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