Eternity of Evolution
Introduction
The world at large seems to embrace chaos, however the mortal races have
found it to be an appalling phenomenon. When injected into their lives,
they fight it. They deny it. They shun it. The lack of acceptance for
things that change is seemingly unique among gods and mortals, in that to
fight against or to deny something is the response taken before adaptation.
The realms will always change and to remain a part of them forever, you must
adapt with it.
The contents of this tome offer perspective on how influence upon the world
through the use of chaos and change are under Malachive's domain and
control. That fate is something to be manipulated, weaved and toyed with.
The journey does not always take you to a destination, but merely constantly
alters course and it can be up to the traveler to decide where their
footsteps take them.
-Artreri
Malachive's Domain Over Chaos
Malachive is the god of chaos. To control chaos is a bit of an
oxymoron, though it is better to view Malachive as the Great Provoker.
Prodding and toying with fate until it bends and sways. Breaks, at times, to
shatter into bits of splintering paths. His domain over chaos and change
comes in the form of offering acceptance to the things we cannot control and
throwing ourselves into the ever changing realm with contentedness.
Chaos can be manifested in many ways. Chaos rolls about the universe to
create and destroy. It is intangible and lacks an essence, though it is
causal. It is a boulder with a momentum we cannot stop, though we can
provoke it to slow, turn, sink or fly. We can alter it and guide it but
never control it. Malachive's domain over chaos is harnessed in his
masterful designs and subtle machinations. His perfected and ever improving
grasp on how to provoke and weave the inevitable to become the questionable.
The unpredictable.
Malachive's domain over chaos extends to many things. Necrucifer's
domain over evil extends to the domains of his children, similarly Austinian
and his, and Kwainin and his. Malachive's manipulation of chaos is not
limited to just the phenomenon but reaches out to change itself, plots and
schemes. If an emotion would be tied to the God of Chaos, it would be hope
and ambition: the desires for change and improvement.
Empowering God
A god is empowered by the worship of their followers as well as actions
being performed under their domain. Due to this simple design in divinity:
Malachive is the most powerful entity to exist. Change is always around us,
as is chaos. A good or evil man will worship Malachive. A good or evil man
will unknowingly empower Malachive through his actions, regardless of
whether he gifts God with his service.
To wish for a better life, to work to improve your station, to have hope
for those you love or yourself, to destroy for the sake of destroying, and
to create for the sake of creating are all an affirmation to Malachive's
existence and his ideals. Waking and bathing when you normally bathe at
night, putting on the left boot first instead of the right, or staying up an
hour later or waking an hour earlier are all extraordinarily minute forms of
creating a change in your life and manifesting chaos. No matter how subtle
the disruption of routine, it is a testimony to Malachive.
Of course these are examples which clearly differ when compared to
assassinating a king to throw a kingdom into disorder, or setting a forest a
blaze to route its inhabitants or creating an artifact of great power and
use. Though, the result remains the same in that these acts empower
Malachive as they fall under his domain of chaos and change and every mortal
empowers Malachive through out their life whether it is intended or not.
Just as a follower of Fatale might murder or sacrifice something to what
they believe to be the void, or a Talienite might express their love to
another to empower their god, followers of Malachive have ways to worship as
well. The direct worship of Malachive and his ways can be found in the
Redeemer, a book of tenets and words designed to guide people into being
paragon disciples of Malachive and chaos. Being "random" is not enough.
Giving into impulses alone will not provide Malachive with a servant to a
design as complex as chaos. Such servitude is not required for those who
have found Malachive, but for those who aspire to become more and to change
past even their own expectations.
Hope and Ambition, Plots and Schemes
Something can remain for eternity, so long as there is hope. One of the
most powerful gifts Malachive has afforded us is the understanding that hope
and ambition are driving forces which can elevate one to divine heights.
Unaccepted adherence to the inevitability of death and the void is the hope
of a follower of Malachive. That life eternal is a possibility so long as
one aspires and that the predictable is not always what occurs.
