The Ravenblack Grimoire

It is hard to imagine how sentient trees with little to no self motivation can cause such a furor. I remember clearly a couple years ago when I took a long hard yank on Lord Galamushi’s intention and aired his tired undies out for the city to see. Holding up his duplicity for everyone with half a brain to add one and one and conclude that the vampire was the epitome of dodgy. I stood my ground then and even now, as look at what the present holds, I stand it once again.

That was nearly two years ago. Since then Lord Galamushi and his wonderfully soft spoken bride have both taken to Neutral pink and eschewed a life of warring and mayhem. Or have they?

When a vampire takes Neutrality, then sends a minion to gather allies to war by spreading the following message;

“My childern, One year ago this month we were attached, we all were by the same vampire. This month we will return fire in force together and zero this vampire for their crimes on us. Go forth and buy 5 Holy Waters and 10 Garlic Sprays & a few SoS (1)”

It’s hard not to get agitated at the whole mess. Unlife was never going to be fair. In what reality where we exist was the ideal that all things would come out in the wash going to happen? It wasn’t. It never will. There will always be something that drives you to the edge of your understanding and yes, even as outdated an ideal as it is, drive you to reexamine your sense of fair play.

Where is it okay to don a Cloak of Neutrality and then send your minions out to wage war?
Where is it within the jurisdiction of the laws our God laid down where this sort of shenanigans can continue unabated?
Why, when a sentient tree so obviously named for its Master can incite warfare when his master sits back untouched, untouchable?
What then, are we as a city morally obligated to do?
What do you want to do?

Even in our morally corrupt social stratum there are rules of conduct. There is a modicum of honour and even among enemies a code of ethics. It isn’t always taught on all levels, or any level. It is sometimes inherently known and in some cases instilled in places of learning, but even the most divorced of creatures can agree that to act with no honour, is to be honourless.

I had stopped associating with Lord Galamushi long before this latest debacle. I rather like Nighthwk’s suggestion of inciting the Ents themselves to revolt but the truth is, that too is honourless. There are times in every vampire’s unlife where a moral decision is required for a greater good to happen. In order to facilitate the strengthening of our city we must lance a pus filled wound. Lord Galamushi’s disease on this city has lasted long enough. His lies and deceit and cancerous canker is long overdue it’s eradication and we as a city should take steps to see it happen.

We have a God and we have ourselves. We all know that our God is omnipotent only when indulged with monetary inducement or righteous indignation with the same unpredictable mood swings of the all powerful. Rendering his contribution negligible at best. So it is ourselves who first must be accountable. We who know of these Ents, who have some influence in certain places, who can use that influence to change the tide of what he proposes. We can do this, one whispered word, in the right ear, at the right time, for the right reason. He can be stopped. And we can stop him.

So I ask again.

Where is it okay to don a Cloak of Neutrality and then send your minions out to wage war?
What then, are we as a city morally obligated to do?
What do you want to do?

Easy enough to ask these in a literary sense here in this newspaper. But what are you going to do with the ideal, now that you have it in front of you?

That is the question.