I meditate on patience. A virtue I am only learning after much time spent waiting. This pergatory leaves a foul taste in my mouth. One that cannot be washed out.
Yet I wait. And I watch.
When the summer is over, perhaps I will find some solace in winter.
Compass: A Cultist's Journal
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Ellsbeth
Re: Compass: A Cultist's Journal
After the loss of Skeldergate I am cautious once more.
Lucky for me it is Zahak I questioned first. Sometimes the Dark Lady shines upon even the most disappointed.
I chose Skeldergate as the first with which to put my mark of approval. He showed that he was impatient and not willing to withstand bureaucracy for a greater good. From this failure, I learn. From this failure, I become aware of what it is to truly be Grim and what it takes for those to be able to make it within our order.
You must always think before you follow. Those that follow blindly and just allow them that hold the reigns to do so, become nothing more than scourge, scouring the earth and obeying every whim and command. I left that long ago. We learn from who we were. We learn from who we intend to be. We learn from who we follow.
This I impressed on the next Minion that I took under wing. Zahak. Blood Knights bled into the Grim and it took me too long to understand their usefulness and to understand that not all of them are the High Elves of my memory or the mana-sucking prostitutes that walk the streets of Silvermoon.
I had him kill with thought. I had him show me that you cannot just follow blindly and meekly, that you need to consider who it is you follow and their ultimate purpose. Ours: Peace Through Annihilation. Though the Mistress, the Artificer, the Archmage, the Inquisitor, the Hand, the lead us, they do not intend to rule this new peaceful world to come.
Remember my children, remember well. Following without thought is weak.
Lucky for me it is Zahak I questioned first. Sometimes the Dark Lady shines upon even the most disappointed.
I chose Skeldergate as the first with which to put my mark of approval. He showed that he was impatient and not willing to withstand bureaucracy for a greater good. From this failure, I learn. From this failure, I become aware of what it is to truly be Grim and what it takes for those to be able to make it within our order.
You must always think before you follow. Those that follow blindly and just allow them that hold the reigns to do so, become nothing more than scourge, scouring the earth and obeying every whim and command. I left that long ago. We learn from who we were. We learn from who we intend to be. We learn from who we follow.
This I impressed on the next Minion that I took under wing. Zahak. Blood Knights bled into the Grim and it took me too long to understand their usefulness and to understand that not all of them are the High Elves of my memory or the mana-sucking prostitutes that walk the streets of Silvermoon.
I had him kill with thought. I had him show me that you cannot just follow blindly and meekly, that you need to consider who it is you follow and their ultimate purpose. Ours: Peace Through Annihilation. Though the Mistress, the Artificer, the Archmage, the Inquisitor, the Hand, the lead us, they do not intend to rule this new peaceful world to come.
Remember my children, remember well. Following without thought is weak.
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Ellsbeth
Re: Compass: A Cultist's Journal
My tabard is gone. I asked for it to be stripped from me. Cessily's words made me think. Cessily's words made me ponder.
Is anyone really worthy of the Grim tabard? Do all of them follow the Mandate? Do they even READ it?
If those above me do not follow it, then why would I want to bear the tabard? If those below me follow it religiously then why are they without? Greedy bastards the lot. Greedy bastards the lot. Let them gather their scalps and ruin the dreams of others. Let them wallow in utmost disgusting greed for items of power and never show face in any other arena. We are here to kill them! They say. We are here to only kill them! It is no different than killing the Alliance.
It is different. It is greedy. Are they along when we enter Stormwind? No. They are afraid because their items of power will dissolve with an Alliance blade.
WEAK AND UNWORTHY!
I wipe myself of it all.
Is anyone really worthy of the Grim tabard? Do all of them follow the Mandate? Do they even READ it?
If those above me do not follow it, then why would I want to bear the tabard? If those below me follow it religiously then why are they without? Greedy bastards the lot. Greedy bastards the lot. Let them gather their scalps and ruin the dreams of others. Let them wallow in utmost disgusting greed for items of power and never show face in any other arena. We are here to kill them! They say. We are here to only kill them! It is no different than killing the Alliance.
It is different. It is greedy. Are they along when we enter Stormwind? No. They are afraid because their items of power will dissolve with an Alliance blade.
WEAK AND UNWORTHY!
I wipe myself of it all.