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==The Darkness== | ==The Darkness== | ||
[[File:Grimoire The Darkness.jpg|right|150px]] | [[File:Grimoire The Darkness.jpg|right|150px]] | ||
Something hit us. Killed our Golden Age. Nearly wiped us out. Only the Traveler saved us, and at a shattering cost. | Something hit us. Killed our [[Golden Age]]. Nearly wiped us out. Only the [[Traveler]] saved us, and at a shattering cost. | ||
The Speaker tells of a cosmic force that swept over us and caused the Collapse. Legend calls it the Darkness, the Traveler's ancient enemy, which hunted it across space. | The [[Speaker]] tells of a cosmic force that swept over us and caused the [[Collapse]]. Legend calls it the Darkness, the Traveler's ancient enemy, which hunted it across space. | ||
All we have left are questions. Centuries of debate gave birth to competing arguments on the nature of the Darkness and the Collapse. | All we have left are questions. Centuries of debate gave birth to competing arguments on the nature of the Darkness and the Collapse. | ||
The Pujari Position describes the Darkness as a force with both physical and moral presence, an actualization of evil. Pujari art depicts the Darkness as a great storm, or as a change in conduct, a corruption that emerged from within and poisoned the Golden Age. | The [[Pujari]] Position describes the Darkness as a force with both physical and moral presence, an actualization of evil. Pujari art depicts the Darkness as a great storm, or as a change in conduct, a corruption that emerged from within and poisoned the Golden Age. | ||
Saint-14's Position argues that the Darkness was an invading armada, an alien force of incredible - but tangible - power. Some adherents believe that this armada sprang from species rejected or discarded by the Traveler for their sins. | [[Saint-14]]'s Position argues that the Darkness was an invading armada, an alien force of incredible - but tangible - power. Some adherents believe that this armada sprang from species rejected or discarded by the Traveler for their sins. | ||
Ulan-Tan's Thesis considers the Darkness a necessary symmetry to the Traveler in a cosmic balance. In this view, the Traveler's goodness led it to sacrifice for others, and it is up to us to return this goodness by healing the Traveler. | [[Ulan-Tan]]'s Thesis considers the Darkness a necessary symmetry to the Traveler in a cosmic balance. In this view, the Traveler's goodness led it to sacrifice for others, and it is up to us to return this goodness by healing the Traveler. | ||
The Monist Position, or the Deflationary Position, considers the Darkness as a technologically sophisticated force, perhaps a post-Singularity intelligence. Adherents invoke information theory or contend that the universe is a simulation, allowing advanced intelligence to gain weakly acausal powers by bending the rules. | The Monist Position, or the Deflationary Position, considers the Darkness as a technologically sophisticated force, perhaps a post-Singularity intelligence. Adherents invoke information theory or contend that the universe is a simulation, allowing advanced intelligence to gain weakly acausal powers by bending the rules. | ||
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The Acataleptic Clause claims that we are intrinsically unable to understand the Darkness. In many respects this belief parallels the Praxic Creed, which suggests that we should stop worrying about the nature of the Darkness and focus on resisting and defeating it. | The Acataleptic Clause claims that we are intrinsically unable to understand the Darkness. In many respects this belief parallels the Praxic Creed, which suggests that we should stop worrying about the nature of the Darkness and focus on resisting and defeating it. | ||
Certain positions - often labeled heretical - imply that the Traveler itself triggered the Collapse, or that it knew the Darkness was coming for it and hoped to use the Solar System as a sacrifice or a proxy army. The Binary Star cult is one notable example. | Certain positions - often labeled heretical - imply that the Traveler itself triggered the Collapse, or that it knew the Darkness was coming for it and hoped to use the Solar System as a sacrifice or a proxy army. The [[Binary Star Cult|Binary Star cult]] is one notable example. | ||
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Dearest sisters, | Dearest sisters, | ||
It's taken me two years — a quarter of our lives — but I've found the proof. We aren't native to the [[Fundament]]. Our ancient ancestors came here to hide. | |||
The plate of stone we live on, our Osmium Court, is one fragment of a rocky planet that crashed into the Fundament and broke apart. All the other nearby continents — the Helium Drinkers, the Bone Plaza, the Starcutters — came from the same world. | The plate of stone we live on, our [[Osmium Court]], is one fragment of a rocky planet that crashed into the Fundament and broke apart. All the other nearby continents — the [[Helium Drinkers]], the Bone Plaza, the Starcutters — came from the same world. | ||
Perhaps the other races of the Fundament are migrants too. | Perhaps the other races of the Fundament are migrants too. | ||
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We live on the shrapnel of our homeworld, floating on an ocean deep inside a gas giant. | We live on the shrapnel of our homeworld, floating on an ocean deep inside a gas giant. | ||
That's what Fundament must be. A titanic gas planet. The endless storm above us must be one layer of the atmosphere. And the sea we float on... there's more down beneath it. So much more! | |||
You understand what this means, Sathona. The Timid Truth is a lie. We | You understand what this means, [[Sathona]]. The Timid Truth is a lie. We aren't meant to be the world's prey. We weren't born to live and die in the dark. | ||
We have a better destiny. | We have a better destiny. | ||
Tell our father, sister Sathona. This is the proof of his | Tell our father, sister Sathona. This is the proof of his life's work. | ||
With love, for your second birthday, | With love, for your second birthday,<br> | ||
Your first surviving sister, | Your first surviving sister,<br> | ||
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They will become me and I will become them, each of us defeating the other, correcting the other, alloying ourselves into one omnipotent philosophy. Thus I will live forever. | They will become me and I will become them, each of us defeating the other, correcting the other, alloying ourselves into one omnipotent philosophy. Thus I will live forever. | ||
I'll make sure. | |||
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