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The Ammonites have been exterminated; the Chroma-Admiral has been murdered by Xivu Arath; Yul and Eir feast upon the dead Leviathan; and the Traveler has disappeared, likely when all hope was lost. One of the Worm Gods speaks to the three siblings as they stand above the Ammonite homeworld, its sea stained black with poison. They ask each sibling if they now see the true meaning of life, according to their nature. The Ammonites, the Worms claim, have occupied a piece of the universe unjustly, that their existence was a lie because they refused to visit death and destruction upon all who were weaker. | The Ammonites have been exterminated; the Chroma-Admiral has been murdered by Xivu Arath; Yul and Eir feast upon the dead Leviathan; and the Traveler has disappeared, likely when all hope was lost. One of the Worm Gods speaks to the three siblings as they stand above the Ammonite homeworld, its sea stained black with poison. They ask each sibling if they now see the true meaning of life, according to their nature. The Ammonites, the Worms claim, have occupied a piece of the universe unjustly, that their existence was a lie because they refused to visit death and destruction upon all who were weaker. | ||
Essentially, the Ammonites believed that | Essentially, the Ammonites believed that cooperation was more valuable than competition, which made them weak in the eye of the Worms. They claim that this philosophy of life was a solipsistic lie, that their golden age was cancerous and anathema to life's true purpose. Life, the Worms claim, is actually in a constant struggle between annihilation and perfection. The Ammonites failed to apprehend this, and paid with their lives, leaving the suffering Hive to step in and take their place. By right of slaughter they had proven their worth. | ||
The Worms then tell Auryx to look around him, armed with this new knowledge. They claim new battle lines have been drawn in the constant war between the Deep and Sky. But the Worms were not the Deep, only its servants in communion, carrying out its perfect will. Auryx and his sisters would eventually learn how to utilize the Deep's awesome power through their covenant with their gods, in time. | The Worms then tell Auryx to look around him, armed with this new knowledge. They claim new battle lines have been drawn in the constant war between the Deep and Sky. But the Worms were not the Deep, only its servants in communion, carrying out its perfect will. Auryx and his sisters would eventually learn how to utilize the Deep's awesome power through their covenant with their gods, in time. | ||
They finish by saying Auryx was bound by his oath to kill Taox; along the way, he would crusade in the Deep's name, moving the universe toward its final shape. | They finish by saying Auryx was bound by his oath to kill Taox, who had escaped the Ammonite's destruction; along the way, he would crusade in the Deep's name, moving the universe toward its final shape. | ||
===XX: Hive=== | ===XX: Hive=== | ||