Charon Summanus

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Journal Entries
I grew up in the deep forest where few but druids and rangers tread. The druids teach of the balance of life and death, that is the way of Nature so they say. But from a young age I have been fascinated with death, death is half the equation in Nature and we have barely scratched the surface of it. There is a beauty in death, the decay that follows and the forces that are within. We tend to focus on life and growth and ignore everything else.

Not I.

I have shed the ways of the Rangers and Druids that were my mentors. They learned to manipulate the forces of life in Nature and cast me out for not following their ways. Death is my mentor now and the manipulation of those forces is only Natural. Does not the Great Tree become so by defeating their rivals and getting all the light? Growing tall and shading out all of its surroundings so that none can challenge it? We admire all that have defeated or killed their rivals, so I learn from Nature. Nature is the way of Death.

I shall follow the path of Nature and learn the arts of Death and Decay. I shall harness those beautiful powers and bend them to my will becoming like the Great Ones themselves. I shall share Nature’s other half with all of civilization and use the power of that decay to ascend to untold heights.

Silently as a shadow, I will court you Death. My mistress, my Love. I will be your undying Herald, let us show them your beauty and remind them of your embrace for even the gods can feel it.