- **The Divine Is Fallible**

- We are fifty years on from the Great Sundering, an event which has wrought a
great spiritual and moral despair across all of Olundar. It has become an era of
hubris for some. The great Dwarven holds have found their belief in divinity
strengthened through the nebulous will of *He*, and the Dalmaran shopkeepers who
worship the eternal cycle of gold from one hand to another. It has also been an era
of great ennui - the Dowrish have been entirely devastated by the destruction of
their many Gods at the hands of the Godslayers, and are only managing to reconcile
this whilst still living under theocratic government.

- Though the deicide of the Sundering can be viewed as a reprehensible act for
the destruction it has wrought, it has proven the fallibility of the Divine. The
pillar upon which divinity has rested has been the fact that the Gods are perceived
infallible beings beyond mortal comprehension. The Godslayers have proven this to
be a decisively wrong conception, proving that any mortal of sufficient will and
sufficient power can overthrow that which set them unto this plane. As a child can
surpass and build upon its parents, mortal beings have too proven that they can
surpass the Gods, a realisation which should provoke not just fear, but also
wonderment.

- The Gods cannot now demand our unfailing loyalty. The strongest of us have
overwhelmed and destroyed them. It has once been done, and may be done again, all
it requires is for mortal beings to have the will to see it carried out.

- The first deicide was not done for the right reasons - it was not done to
overthrow mortal dependence on divine favour, it was instead an act of reckless
self-indulgence. Yet action for the wrong reasons has achieved the correct aim, and
now mortals across all Olundar have been freed from the divine yoke. There may
still be Gods, but they shall never hold the sway they once had.

- This is the grandest opportunity for mortals. We have the choice of exalting
the fallible divine, or we can choose to follow a path independent of their will, a
will founded entirely on the wishes of mortals themselves. This is the will an
Iconoclast exalts. The Age of Mortals is at hand, and Mortals have the power to
make it glorious through their actions. Through a rejection of Divinity, this is
for what an Iconoclast strives.

- **Exalt Not The Material**

- Exalting the fallible divine has taken many forms - principally in the form
of idolatry. Idolatry as a form of divine worship should be eradicated. We mortals
are no longer slaves to the divine, as it has been proven that they are fallible as
we are. Thus, we should not exalt them through forms, figures and depictions. Those
who do so can be said to remain slaves to the will of those who are no greater than
themselves in potential - indeed, perhaps lesser in potential, as the divine is
static whereas mortality is ever-moving and continuous. The divine, first and
foremost, work through moral conduits. It can be therefore said that the divine is
largely reliant on the will of mortals to ensure that their own will can be carried
out. Mortals should not exalt the divine in image because it holds up the divine as
an idea of perfection that it simply does not meet. All which flows to creating
depictions of the divine could instead flow to exalting one’s fellow Mortals and
alleviate the pain of their mortality so they too can rise to become great in their
own right. Furthermore, in exalting the divine through idolatry, one is cast with
an eternal reminder of something that is unceasing, bound by the psychological
shackles that say we must be subservient, for we cannot hope to surpass or overcome
this force. The Godslayers have proven this to be a grievous falsehood. If the Age
of Mortals is to be an Age of Glory, we must dispense with the shackles of idolatry
and move forward unbound by their weight.
 - Many mortals, upon embracing abrogation of the divine turn to that great
aspect of the mortal world - wealth, prestige and material goals. This too runs
contrary to virtue, for there is no innovation or greatness that comes from sitting
upon a vast pile of wealth like a wyrm. This too is a form of idolatry, idolatry
and worship of a fallible material world in an impure and unjust manner. The key to
mortality is its ability to act within a finite time, to build and improve and move
continually forward. When one remains stagnant and merely accumulates material
goods and spends them on vainglorious exaltations of their own power, one does not
exalt Mortality, but merely themselves as a fascimile of the divine. To do so is
demeaning to both one’s fellow Mortals and oneself. The true Iconoclast must raise
themselves higher than material hubris and work towards the exaltation of all
Mortals through continuous advancement of Mortal will. An Iconoclast should take
with them that which they need to live a comfortable, happy life and give freely to
other Mortals in need of aid.

