Radakail;

I fear you misunderstand.

My proposal was simple; those who find Cyrene no longer allows them to be the people they wish to be with the lives they wish to live to be can find a home in Ashtan, where Chaos offers them the freedom to reshape themselves.

I dont offer change for the sake of change. Cyrene has already changed, and some of its citizens struggle to reconcile that shift with who they are, or who they want to be. My message was for them.

I do not offer identity as a costume. Identity changes every day, as we change every day and with every experience. Clinging to an old identity, or old allegiances that no longer fit, isnt strength or courage; its fear masquerading as tradition.

I do not praise the blank canvas; I praise its possibilities and its potential. Something meaningful could fill it, or something derivative, or someone could just repaint the same painting over and over and over.

I do not offer an empty jar and tell you the nothing inside is the point. I offer you an empty jar and ask you to fill it as you see fit.

I speak of unbound potential, not emptiness. That is the core of Chaos.

So, no, I am not encouraging the uncertain to run. I am encouraging people to build their future, and build the person they want to become. If they cannot do that within Cyrenes new regime, then they will need a new home. I simply offered the one I felt was best for such people.

You say that Cyrene stands together, but unity requires consent, and not everyone within Cyrenes walls consented to the path you now walk. To them, I say this: you do not need to live with a choice you did not make.

Unrelated to that, I must challenge your misconceptions on Chaos which you added in your news post:

... One can reinvent themselves endlessly without accountability

We change every day, with every interaction, and every experience. This will, ultimately, draw a person to reinvent themselves. We embrace that. Like the Caterpillar, we shed the past that would hold us back, grow wings, and fly. To hold on to who and what one... Well, people are supposed to grow and change, not stagnate.

You should know that. Werent you originally Targossian?

I dont know where you got the idea that there is no accountability. There is a consequence for every action, though some consequences may not be what you expect!

Chaos does not guide

No, its not supposed to. We are not followers of a well-trodden path. We ourselves are path makers. Chaos does not lead or rule; it opens a gate.

Chaos offers excuses

This is entirely wrong, Im afraid. Chaos offers no excuses. Chaos demands courage. It demands that we stop making excuses for why we cannot change, and why we must remain still, silent, or small. It demands that we let go of our fear of change, and become unapologetically who we wish to be. More than that, it gives us the opportunity to unlock potential in ourselves that we may never have known existed.

Regards,

-Archaosa

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Phaestian, in the year 976 AF.