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| It is the misconception of some, because the ways of Viravain are
| | '''Viravain''' is a member of the [[:Category:Seventh Circle of the Divine|Seventh Circle of the Divine]], also known as the Creators. She is the sister-mate of [[Shikari]]. |
| challenging and often seem harsh, that a quality such as beauty is a
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| thing to be ignored at best, or perhaps even actively suppressed.
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| Nothing could be further from the truth.
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| Is not Viravain Herself the most beautiful of all beings? Is it not part
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| of [[Mother Night|Mother Night's]] covenant with her devotees to keep them young and
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| beautiful? Is not the dark rose, when it bursts from the earth
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| glittering with the energies of the Glomdoring, the most beautiful of
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| all the flowers?
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| Nay, beauty is a thing to be prized. It can be a shield, for there are
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| many who esteem a beautiful thing to be harmless while they fear the
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| overtly monstrous. Many, too, are loathe to destroy a thing of beauty.
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| It can also be a weapon. Many are the men and women who have been
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| brought low because they were ensorcelled by the beauty of another.
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| Beauty ensnares the mind. Beauty enflames the passions and clouds the
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| rationality. Beauty causes those who would be your enemies to wish they
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| were your friends. To be intentionally beautiful is the beginning of the
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| way of domination and power, for many a poisoned dagger is carried in an
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| ornate sheath.
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| Beauty is, of course, not limited to the physical. One can cultivate
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| courtesy or an enchanting personality. One can produce great works of
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| beauty that draw the appreciation of many. One can seek beautiful
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| speech. These things, also, can be your blade and shield if you use them
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| with understanding and intention.
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| Beauty is not just a means, however. It is also an end. At the end of
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| our struggle, when all foes are fallen, all conflict is over, and the
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| planes are full of a beauty that is not unlike the perfection that is
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| [[Glomdoring]], it is indeed beauty that will remain - an everlasting
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| testament to why we strove in the first place. It is our reward for our
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| labors, and our experience of it now keeps us working when the road
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| becomes difficult. Behold the beauty of the Lady of the Summer Song.
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| Behold the beauty of Her forest. Behold the beauty in the lives of our
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| brothers and sisters. It is an ever-present motivation when all other
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| motives have been forgotten.
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| Viravain is a member of the [[:Category:Seventh Circle of the Divine|Seventh Circle of the Divine]], also known as the Creators. She is the sister-mate of [[Shikari]].
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