Why are you fighting?

Think, ask yourself long and hard. You may find answers such as 'freedom' 'it's the right thing to do' 'Opression cannot be allowed' or anything similar. On both sides whatever it is that drives you;

You are completely and utterly wrong

Consider this.

We are surrounded by hostile forces. Drow, duergar, and innumerous other beings who would see us dead or enslaved. Yes, charming isn't it? Now consider the chosen. To put things into perspective, here is a few truths.

Dunwarren as it was built by the svirfneblin, is massive beyond reckoning. There are hundreds of districts similar to what we now live in. The svirfneblin truly built an amazing place, but you must wonder why I am explaining this. The answer is simple. Think of the population such a massive place would hold. Tens of thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands of svirfneblin.

Now consider this; The chosen numbers grow rapidly, taking over the vast majority of the population. They have been vastly unchecked since the mechanists vacated. Unchecked for centuries with the only opposition being still active animatrons, and more recently, adventurers. It is now estimated their numbers are close to several hundred thousand.

I tell you this to give you perspective. The spellguard and watch are not your doom, but they are not your saviours in this war. Nor are the rebels saviours of any kind. Both sides are the doom of us all, as it is now.

This war is our doom.

This fighting lowers our already low population of skilled individuals. Beleive me when you read this; We cannot afford to lose any more people. I say this to both sides. The chosen are content for the moment. But they will come, they will spread as they have for centuries, beseiging our home like hundreds of other districts of dunwarren before it. As divided as we are now, we have no hope to fend them off. We will be slaughtered, butchered. Our defences will crumble under the sheer numbers.

What use is fighting for ideals, when soon there will be none left to live for them?

Stop fighting, we must unite or we will be all slain. Hold no illusions that anything else will come of this. To both sides; Sacrifice your pride in the spirit of perserverance, of survival - Before it is too late. Understand that whatever you may claim; In this war if you choose to fight, your enemy is the people. Every able body you slay be it rebel or loyalist, is another defender gone. Neither side of this war, is allied with the people of sanctuary. Every death on both sides pushes us all closer to our doom.

Consider it.

-The Harsh Truth.