> As any good Lunar will tell you, chaos is not to be feared (even if
> some creatures of chaos are), it is to be used to the greater glory
> of the Red Goddess. Not everyone will develop his or her connexion
> with chaos, but everyone recognises its usefulness and their potential
> to use it.
This is mostly true. Though I'd disagree with "greater glory of the Red Goddess", unless you go on to state what she's working to *do* -- which is, of course, to recreate the Perfect World for all of us.
Saying that "not everyone will develop his or her connection" is like saying "not every Sartarite has an iron sword" -- true, but misleading. And certainly many Lunars would *never* want to use Chaos, any more than most Hrestoli want to leave their birth-caste of Farmer: it's scary and dangerous and I'll stick with what I know, thanks.
Lunars do *not* commonly use Chaos powers, and attempt to monitor their use appropriately -- look at the cultic restrictions re: "Chaos Gift". Those Lunars who specialise in manipulating Chaos in their magics are a distinct minority, though I imagine all students in the Lunar College will have worked with Chaos as part of their academic studies. Only some will go on to further and deeper studies: they make great villains.
> This is one of the reasons Sartarites hate the Lunars.
More likely the practical reasons ("They killed the King, sacked the Home of the Bold, and sent the Crimson Bat to eat uncle Eddi") win out over the dry theory ("Some Lunars think Chaos is not to be feared..."). Use of Chaos on the battlefield is *part* of the reason for Sartarites' hatred of the Lunars. And, as Jeff Richard will doubtless confirm, they certainly did get whacked with an ungodly amount of Chaos in the 1602 campaign: almost as if someone was trying to make a point of it.
> Illumination is also about accepting your shadow, and mostly that.
Ironic that Arkat/Gbaji killed Gbaji/Nysalor, then. Probably the greatest Illuminates before the Third Age...
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