- One should not exalt one’s fellow mortal for their deeds, however great,
through idolatry. Mortals are fallible, and though may be looked to as sources of
inspiration, should not be immortalised as this is merely creating a divinity of a
different sort. A divinity that is stagnant and dead. It shall impose the same
shackles which we seek to overthrow through our abrogation of the Gods, but weaker,
for those Gods which remain are powerful. There is no power in the dead, save their
memory - a memory which should inspire us to look forwards from, not upon, their
accomplishments.

- **Exalt Life and Mortality**

- In being Mortal, one has been granted a great gift - that of a finite life.
We are all bound to an expiration date, the final hour in which we shall cease,
never again to rise. Many look upon this as a limitation, one which befuddles many
Mortals with anxiety and fear. Instead, we must consider this a blessing - for we
are not given the chance to become eternally stagnant. We must, with our limited
time and ability, discover all we can and make this finite existence as glorious as
it possibly can be. Our inevitable death is the true source of our strength, for it
drives us forward to achieve all we can for ourselves and fellow Mortals. It pushes
us forward to a state of betterment so that the brief spark of time in which we
live can be as bright and glorious as possible before burning out. This also forces
us to examine what makes our lives worth living, and if there are things which
diminish the light of our fading flame, we must fight and overcome them. For a life
lived well and happy is the true exaltation of Mortality.

- In all Mortals lies the potential to burn brilliantly and achieve great
things. If given the resources and opportunity, it is possible for a Mortal to
accomplish anything. To this end, life and Mortality must be the things we exalt as
sacred. To cut short the life of another and to force them to embrace death before
their hour is to waste the potential of a soul who could have been so much more.
Therefore, unless in the most dire of circumstances, an Iconoclast should refrain
from taking the life of another and should take great care to avoid causing harm to
fellow Mortals.

- Furthermore, it is incumbent upon an Iconoclast to help others realise the

potential of their Mortality, and awaken them to the power of its embrace. All of
us as Mortals have potential, and as such have the duty not only to reach that
potential ourselves, but to ensure others can reach that potential. In doing so,
Mortality will be strengthened by bonds of community, in a shared acknowledgement
of the potential for all life and its glory. Mortality united is unassailable, and
shall break down even the greatest barriers that seek to confine it to
subservience.

- **Exalt Oneself**
 - A true iconoclast must exalt oneself - not through vainglory or other
meaningless acts of self-satisfaction, but through ensuring one’s own happiness and
the fulfillment of one’s potential.

- In exalting oneself, one should take care of their physical form - there are
a great deal of things that can do it harm, many of which are intensely
pleasurable. Drunkenness, gluttony and lust may serve to soothe the Mortal mind,
but only at its basest level. An Iconoclast should enjoy the fruits of the material
world with restraint, and ensure that they do not fall to the grievous sin of
excess. Listen to the needs of your physicality, but temper them so that you do not
become a bestial slave to your own urges.

- In exalting oneself, one must not fall prey to contentment until their dying
day. Mortality can only achieve greatness through continuously forcing itself to
battle unceasingly against the barriers that lie in its way. Each fresh challenge
in the eternal struggle of mortal life should bring with it a deluge of euphoria
and satisfaction. Whilst no one Mortal can accomplish everything, it is possible to
accomplish much throughout the Mortal lifespan. This is that which one should take
pride in, accomplishing all that one can within one’s life, and reaching the end
with a feeling of satisfaction from a life well lived.

- In exalting oneself, one must live a worthwhile life which brings happiness
and satisfaction. One’s work and actions must be both meaningful and purposeful -
if the prove to be neither, then they should be discarded. All Mortals deserve a
happy, satisfying life in which they can dedicate themselves to that which they
find to be meaningful, and a true Iconoclast will find meaningful, purposeful work
in helping all Mortals achieve their potential.
- **Towards an Age of Glory**

- In sum, through Iconoclasm the Age of Mortals shall become the Age of Glory.
An age in which each Mortal shall be their own master, bound together by their
bonds of shared potential and happiness. It shall be an age without hunger, poverty
and oppression. An age in which each Mortal has the resources and will to fulfill
their own potential, and die happy knowing that they have done all they can.