Turvela, 8th of Essthertin, 127 AB.
Continuation.
Such a wonderful word, isn't it? Let us see what other words that we too can revel in. Persistence. Prolongation. Revitalization. Words we should keep close to our hearts, lest the Council succeed in stamping out the only thing we really have now. Hope. Of a better life. Of a brighter tomorrow. Of a world where we need not fear for our children. To commemorate these precious words, the Chronicle shall too exercise the miracle of continuation. No longer buried within the shadows, the truth escaping our understanding, our embrace... We have returned to broadcast the words, and the enunciation, of truth once more. Let this be a lesson to our
beloved Council...
YOU CAN NOT STAMP US OUT.
Alas, it is with our deepest regret to announce that the Hero of Yesterday, wherever he may be now, was unable to continue his great work. He who is most assuredly
not Sigma can now rest assured that we shall continue the noble battle he fought thus far. And to our delightful rivals at the Daily Dimescan, prepare for a
WAR. We will no longer allow you to mangle the truth into something suitable for the Council. We will no longer abide as you corrupt the most virtuous of ideals into a travesty, an abomination, a shadow of itself! From on henceforth, every lie you publish, every deception you attempt to put over our fellow citizens... We will fight with equal vigor, with candor of the highest order.
The Truth will no longer be trampled upon anymore, not least by you of all!
And you, my fellow citizens. Citizens not of Dimesca, but of existence itself, for all men are born equal. That is a
TRUTH the Council would prefer hidden. There is no greater truth that this, of that I know. If this is what the Council call Heresy, then I am proud to call myself a Heretic! They fear you not because you come from the unknown. No... Not for such a simple thing like that. They fear you because of the power you wield! Every single one of us, each and every individual, wields a power greater than any of those the Council could ever hope to grasp. The capacity... To do what we wish. To be subject to no law, to be free of any rule. Not to sound cliched, but the Council should have learned this lesson a long time ago.
"People shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."The allegiance of the River Guard nor the support of the Temples shall avail them no longer! The Government cannot last when those that it would impose order upon no longer support their tyrannical acts! Freedom is the one thing no mortal power has ever managed to stem. The cost will be high, of this we all know and understand. But can we allow ourselves to be trampled down by our overlords? Can we continue to stand by as they keep on harrying us with these ineffectual decrees and brutal acts? Why do we keep on allowing them to hand down law after law on us when they are afraid?
Yes.
You heard me.
Fear. It was once their weapon. It is still their weapon, with the unjust implementation of this absurd and preposterous, and most of all, unjust organization, the Sable Order. They would fight fear with fear? What they fail to realize... We are not
AFRAID! They are only fighting their own fears! He who is at war with himself shall never achieve victory. Even as we speak, the fascist agents of this so called Order are creating chaos, causing havoc, stirring up mayhem within our own ranks! Why? Because they seek to destabilize us. Because they seek to keep us divided and cowed. Because, most of all,
THEY FEAR US. Now, I ask you this... Why should we fear those who fear, and rightly so, us? They fear us because we are capable of self-governance. They fear us because we are capable of understanding. They fear us because we are capable...
Of
REVOLUTIONOne day. Not tomorrow. Not the day after. Maybe not for months or years to come. But one day... The Desert Rose shall be alight with the flames of rebellion. The streets shall run red with the blood of our oppressors. The mighty Council shall find themselves, on hands and knees, before us. Before the Revolution. And their downfall shall be of their own making! When that day come, we shall show them the real meaning of Truth, Justice, and Order. Not their tyrannical version of those most ancient ideals! And we shall teach them to fear their own subjects.
If you would learn but one thing out of all these... Then I hope it is that in the future, you should be exceedingly careful... about any powers you choose to delegate... to any government. Theirs. Ours. It matter not. Freedom cannot be shackled! Justice may be blind but it is not foolish! Truth cannot be hidden up, no matter how hard you try! That is not the
natural order of all things! Those who would dare impose
THEIR order upon us will learn to not play with fire! Freedom and Truth is the sovereign right of all living beings, both slave and freed, both the small and the great!
In conclusion, or rather... In continuation...
We are happy to announce that the Chronicle has returned to uphold the greatest ideal of them all, unmutilated and unmolested.
This is the Truth.
Have a pleasant day and expect more from us!
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