Editing Librera (section)

===''Mind of the Prophet''===
by [[Lynn the Elder]]<ref>Centuries after this section of the Librera was written, the Order of [[the Mind of the Prophet]] was formed, and Lynn the Elder was ceremonially honored as their founder – posthumously.  As a human, she had obviously passed on by this time.</ref>
<blockquote>"...On the morning of the summer solstice, in a small fishing village on the Sae duChaad, a boy is born in jail to a young elven whore.  Legend claims she turned her face to the wall and died of shame and despair when the midwife told her the child was half-human.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Local rumor claimed that the baby was fathered by the bishop of [[Phealas]] (a stern and puritanical god of Death and Magic) in violation of his vow of chastity. Fueling this rumor, the priest took the boy in and christened him [[Malicean]] (from the elvish for "Malice's child").  Though the Race Wars have only distantly touched this sleepy village, the boy's name is a symbol of the enmity between the peoples.</blockquote>

<blockquote>...On reaching majority, Malicean leaves his childhood home, and moves to the Island of Lost Souls.  He joins there a church of the Sun and Moon God, Pelor.  His passionate faith and accessible oratory skills stand him there in good stead.  Faithful to Pelor's doctrine of harmony between the races, he rises steadily within the ranks, and slowly begins to gain a number of followers.</blockquote>

<blockquote>...In the year of the moon 42, Malicean, now known as "the Chaste", is granted the leadership of the Church of the Sun and Moon.  Under his guidance, the church swells in numbers, though their policy of taking in any refugees who seek them out, regardless of race, bleeds the coffers nearly as fast as they can be filled.</blockquote>

<blockquote>His most dedicated followers form the core of a new order within the church, swearing themselves to his protection.  Calling themselves the Sword of Malicean, they seek to emulate both his purity of soul and vision, and his skill with arms and warcraft...<ref>Malicean is generally honored as the first paladin; his Swords are recognized as the next. It is noted in some later historical texts that they are also fanatically loyal to their leader, living and dying at his whim.</ref> </blockquote>

<blockquote>... Five years later, the first blow is struck in the Rising of the Sun, Malicean's righteous crusade to restore harmony between the races, and root out evil. Leading a ragtag bunch of refugees armed with nothing more than makeshift weaponry and ingenuity, Malicean takes control of the mainland port nearest the island temple. This battle is later to be known as the Battle of Wild's Reef. </blockquote>

<blockquote>...As his movement spreads, Malicean faces increased hostility and resistance.  The first church to stand against him is, in a melancholy twist of fate, the Temple of Phaelas.  The Church of Death and Life, fatted on the abundance of death in the wake of the Race Wars, sought to preserve the status quo.  Underestimating the power of Malicean's movement, and his tactical genius, the church of Phaelas is for all intents and purposes wiped out when the Temple at Caervas is sacked, and the whole city razed.  Malicean himself puts his (adopted?) father to the sword, after the old man refuses to forsake his god..."</blockquote>