Post by Tessa Grey on Nov 15, 2018 18:47:01 GMT -8
The Decree of Lady Grey
"I am called a villain, but mine is a doctrine reflected in the unspoken truths behind all other philosophies. Recognize that truth, my child: Strife is the single element most essential to meaning and existence. Without conflict, without struggle, all of creation might as well be so many unmoving, unfeeling stones. Without me to hate, who would have cause to call themselves holy or just?"
— The Book of Charnel
Tessa knew she had a lot of work ahead of her. For generations, evil was defined by males. Not to say she always disagreed with them, but she planned on starting from the ground up. For years there was the idea that fear and destruction ruled evil’s motive, but Tessa thought different. Why destroy the land when she could make it better and manipulate it to her will?
She was born human, but spent most of her life as a vampire witch, learning about the secrets of darkness. She even served one of the six gods, working as high priestess for god of destruction. She became a lady of the night, crafting her own dark magic in the ruins of the old temple when the gods fell.
The goddess sat on her ‘throne’ that she covered in scarfs of satin and silk. She looked around the temple, thinking about the new god of light as well. Where he was the sun, she would be the moon. He was the day, she was the night. He was a lover and supporter of life, she would protect and control the dead. Evil was not just one thing for her…. It was in everything where the blindness of the sun could not reach.
Tessa created a guidebook for her followers to read and follow. There were four laws, though like all things good and evil, they were simply guidelines for those who wished to please the goddess:
Evil and darkness offered indulgence, vital existence, and vengeance against those unworthy versus abstinence, foolish goals, and turning the other cheek.
Evil represents and supports all forms of sin, as they are what opens the full potential of physical, mental, and emotional gratification.
The mortal man is not the enemy… they give purpose. They may not be of equal power, but they provide substance. To slaughter the mortals like cattle takes away any use for slavery, torture, sacrifice, and food.
All those who try to destroy what evil and darkness stands for must be destroyed.
(OOC note: Tessa’ view on evil/darkness is to not destroy Tyran, but to rule it. Thus, random killing will not be ideal in her eyes, though she does understand and encourage it for food, sacrifice, revenge, etc. That said, she will not scold anyone who does the ‘traditional’ or ‘chaotic’ ways of evil, I am just trying to offer inspirations from other sources of evil)
