CYRENE NEWS #7226
Date: 1/27/2010 at 20:39
From: Evangelus Exelethril Lex Aeterna, Zaikousei of the Hold
To  : Everyone
Subj: Regarding Cyrene and Lady Indrani's Order

Dear Cyrenians,

In regards to Lady Indrani's Order, I truly believe the acception of
such an Order, an Order which follows a Divine dedicated to the
advancement of Sin and perversion, heralding the so-called truth's of
the "Seven Sins" - Lust, Envy, Gluttony, Pride, Wrath, Avarice, and
Dominion, would bring more harm than good in the long run.

Firstly, if shrines dedicated to Lady Indrani were to be seen within
Cyrene's walls, it would be detrimental to Cyrene's image. We are known
as the Heart of the Vashnars but what if that Heart were to be tainted
with assosciation with moral perversion and the Seven Sins? Her very
symbols are that of the hooded serpent and the arcane septagram, symbols
assosciated with deception and Evil. By all means, any sound judgement
would dictate that a passer-by or visitor, especially one from our
closest ally, Shallam, would not take lightly to the sight of such a
shrine within the walls of our beautiful city. Surely as a city we would
like to be seen as one that holds itself with higher moral regards.

In addition to that, we are a city founded on the principles of
Neutrality and Good. Lady Indrani is a Divine enemied to the Church of
Achaea, ecclesiastical scholars have long realised that the embracing of
such desires would only pervert our morals, hence detrimental to one
self. Within our walls reside Paladins and Priests, dedicated to the
cause of Light, albeit by more peaceful means. Furthermore, accepting
Lady Indrani's Order would only bring us further away from our alignment
of Neutral-Good.

The acception of Lady Indrani's Order would only disassosciate ourselves
and strain our relationship with the Church and Shallam, our long
standing allies whom we have defended and have received defense in kind.
The Order Lumeni would surely oppose such actions taken by Cyrene,
dividing and splitting our citizenry.
In regards to shrine wars, if a world burn were to take place, it would
most likely than not, slay Cyrenians -within- our very walls, a threat
we surely would not allow to take place. If a ban were to be imposed on
her shrines, it would surely be seen as bias by her Order members
leading to even more conflict. Something we can surely live without.

To illustrate my point even further, one of the Seven Sins - Pride.
Cyrene is a city founded on the principles of respect, embracing
something such as Pride would be contradictory and rather ironical to
the core tenet of the Mojushai, which is humility. With respect should
come humility, a desire to be courteous to a fellow citymate in the face
of aversion. Secondly, Avarice. If we were to give something as
superficial as wealth and material desires such a high priority as to
jeapordise our very image, we would surely be seen as embracing ideals
closer to that of the Merchants of the Crown in Hashan. A city which is
supposed to be theoretically neutral but has aided Mhaldor and Ashtan in
their plight against Shallam, our long standing allies. With all due
respect, the inclusion of Lady Indrani's Order, an Order dedicated to
the advancement of Pride, as an allowed Order would be disrespectful to
the Mojushai.

Conclusively, Cyrene's image as a city which adheres to morality, a
Neutral-Good city by alignment and our long standing relationship with
Shallam and the Church, alongside with the Paladins and Priests whom
reside within our walls are -far- too much to jeapordize by assosciating
ourselves with a Order dedicated to Sin and moral perversion. With all
due respect to my mother, Epiphany, I will not stand for the corruption
of Cyrene's image. Surely as the Heart of the Vashnars we can hold
ourselves in higher regards.

In service,
Exelethril