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fire appeared before him and spoke: “You are the chosen one, | fire appeared before him and spoke: “You are the chosen one, | ||
you have been chosen by Merin. You have inherited His conscience; may it be your reward and your burden.” | you have been chosen by Merin. You have inherited His conscience; may it be your reward and your burden.” | ||
| + | Th e angel then revealed many secrets concerning Creation | ||
| + | and Aarklash in particular. After this encounter with the god’s | ||
| + | envoy, Arcavius became an Incarnate. | ||
| + | Shaken by these events, he made it back to his castle. For | ||
| + | a whole week, he checked the scriptures of any human civilization that shared the ideal of the Ways of Light, as well as | ||
| + | the work of the scientists of Tir-Nâ-Bor, to verify the igneous | ||
| + | angel’s words. On the seventh day, he gained the certainty that | ||
| + | the angel had spoken the truth. Arcavius had to admit that all | ||
| + | these cults shared similarities that could only be explained in | ||
| + | one way: these peoples had been in fact worshiping a single | ||
| + | god, Merin, under diff erent names. Confi rmed in his quest, | ||
| + | Arcavius was rewarded by Merin and experienced his second Incarnation. Aware of his role and his responsibility, he | ||
| + | realized the task lying in front of him: unifying the diff erent | ||
| + | peoples into one faith, belief in Merin. | ||
| + | Th at day Arcavius made a great public speech. He shared | ||
| + | the revelations of the angel concerning the genesis of | ||
| + | Creation by Merin. He invited the crowd to follow him for | ||
| + | the glory of the One God: only those who prayed to Him | ||
| + | would be allowed into the new Creation. Some servants followed Arcavius, and with them Jen, his faithful squire, Ze- | ||
| + | lios, his best friend, Karl, his chamberlain, and Honorinus, | ||
| + | his eldest son. Neither the supplications of his family, nor his | ||
| + | lordship could prevent Arcavius | ||
| + | from leaving. Th e prophet and his | ||
| + | entourage became beggars and | ||
| + | pilgrims that exact same day. | ||
| + | Arcavius’ journey, “the march | ||
| + | of the blazing”, led the pilgrims | ||
| + | across Alahan. Piece by piece, | ||
| + | Arcavius sold his knight’s armor | ||
| + | to pay for his journey and he purchased a book to write down the | ||
| + | revelations of the angel of fi re: the | ||
| + | Codex of Merin. | ||
| + | Along his voyage Arcavius rallied many Barhans to his cause. | ||
| + | After only a few months his disciples already numbered in the | ||
| + | thousands. Arcavius reached the | ||
| + | gates of the capital of Alahan in | ||
| + | Kallienne. He was arrested and | ||
| + | imprisoned by Baron Kelgar de | ||
| + | Kallienne. However, after reading | ||
| + | the | ||
| + | Codex of Merin | ||
| + | , the baron | ||
| + | appealed to King Heïan to meet | ||
| + | Arcavius to allow him to plead | ||
| + | his cause. Arcavius spoke for | ||
| + | hours with the king. An angel of | ||
| + | Light then intervened to give its | ||
| + | divine blessing to Arcavius’ quest. | ||
| + | Convinced by the angel’s appearance, the king freed the prophet | ||
| + | and gave him somewhere to settle with his followers. He offered | ||
| + | lands abandoned by the crown, including the Akhylahn Mountains and the land beyond. | ||
| + | Arcavius took to the road again. A new follower had joined | ||
| + | him: Kelgar of Kallienne. | ||
| + | The pilgrims left for the peninsula beyond the Akhylahn | ||
| + | mountains. Halfway there, Arcavius entrusted Jen with the | ||
| + | conduct of the convoy while he followed another road alone, | ||
| + | to meditate. He could feel the end of the journey approaching | ||
| + | and was realizing that the fate of his followers was about to | ||
| + | be sealed. Soon they would no longer be simple pilgrims, but | ||
| + | the founders of a new society. Although Arcavius was ready to | ||
| + | become their spiritual leader, he did not wish to be in charge | ||
| + | of their worldly lives. With doubt gnawing at his soul, he wandered aimlessly for over a day and a half, until he reached a | ||
| + | riverside where he met a fabulous creature: a griffin. The hawk | ||
| + | eyes of the half-bird half-lion beast scrutinized him for a while | ||
| + | before it eventually took off . Everything became clear in Arcavius’ mind. Just like the griffin, Arcavius’ new nation was | ||
| + | to combine the strength of the lion and the vigilance of the | ||
| + | bird of prey: a strong secular leader and a vigilant spiritual | ||
| + | guide. He tore his Elixir in half: the Fire of Merin and the Eye | ||
| + | of Merin. Only a few instants after this terrible trial Arcavius | ||
| + | was found by Honorius who had followed him from a safe distance. Thanks to the Eye of Merin Arcavius knew his son was | ||
| + | worthy of the Fire of Merin and gave it to him. | ||
