A Warrior's Redemption (The Warrior Kind)

"I don't understand it? We are about to be potentially overrun by a stronger enemy and your telling me that we have the power to stop that invasion, but we can't use it because it could lead to a greater evil! What could be worse than the defeat and enslavement of our own people? These books over here have written on them that they are Holy Scripture. Why is this desperately sought for knowledge being withheld from the people? Are these not holy works of the Creator's Scripture?"

Thaddeus paused for a moment before answering, "Partially yes, but they originated after the original body of scripture was irreparably damaged. They contain many fanciful stories and questionable doctrines that do not line up with the original Holy Scriptural fragments that we do still have. Those five books are compilations' of what their authors thought the original authors should have written, but didn't. What truths, if any, that are in them are hopelessly scrambled and beyond usefulness other than to succeed in leading one astray from the truth, even if meant well. Trust me Roric I have read them, they appear legitimate and believable, but there is something that disturbs my soul and steals my peace as I read them. Is there wisdom to be found within them I would say yes, but I do not trust the wisdom that they contain, as I do not know the source of it or where it will lead."

"If all these books pose our society such a moral risk of belief as you suggest, why are they still in existence?" I asked.

"Those five books were all seized from the Zoarinians. It was the basis for their argument to legitimatize there right to power in the early days. It gave them a persuasive argument to inspire their followers, which our faction couldn't afford at the time. Without the technologies in the other books or the ideologies contained in those five books they were unable to sway the people of our faction over into their belief structure and so we persevered in our beliefs even though we had but fragments left of it to inspire faith by. We believe that these books are one of the primary objectives that the Zoarinians wish to capture in their invasion and thus the books offer us a bargaining tool of sorts at least that is the view of the high council. It is not mine, because if the Zoarinians were to regain any of these works it would give them untold access to redefine this world's belief structure however they pleased to. If it were up to me I would have destroyed them long ago, but my hands have been tied by the high council. Now the decision rests with you as the next heir of the Ta'lont line. Either use the technology to benefit our society and gain us victory in battle at the risk of recreating the mistakes of our past. Or do nothing with the knowledge and risk it falling into the hands of the enemy, which would most certainly lead to a bad outcome all around and perhaps even cause implications beyond our world as well. The choice is yours, and need I say choose wisely!"