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you have lived a life <strong>of</strong> bloodthirsty evil, contemptuous <strong>of</strong> your fellow man,<br />

laying others low and <strong>do</strong>ing as you pleased without a care for who or what<br />

you hurt...<br />

"...then it is perhaps one <strong>of</strong> the Lower Planes - Baa<strong>to</strong>r, or the chaotic swirling<br />

layers <strong>of</strong> the Abyss - that shall welcome you! Evil <strong>to</strong> the core are the spirits<br />

that come <strong>to</strong> this plane, and most are <strong>do</strong>omed <strong>to</strong> mindless cruelty and<br />

suffering or servitude in the dreaded..." He whispered dramatically "...Blood<br />

War."<br />

Morte whispered, "And that's if you're lucky."<br />

Blood War... the phrase tingled with familiarity, but the feeling was gone a<br />

moment later.<br />

"No matter where you go, know this: You shall <strong>be</strong> embarking on a new life. A<br />

new life, my Sigilians!"<br />

"And that's supposed <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> an incentive? We get <strong>to</strong> <strong>do</strong> this all again? Gee, I<br />

can't wait <strong>to</strong> <strong>be</strong> a floating skull all over again. Whee! Pike him. What a tard.<br />

Spoken just like someone who hasn't died <strong>be</strong>fore, huh?"<br />

The lecturer continued, unaware <strong>of</strong> the heckling at the back <strong>of</strong> the crowd,<br />

"You shall <strong>be</strong> able <strong>to</strong> start anew without the burden <strong>of</strong> memory or your past<br />

life. Your 'soul' goal, if you will..." He smiled at his own humor. What kind <strong>of</strong><br />

person chuckles at their own jokes? "…is <strong>to</strong> merge with this new Plane that<br />

you are on, <strong>be</strong>coming one with the ideals and the very substance <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Plane itself!<br />

"You shall <strong>be</strong> one <strong>of</strong> the inhabitants, the petitioners, on this Plane or, ideally,<br />

one <strong>of</strong> the building blocks upon which the Plane is built! It is the goal <strong>of</strong> all<br />

petitioners! To accomplish this goal, you..." He clapped his hands <strong>to</strong>gether<br />

for emphasis: "...MUST clap! HOLD clap! TO clap! YOUR clap! IDEALS!"<br />

"Oh, this is one, big steaming load." I found myself nodding in agreement<br />

with Morte.<br />

"Your ideals! Good or evil, law or chaos, or somewhere in <strong>be</strong>tween! As you<br />

approach the alignment <strong>of</strong> the Plane, your journey will end as you <strong>be</strong>come<br />

part... <strong>of</strong>... the... plane... itself! 'Tis a glorious existence, my Sigilians!<br />

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