To date I have been hestitant to jump into the public debates on the
nature of the divine, though I do find them interesting. Given that I
have a few thousand gold on me now and a few thoughts on this particular
subject, I have decided that I'll offer my ideas this time around.

To begin with, I'm frequently amazed at tone that mortals take with the
divine, presuming to tell Them their own domains as if the mortal
understand that domain better than the divine. It's especially
surprising in this case, Dali, as your Lady Eris has spoken to this
point a number of times. My hope is that you earn Her disfavour for your
actions out of consistency, but we'll leave that in Her capable hands to
decide.

Having said that, let me offer my thoughts specifically with regard to
this issue. We have two types of good at work here: we have Dali's
conception of good (hereafter 'good', with a lowercase 'g') and
Pentharian's realm of Good (hereafter 'Good' with a capital 'G'). My
contention is that it is prima facie obvious that the 'good' of which
Dali speaks is a mortal perception, subjective according to each
individual's personality. On the other hand, the Good that Pentharian
embodies is an absolute. It is absolute, immutable Good as a principle,
not as a subjective state of beliefs.

Further, I would state my belief that Dali's assessment of Pentharian's
actions is based on his limited mortal fact-gathering capabilities. As
an example of this, I'll offer my own thoughts to be put on the chopping
block. Lady Eris has frequently put forth the statement that Chaos
embraces Order. As She is the divine embodiment of the principle of
Chaos, I accept Her statement as that of a Divine. However, in my mortal
conception of things, my rajamalan brain does not comprehend this to be
so. Thus, likely in some mortal fallacy, I continue to believe that
Chaos does not embrace Order. Perhaps some day my eyes may be opened to
facts that change this belief, but it has not happened as yet.

I hope that this has brought some additional insight into the lives of
those who believe that they are able to see all and know all. That is,
perhaps, the main lesson here. You don't know all the facts of any given
situation, ever. As mortals, we can merely attempt to do our best with
the facts we are able to perceive. However, this is no wise gives us
permission to point fingers at the Divine as though we were some
gradeschooler in front of the teacher. Respect is always due Them.

Continually searching,

Landon Stormcrow


Penned by my hand on the 21st of Daedalan, in the year 330 AF.