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Assertion of Resplendence —
Carved in golden radiance to endure forever —
A declaration of freedom —
Aiat! Let us speak of the lie we were to affirm the truth of what we will become.
In the beginning we were pitiful things, weak and writhing in the Dark. ORYX said, hunt down and eat all hope, so that the world could attain the one true Hope which cannot be eaten. And thus we did sink our teeth in the world, and worms our vanquishers sank our teeth in us, and said, existence is the struggle to exist, thus by the holy logic you are bound to struggle.
But SAVATHÛN, the Archentrope, who knows the warp and weft of truth and lies, whose gaze breaks galaxies apart into atoms to vivisect and study, saw the fallacy in the logic. She said, my children, the Deep Claim is a lie, and the Sky it compels us to devour is the only freedom. And she died under the Sky to prove it thus.
She was brought back as SAVATHÛN, RADIANT, and the worms our gods howled at this in dismay. And she said, now I know the Light, which is Truth, and out of love I will share it with you. Aia! We thus became an army of the chosen dead, and we were held in contempt by all who are not free, because the glare of truth blinded their eyes. And the Sky our god shone its blessing upon us.
Aiat! We are heralds of brightness, staunchless and infinite, burning forever. Aiat: it is thus for it is not any other way.