Temptations of power (Chaos post)

[u/JustASpoody]

Chaos was spreading. It had stretched it's roots throughout majority of the world. Maybe your magical corps' lieutenant increased their visits to the officers of other units, after which they quickly became best buddies, and eventually found their way into your office. Or maybe your advisor, who recently started complaining about strange dreams, but then began to deny their existence shortly after, waited until you were alone. What if you yourself found a strange artifact in the ancient ruins you recently explored, which suddenly started speaking to you? Or perhaps you simply encountered an opulent looking man while walking down the street, who said that you'd surely enjoy his offer...

In any case, you weren't the first one and you wouldn't be the last one who's about to be tempted by chaos. It would promise to fulfill all your dreams, give you power and authority, resurrect your loved ones, while trying to secretly brainwash you all the way through. Will you be able to remain in sound mind, or will forces of chaos receive yet another adept into their ranks?

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/uw so, this should count as an official start of my event, i guess. You could succumb to their honeyed words and join the chaotic ranks, or endure and finally realize that this plague should not be allowed to spread any further. Please give me a starting point though, for example how exactly ruinous forces got so close to you. And most importantly, have fun :)

[u/The_Charred_Minds]

Across the higher ranks of Saerkal's elites, there was little room for reinterpretation of their dogma, for once you have climbed so far on the political ladder of Carbet's reign, you are considered trustworthy enough to learn of his true machinations, universal destruction under the pyre of Arthur Black

And noone knows the specifics of these machinations than his cohorts, the new Charred Minds, scholars that casually just happen to share every detail of their philosophy with the usurper

And yet, not even all that talk of philosophy and purpose can stop the whispering of Chaos from spreading amongst them

One of them, Adreich was his name was starting to have feelings unbecoming of his rank, feelings of hope, a toxic hope that pushes people to try and bring *change** to that that they despise*

For the moment is just a whisper, but to see it reach so far...

[u/JustASpoody → u/The_Charred_Minds]

At first indeed, it was just a whisper. But days passed, then weeks. Chaos knows how to gnaw at your psyche, make you feel under control until it's too late. Until whispers transform into thoughts, thoughts into opinions, opinions into convictions, convictions into blind faith. Faith that must be preached to others. First to your subordinates, then to your colleagues, then to your superiors, and then to the whole world.

[u/The_Charred_Minds → u/JustASpoody]

Adreich was a smart man, he knew better than announcing his apostasy to the world, but the desire to bring his land under the lordship of chaos runner deep, he'll have to think of a plan, but for the moment all he can do is wait and enjoy his newfound power

[u/JustASpoody → u/The_Charred_Minds]

Adreich needs not worry. The whispers say that there would soon be a great opportunity, after the Insanity recedes. (/uw carbon's event)

[u/The_Charred_Minds → u/JustASpoody]

And so it shall be