Shattered Visions I - Living World of Verum

### Shattered Visions (Spoilers-Dark Sermon Ep. 6) _Special Thanks to [[Reevee]] for transcribing this from [The Dark Sermon: Season 1 Episode 6](Corvanis/Parties/Completed%20Campaigns/The%20Dark%20Sermon/The%20Dark%20Sermon.md)_ - >_Speakers_ >Thorne ([Thorne](Thorne%20Saltspire.md)) >Arcadum ([Arcadum](Arcadum.md)) >｡･:_:･ﾟ★,｡･:_:･ﾟ☆　Question One　｡･:_:･ﾟ★,｡･:_:･ﾟ☆ "How...how can I? ...Hmm... How can I best help the people of [Corvanis](Corvanis.md), and save them from the monsters-the woes that plague them?" "When you say monsters, what is the first thing that comes to mind?" "Demons. The ones I imagine when I think of my parents being torn apart." "The image you see is of a mighty black hand rising up out of the Demon Wastes, and you see each of its nails begin to glow one by one, and on the last one, the wasts become verdant and green once more, and life returns where there was once death." >> >>｡･:_:･ﾟ★,｡･:_:･ﾟ☆　Question Two　｡･:_:･ﾟ★,｡･:_:･ﾟ☆ >>"How can I help her people, Mytheria...Mytheria has grown quiet and absent. How can I help her people, and fill the role that they need?" >>"I need you to clarify that question, what is it you think they need?" >>"**Hope.** Something to look to, something to push themselves."" >>＊_•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙_˚　*The fabric of the vision reacts....perhaps angrily to her answer. She apologizes and soothes the vision*　˚_•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙_˚＊ >>"As you gaze through your second question, your heart sings to that which the people are missing. Hope. As the word lingers upon the lips of your heart, it manifests in the vision in front of you." >>"The light in the darkness." >>"Hope begins to unveil itself before you. The [Astral Sea](Astral%20Sea.md) begins to churn around you. And before you, lies not the continent of [Corvanis](Corvanis.md), but something far greater. In the starry sky standing above you, a star is conjured. Seven points it contains, each one shining bright as its light pours down upon you, it is no light of a goddess, but something else instead. An introversion of ones own power, reflected and reflected until it refracts and then that refraction shines all the brighter. A single combining point. A single, ethical truth that stands above all else. For all creatures need hope. Good, Evil, Lawful, Chaotic, or Undecided, it matters not. >> >>The Star, the Seven pointed star shines for them all. Mytheria, you begin to see her image kneel before even this great star, whatever it is. It is a power that cannot be contained. A power that can be fully explained. And through its points you see something else. The shine of a prism. Each color dancing upon a point, and shifting towards the center. The great star continues to turn like the spokes of a wheel, and as it turns, you see the very world in which you stand. Each point a piece, each point a continent, and an eighth at the center. And through its pierce, the [Astral Sea](Astral%20Sea.md) unravels like a giant flower. >> >>You see too much. You see too little. Your eyes begin to bleed. Your body unresponsive. Your mind begins to blank, for to gaze upon the facets of creation is more, more than most could ever handle. The words of your companions, them dragging you from the smoke filled room seem like distant memories, as before you the great star continues to turn. >> >>All around you the world bleeds, not blood, but of its colors swirling into a beautiful prism. The colors bursting outwards in a kaleidoscope sense like fireworks of celebration until they rain down, soft reminders, each twinkling vessel falling within all the peoples of [Corvanis](Corvanis.md). The people have hope, as hope is not something that is granted, it is not something that is asked for, it is not something that is given. Hope, is the possession guaranteed to all. Even those who have fallen the most. >> >>This is the Promise that [The Seven](The%20Seven.md) made. This is their Calling. >> >>And now, the prism once broken has been made whole once again. The Seven stand sigil against those that would seek it torn asunder again. >> >>And as such, the answer to your question is quite simple. Hope is in each and every person of [Corvanis](Corvanis.md), and as this realization blesses itself within Thorne's soul, you see your own path twisting, changing, shifting as the threads of Fate unfurl and furl again before you, the star glowing brightly in the sky. On some threads, you see your companions. On some threads you don't. And yet in other threads you see Mytheria, but in each thread you see the same irrevokable thing. The Great Star, the twinkling of its light within each and every person that walks with you, until you realize the person you are looking at is yourself. >> >>The answer to your question of how this hope might be regained, how this inorexible power may be gifted, and ultimately, how this great despair that hangs over the continent like a malaise might finally be dispelled. >> >>The answer is made clear. Clear as rain, as water, as glass. >> >>**It is You.** > >> ｡･:_:･ﾟ★,｡･:_:･ﾟ☆　Question Three　｡･:_:･ﾟ★,｡･:_:･ﾟ☆ >> "There is no depth of despair through which I will not shine. I *need* to shine as the Star. What is the greatest oncoming threat I can face?" >> "In this vision, you see that there is a mark upon [this mountain](Downfrown.md), the Eye of [Oloken'hai](Oloken'hai.md)." >