In this tribute to hope, we rarely find an end to our means. We accept
this. We revel in this. To perpetuate the means for eternity is the goal,
if there is ever a goal. Hope for the never ending plot, the ever adapting
scheme and the always evolving fate. Such strong desires to prevail empower
Malachive to outmaneuver and constantly change. It is in this we find that
such designs are not a means to an end, if there could ever be considered an
absolute end, but it is the scheme itself that drives us and God. It is the
device of God that represents not the acceptance of fate, but the hope and
ambition to change it.
Hope, in its most basic form, is the desire for change. Such a simple
feeling, held by mostly every mortal, empowers God. The world taps into his
domain of evolution and change each time they wish for another outcome in
what they predict. Each time one feels the strong desire of a beneficial
outcome for themselves, a bane to others or even a chance at either are
acknowledging Malachive's existence by delving into his domain. The
promises of an ambitious heart thump loudly in the chests of the hopeful.
Adaptation
Adaptation is one of the most essential elements to survival. Not only the
strong survive, but those who change and adapt to their environment. The
intelligent. The hidden. The brutes. The resourceful. They all have ways
to adapt to their world and persevere. It is with challenging ones own
perspective to evaluate what affects them and altering ones actions that a
disciple of chaos can embrace the ever evolving nuances of the realm.
It is important to acknowledge the difference in resistance and denial.
One can resist an element while accepting it. One can destroy an enemy
while accepting them for who they are. However, the denial of such
differences is where many blind themselves to the truths of this world. The
independence each mortal possess should be nurtured and not denied,
regardless of opposition or collaboration. By embracing change and adapting
we do not attempt to fight the force that is chaos, but we live our lives
with it.
Adaptation is what will allow previous wars to come to an end in the
acknowledgment of mutual gain. Adaptation can offer doorways to paths our
eyes did not perceive. This is not a compromise to one's self, but the
aspiration to becoming an ever evolving entity. That our identities can be
summarized by our changing and independent states.
Manipulating fate is the boon of God and he bestows this knowledge to his
followers. We understand fate is a malleable and tangible thing to be
shaped and bent to our desire, but never outright controlled. Control is
not the desire of a disciple of chaos, but to provoke and await with
curiosity may find one at its height of enlightenment. As water becomes
what houses it: the shape of a pitcher, a glass or bowl, we must too accept
our environments. Can water spill out? It can. Can it freeze and crack
the glass that confines it? It can. Finding the fine line of adaptation
and provocation will likely only come with God's gifts, though we can aspire
to such as we grow into ourselves and into Malachive's disciples.
A World Under One God
One of the main defenses against Malachive is that he wishes the
destruction of the world and all of its inhabitants. This is most
definitely false information. A lifeless rock floating about in the void is
predictable. It possesses no life, it idly travels and never evolves in a
vacuum. The god of chaos, Malachive, would instill his domain with
unpredictability and constant evolution. To do so, life is essential.
Destruction, war, strife and conflict on varying levels will always exist,
to some extent even be encouraged, but for much different reasons.
Right now we kill and destroy for the purpose of another and not for whim
or desire. Each god killed is a wall knocked down, allowing us to roam
about with out the confines and limitations the lunar gods place upon us
now. Malachive encourages us to act on these whims and impulses to fulfill
ourselves, not the dictations of a lunar recluse. Freedom is something many
people actually possess currently, mostly those of the dark pantheon as
their limitations are much less restrictive. Their focus is greatly upon
the self and much of Malachive's origin has remained in his evolution.
However, it is with absolution that God liberates us. Those who serve
God, choose to do so. There are no limitations placed on those who simply
wish to exist under his acceptance.
Unity is not the goal, but to release the net or open the gates. To allow
the river to spill out from the dam. Go where we will, together or alone,
it will be our choice to not allow aura or religion to dictate our bonds.
It will be mortals choosing when, who, where, why and how. No more will
bonds be broken because of religious differences, but individuality will be
the only thing to judge one on. It is up to you to become who you are.
A Prayer of Thanks
Malachive,
I pray to you with the gratitude of one who has accepted chaos into my life.
I pray in thanks for my evolving state and aspire to grow and continue to
excel. Master, I pray that you bestow my mind with the understanding that
fate is with in my grasp to manipulate. There is no end. There is no quit.
To sidestep or overcome is the way of one who does not accept the
inevitable. Thank you, God, for continuing to guide me in my life, teaching
me to turn banes into boons.
Darkness lead us where it may. Amen.