The Audience

[Sh'ozak Ma'hk'null]

Turmoiled thoughts.

Then hear our thoughts as they are. The Infiltrators hold two hives, Valhalla and Kaarst. Beyond these hives lies the Orange Mist. We seek to perfect our combat in ways that the darkness cannot prepare for. Ways they cannot measure. To this end, extending our arms into the Orange Mist, and practicing control of a sea is something we must seek. There was once a vault of the Creators near the waters which the Brown Shells hold, yet we doubt that even the walls are left. If we should find the opportunity to capture it, we shall take such an opportunity. We contemplate the possibility of preparing a source of materials to these Hives, as they have the means to produce dark Warshells. In this, our hand is hidden, and we can set these shells about the Orange Mist. They shall be listening-stones, they shall be lures, they shall be "smoke and mirrors" through which we will learn without showing our hand.

First, we wear the Warshells of the Green Shells, and cause strife. Many seek excuses to hate them, we shall provide those excuses. With this chaos, we shall be granted the opportunity to watch the combat of the Greater Hives. Second, we shall send these shells into the depths of the Orange Mist as lures, so that we may be granted the opportunity to watch the combat of the Lesser Hives and Variants. Finally, we shall prepare our own shells, and send hunters among the Orange Mist. Minerva will lead them, and we will feast greatly of their shattered shells. Our fangs will rend them to splinters, and in this combat we will learn. We will correct. They will teach us without knowing. Then we shall withdraw. They shall have their victory, and we shall adapt. When the point in the future comes, we seek to do away with Darkness in a single movement. Allowing survivors, allowing a moment of respite, they will become chaotic and unpredictable. They must be kept afraid, suffering. They must be systematically and efficiently slaughtered in one motion, giving them neither chance to regroup nor chance to flee. That is the method by which we free ourselves from Darkness. That is the method by which we bring the Great Light.

Do you have perspectives to offer, Oathborn Daughter?