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" An Angel told me that all of creation, further than the eye can see, can be thought of as a great tree. Its branches, twigs, and leaves have lives and directions of their own. They grow—winding, weaving, deviating, breaking, dying—as fate allows. Still, no matter their lives and directions, they all share the same trunk & the same roots, the same singular point of origin. Like the roots under the soil of the ground, we may not see them, but we know they’re there. Without roots, the tree would fall over in the wind or it would die from lack of nutrients.
The Angel said that there once existed a single universe at the root, a grandfather universe, which most sentient beings might call “Heaven.” It was a glorious place that burned with otherworldly flames that radiated from the angelic host and the God of gods so that it was never dark and never night.
A great disaster came upon Heaven: the very first rebellion, the very first war. "
― Steven Seril , The Destroyer of Worlds: An Answer to Every Question
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" I am a Malkuthian just like you, a proud Malkuthian. The enemy looks not only to take our lives but to erase our civilization, erase our history, erase the memory of our very existence. That means that all of those who’ve died in the past, everything we worked for, everything we fought for, everything we sacrificed for is at stake here and now. I tell you, we are hurting, we are bleeding, we are struggling, but so are the Dragons. They’ve come to our home. They’ve come to our yard to play. We’ve proven to them what a serious mistake that was. Their casualties are catastrophic. Their generals are dead. And what’s more: they fight for an inferior cause. They fight to conquer and kill. They fight for power. They fight because their leaders told them to. WE fight for each other. We fight because we believe that our civilization—as flawed as it may be—is something worth saving. It’s something worth holding on to. Hold on, Malkuthians. Fight, and fight, and fight until there’s nothing left. Show these darn Dragons just who exactly they’re messing with. We are Malkuthians, proud Malkuthians. We will not be extinguished. "
― Steven Seril , The Destroyer of Worlds: An Answer to Every Question