell Xantiln 'How does one of Evil make Algoron a better place?'

Xantiln tells you 'In Light you claim to make Algoron a better place by taking away from the freedoms of those you think to be of lesser, or of no consequence.'

Xantiln tells you 'In Darkness we choose to make better by improving upon ourselves, and upon the collective. In the prophecies of our priests do we push forward our faith as has been determined to be just.'

You tell Xantiln 'By freedoms, do you mean freedom to kill, lie, cheat and steal?'

You tell Xantiln 'Good is far more concerned about the collective. Evil is every man for himself.'

Xantiln tells you 'That's how all sermons of the Light go, correct? Spreading lies about our practices and principles to make us seem little more than heathens.'

You tell Xantiln 'Your world is less set to the law and more focused on your individual freedoms to do whatever you desire, and whoever's expense.'

Xantiln tells you 'You speak as though we have no goals, not personal nor of religion.'

You tell Xantiln 'I do not know how some Evil gods can be followed by rational people.'

You tell Xantiln 'But you are not Evil.'

You tell Xantiln 'Those who wish to spread decay and disease? What do they seek?'

Xantiln tells you 'To spread the word and message of the Lord Dragoth.'

You tell Xantiln 'And what would compel them to do thusly?'

Xantiln tells you 'Is their not life still in disease? Is it not a life itself which takes life. They simply respect that which they cannot see, and its power to affect men.'

You tell Xantiln 'This is not the remit of Dragoth. He seeks to destroy through his Evil.'

You tell Xantiln 'Zandreya and Cliath of your Parthenon are what restarts the process.'

Xantiln tells you 'I cannot claim to have much insight into Dragoth's followers.'

You tell Xantiln 'The only rational thing I can consider is that they are confused Zandreyan followers.'

Xantiln tells you 'Though I shall admit that the tenants I stated would seem more Zandreyan.'

Xantiln tells you 'Nonetheless, those of Dragoth's faith are utilized for their specialties in the ever-raging war. In this they serve the whole of the Dark Pantheon, and perhaps in that their is purpose.'

You tell Xantiln 'Tell me whom you follow.'

Xantiln tells you 'The Lord Mencius is my champion.'

You tell Xantiln 'So you strike with rage and emotion.'

You tell Xantiln 'I fight to follow the law of the land.'

Xantiln tells you 'All towards purpose.'

Xantiln tells you 'I am but the striking hand of the Darken Gods.'

You tell Xantiln 'I did not know that those who were neutral could follow Mencius?'

You tell Xantiln 'You must be Evil.'

Xantiln tells you 'Your prior confusions are given clarity. Aye, that is so.'

Xantiln tells you 'My mask is not worn out of cowardice or fear. It is worn to remind those who would seek to undermine my own, myself and my brothers in arms, that there are those who wait in shadows and will always defend that which they deem proper.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'You wear your mask because you do not wish to be seen.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'But the nature of Evil will only go so far. You will defend your brothers in arms till you are yourself threatened, then you will flee to preserve your own life.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'This is why you think my honor is foolish.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'You will not sacrifice yourself for others.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'You have reversed all that that I have seen in one statement. I will fall to save my brethren, and have. I do not flee when my own flesh bleeds, unless it is of my own will.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I have seen knights sing their songs to escape and leave four behind to die.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Then you understand the honor of which I speak. Do you wonder why Nadrik is not an Evil God?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Among those "good" I have seen more acts of cowardice and slayings of those who remain then among my own.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'I rather doubt that. But you are right in saying that the actions of mortals are fallible.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'But I would assert that it is intention which separates us.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'But I would assert that it is intention which separates us.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I think your honor is foolish when those who claim it their purpose cannot take ground against one who stands firm.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'When they are not willing to fight when death is possible, even unto the death, even if in it their own faith is shown.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I fight and die in my course and toward my own ends. And with every breath I fight to ensure it is not my own defeat but mine enemies, but I do not give into fear.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'You fight for yourself.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I fight to know myself, not for myself.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'That is a benefit to yourself.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Others give to charity to better know themselves.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'And in doing so when time is proper it will benefit all those of the Darken faiths.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'You see only the immediate.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'This is how one shows their character.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'You cannot see that all a man does may make him stronger and more sure for when it truly matters.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'It is not all about what can be touched now.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'I hear that killing gives you confidence that that you might kill again.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'For the young and weak-minded, perhaps. But even in that juvenile state one can begin to shape their life. But as it was with me, eventually it goes beyond just the kill.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'It is not out of arrogance I kill, nor of some desperate cry for attention. I know I can kill. I know that of myself, and do not have need, but I am not so foolish that I believe that I cannot still grow.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'So what will be the ultimate highlight of your life when you look back upon it?'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'What will make you the most proud?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I have yet to see the day that I can claim the pinnacle of my life. And the day that one reaches it his life is surely over, as he has nothing more to strive for.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Then what do you hope to achieve after this personal journey of fulfillment?'

A masked swashbuckler tells you '*chuckles* Personal journey of fulfillment. I am not some fattened merchant.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'I leave the shaping of this realm, as it should be, to wiser men, who have properly studied the prophecies, and can prepare it thusly for that to come.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Then I shall pray that you find more than you expect to in your life, and that you find something greater so that you will be the one to shape it.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Perhaps you ought to consider Storm Keep if this is your intention.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'But this is your position and I must depart.'

You tell A masked swashbuckler 'Farewell masked gentleman.'

A masked swashbuckler tells you 'Until another time.'