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alfred, the executioner (thegoodblood) wrote in the100,
@ 2015-12-05 18:26:00

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!network post, alfred, castiel, evie frye, georgina kincaid, jenny

I've been doing a great deal of reading on the topic, but I confess to being no closer to understanding the dominant religions of this world. Not to say that I don't find their stories fascinating - I do! - but there seems to be such variety and disagreement as to interpretation that I hardly know what is popular and what is erm. Niche. Not that it's any different in my world - one moment a martyr, the next a heretic - but there's a broad deviation from what I believe to be true in my faith that I'm afraid I'm left quite confused.

So, let me ensure that this is correct: this season that we are in now - "Yule", or tomorrow - "Hanukkah", and later on "Christmas" - these holidays are all from separate faiths, correct? The first is a Pagan holiday celebrating the season of midwinter, the next is a holiday commemorating the unlikely survival of a people against a tyrannical ruler, and the last is a celebration of a child with godly parentage who will eventually be revered as the holy undead.

(Please correct me if I've phrased something incorrectly or been offensive. Yharnam is terribly isolated, in its own way, and while all these religions are interesting to read about it does make me homesick for the Bloodletting Feast of the Great One Reborn. Such revelry among the burning pyres! But alas.)

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	thegoodblood 2015-12-06 01:10 am UTC (link)
	So... forgive me, it's own Creed? So, your own religion, independent of the established churches. Is that correct? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dontdie 2015-12-06 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Well, we don't pray to a God. We call it the Order, or the Brotherhood, but it is independent, and we follow our own set of beliefs that supersede religions. There are Brothers who are religious, but I never truly felt the desire to follow that calling. I prefer to follow the values of the Creed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thegoodblood 2015-12-06 01:25 am UTC (link)
	And what values are those, if you don't mind my asking? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Alfred/Evie

dontdie
2015-12-06 01:35 am UTC (link)

Technically, my sharing this information is generally frowned upon, but some people already know what we are here. However, I still don't feel completely comfortable being outright with it to the public. The Assassin Order strives for secrecy, so that we won't be murdered by Templars while fighting for the innocent. We want all to be free and push for peace above all else.

Our Creed consists of three things we all take to heart.

"Stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent."
"Hide in plain sight, be one with the crowd."
"Never compromise the Brotherhood."

And know that should you share this information without my permission, I will not stay my blade.

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	Alfred/Evie thegoodblood 2015-12-06 01:39 am UTC (link)
	Thank you for entrusting me with it. I promise that I will not reveal it to anyone, and not merely because you have threatened me with your blade. The Templars, then - I assume that they're not interested in peace? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Alfred/Evie dontdie 2015-12-06 01:42 am UTC (link)
	If you want to pretend that's not the only reason, by all means. Templars are only interested in power, control and world domination. Just before arriving, my brother and I stopped one from controlling a shroud that would have given him ultimate power, for instance. He would have used it to control millions of innocents and killed anyone that resisted. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Alfred/Evie thegoodblood 2015-12-06 01:49 am UTC (link)
	It isn't the only reason. I deal with many secrets in my profession. Some knowledge is better unspoken. Horrible. What sort of ultimate power? Longevity, I imagine. Insight into the arcane. Although I cannot fault those who seek these things, often times it is those who least need such assets who find them. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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