"Laboriously copied onto Zurkwood Parchment"
The Mageocracy propaganda- "A gift of the gods of the earth to the gnomes, the Machine turns beneath you. You do not know what it does. You could not point to an item in the Bowels and truthfully say "that, is the Machine"."
The truth-It is a machine spawned from pure evil, designed to not only enslave but eliminate all sentient life within it's confines. Worse yet, it spreads, like any viral plague on the natural world spreads, those of you who have seen the Orog settlements know the truth of this, and the Slaad fever the Machine breeds there as a by-product of it's being.
The Mageocracy wants you to believe-"You do not know where it is, or who designed it. You do not know it's purpose, it's function, or how to make it work. You do not understand, and so you fear."
The truth- It was designed by flawed members of the Svirfneblin who settled here eons ago. Their minds were corrupted by delving too deep into the earth, releasing an ancient evil that used there own insatiable curiosity and inventiveness against them, turning it on them in the last days. It is why only the Machine remains, and it's builders do not.
The svirfneblin are not an evil race, or a slaver race. The tales of old tell of how they were gnomes much like others on the surface, led to the darkness of the Underdark so that they could honor the one that showed them the path by mining the treasures of the earth.-Perhaps the only true thing the Mageocracy or the Mechanists have ever uttered. A half truth wrapped in a lie-"The creation of the Machine was not diabolical in conception, nor was it inspired with the intent of causing hurt, or suffering. It does not hate you, fear you, or feel whatsoever. It was created in the crucible of ingenuity and invention by the svirfneblin for the purpose of enriching their lives. The Machine merely is."
The truth-The Machine was inspired by pure evil, negative sentient energy that only has one desire, to feed. It manipulated the unwitting svirfneblin, using them to create it's ever increasing ability to replicate itself, and spread out into the underdark, where if left unchecked, it would eventually consume all living matter and transform it to either undead animated flesh, or animated steel and rock, the difference is negligible.It is why only undead or animatrons are found in great numbers in the Machine, and once it is fully realized, the Machine will control both, and become supreme.
What they wish you to do-The Machine is all about us. It is Dunwarren itself. From the waste barrels, to the sewers. From the water pumping systems, to the systems that circulate the air we breath. It is all interconnected. Do not fear it, people of Sanctuary.
What you should do-Abandon the Machine, leave it to the ravages of time. Rise up against those who wish to make you slave and worse yet, food for their evil enterprise. Not all those who are misled by the Cult of the Machine are evil, but the ends of their means will mean the end of you. It is up to you to save yourself.
The Machine Provides? The Machine Devours! ABANDON THE MACHINE, BEFORE IT CONSUMES YOU!