It is well known to all credible historians that Seleucar had its beginnings rooted from Nikolas, a boy with prophetic dreams who was destined for a greater purpose. He never started his journey to found the Seleucarian Empire for selfish reasons, and what is known as the 'Sermon on the Rocks' clearly state the thoughts that propelled him onwards.

After years of wandering, Nikolas came face to face with the Logos, who revealed His hand in the vision that the young man had been experiencing, and the destiny he was to play in saving the continent of Sapience from a future threat, identified as the Black Wave. It was under the name as Nicator, wielding the staff of power that he eventually founded Seleucar, to fulfill the will of Sarapis for a united land and a strong army to stand against this Black Wave. Though it came with the inevitable cost of deaths, the subsequent rise of the Seleucarian Empire was necessary.

For a time, the Seleucarian Empire existed as a pinnacle of mortal accomplishment after the threat of the Black Wave was eventually eliminated, carried to glorious heights by the likes of Catarin deSangre and Davis Kephry. However, the fallacy and mistakes of mortals are often the cause of many crises and downfalls, and the Seleucarian Empire was not immune to them.

From its rise to its downfall, the Tsol'teth influence and the Seleucarian Empire was ever entwined. Despite turning insane after consuming Agith'maal's heart, Adchachel was able to birth a descendant named Castomira Brangwin. Through her, the evil of the Tsol'teth survived, and through her machinations, the once glorious Seleucarian Empire was brought low. Witnessing Imperial Seleucar plagued with corruption and internal strife, and wanting to free the citizenry from its grasp, the Sapient League made their decision to advance upon the city and put an end to it.

You may use history to support your stances, but when you do use it, please ensure that you understand what you have read in entirety before doing so to avoid accidental embarrassment.

While you claim that the Tsol'teth of today are not the Tsol'teth of old, the words written by Ama-maalier, the Fulcrum of the Meld, seem to suggest otherwise. Anything less than the total compliance that was demanded would be met by destruction, and nothing would stop them from processing all of us in the end. Cyrene is an example, and its imposed laws indicate nothing about caring for our survival, merely the betterment of the Tsol'teth.

However, I accept the value of your point raised that implies a willful choice of ignorance about the Tsol'teth. If conversation with the forces we see as enemies will serve to explain the actions they have already undertaken, then perhaps direct knowledge from them - not you - would make for better tools of persuasion and negotiation.

Gaian Marisella Yuridja-Keyte, Ithmian Savant
Scholar of the Asterian Resoration

Penned by my hand on the 18th of Phaestian, in the year 799 AF.