As I am but a simple Malefic within the ranks of the Apostates, I do not
expect my words to be fully even read, let alone given the credit they
deserve. The current debate is Nature containing Evil, which, to anyone
who understands Evil, that is surely the case. Evil is instinct, Evil is
that raw essence within all living creatures, it is what originally
drives us, it is what can be channeled into greatness. It is the epitome
of nature.

But the flaw in both sides arguments is thinking that comparing
MHALDORIANS to ANIMALS is going to get any point across, which, when
looked at from a distance, clearly does not work. We are not animals. We
cannot be compared to them except in our base instincts. Why is this? It
is the fact that we have risen closer to the image of the Lord then mere
beasts have managed to accomplish. We sentient beings do not thrive
purely off of instinct, we have intelligence, and it is this
intelligence that takes us out of comparison with the wilds, for while
indeed animals are perfect examples of Evil in their basic sense, it
takes an intelligence to harness the Truths into a path of sentient and
chosen advancement.

The First Truth of Evil: What is called evil is simply the drive for
advancement, for greatness. We seek, through discipline and pain, to
spur the advancement of nothing less than sentient life.

Clearly the first Truth of Evil abides deeply within nature.
-Everything- done within nature is to simply live and advance. This
cannot be argued against. For a pack of lions to take down the weakest,
the sick, those unable to defend themselves: this is clearly an evil act
if it was put into sentient standards. Imagine a man entering in to a
village and slaughtering all of the children while the able-bodied
parents sit too fearful to stop him, to gather their hearts for his
necromantic needs. Surely this would be considered an Evil act, but it
is completely equivalent to a pack of any beast attacking the weak, and
those stronger animals doing nothing to hinder it.

The Second Truth of Evil: Cruelty � the application of pain � is the
method by which one weeds out the weak and feeble-minded from the
population.

I shall spend more time on this one as this seems to be the idea most
adamantly contested.

The Second Truth is also evident within nature to any of decent
intelligence and clarity of vision. A cat and mouse have been brought up
in this category, and the defense of the forestalls was that �the cat
does the same to a ball of yarn and simply likes to play.� This argument
is clearly flawed. The nature of wild cats, from which these smaller
domestic breeds were drawn from, have the same instincts with such
�toying� while never having seen a ball of yarn or any such play thing
in the wilds. It is not the drive to �play� that causes the mouse or
ball of yarn to be batted about and bitten; it is the drive for cruelty.
Felines are not completely stupid, they know the difference between food
and yarn, and I have watched as a cat took a small mouse, picked it up
in its mouth and threw it against a wall, picked up the stunned creature
and repeated the process, leaving streaks of blood upon the stone. Now,
in my time, I have never seen a cat do such to a ball of yarn. Bloodlust
is quite evident.

To add my own example, look once more to a pack of the more aggressive
wild beasts that live in packs. When a male is born, it is commonly
killed once it comes to maturity by the alpha male. Why is this? To weed
out the weak. If the child survives, it escapes to start its own pride
(if it is able to attain sufficient strength) or return (in the same
situation) and slay its father to take its rightful place as alpha male.
If it does not grow stronger, it is merely killed by the next male who
it attempts to usurp. Clearly the application of pain to spur
advancement is obvious.

And for a final note, there have been cases of lions, who once they gain
a taste of human blood, or sometimes even without, begin to be crazed,
hunting no longer out of hunger, but out of sport. The beast moves
alone, killing five or six animals a day, even if it could never east
such massive meals. The lion becomes completely cruel because now it
gains a type of sadistic joy from it. An obviously evil trait.

The Third Truth of Evil: Weakness must be eliminated in all its forms.
Physical, Mental and Spiritual.

This one becomes slightly tricky for it revolves more around sentient
life, but the obvious shows of nature still encompass this as well. As
with the lion pride hunting or the slaughter of adolescent males, the
goal is to eliminate weakness. In many species, when a creature becomes
too old to be of any use, or to be of a hindrance to the whole, it
either leaves of its own free will or is killed. Many species of animals
fight for mates, ensuring that only the strongest of offspring are
brought into the world and that weakness dies off. Kill or be killed,
the law of the jungle.

The Fourth Truth of Evil: The enemies of strength are those who trumpet
the effeminate values of forgiveness, tolerance and laxity of discipline

There is a wonderful point to be made here. Do animals show forgiveness,
tolerance or any sign of �goodness� in their lives? No. Only the
stupidest of creatures even show a laxity of discipline, and those
creatures are usually the bottom of the food chain, so as to merely show
a shinning example of the point of advancement. The aspects of Good do
not exist in nature, in beasts. The enemies of Evil and Strength are not
natural, but a mortal-made mutation of our Logos-given beings that do
nothing but weaken and damn the mind, body and soul into a
self-inflicted bondage of pathetic existence.

The Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Truths I shall combine into one response.

The Fifth Truth of Evil: The body may be made stronger through combat.

The Sixth Truth of Evil: The mind may be made stronger through the
elimination of conscience. One does this by inflicting pain on others.

The Seventh Truth of Evil: The spirit may be made stronger by enduring
hardships, both self-imposed and externally-imposed.

Once more I shall return to our most loved lion pack. That young lion
that was attacked by his father and managed to escape is now a perfect
example of these three truths. Through hunting and fighting the lion
will grow stronger to return to his pride. Through that same hunting and
fighting, the lion loses its fear and any thoughts of �family� that may
have been weakened him previously as a child. Through the life of a
loner, of a defeated beast, he will return fiercer and more powerful in
will then his father and fight harder and more efficiently.

--

As can be seen, Nature is inherently Evil just like all beings. It is
not a choice to be Evil, Evil is not a state of morality or thought.
Evil is the sum of our instincts and natural being that has been
instilled in living creatures since the Logos breathed life unto the
Multiverse. Thus is how it has been and thus is how it will continue.
From the rape of Maya, to the great betrayal of the Aldar, to the war
brought about by the Triumverate; all facets of Evil, yet, at the same
time, they were all merely natural instincts hearkened to. Whether you
look at Lions, Tigers, Bears, or Divine, the cores resonate the same, it
is merely we, who embrace what the Logos gave us, those who are truly
natural, who are deemed �Evil.�

Signed in Blood,
Cyssan Bloodmoon


Penned by my hand on the 14th of Ero, in the year 354 AF.