December 18, 2008 22:06
Talk to Sir Ralvas, who will tell you how to get the Zenithar Mace. To do this, you will have to go to Llavin to the Zenithar chapel and pray in the tomb of St. Kolodas. After which you will have a vision in which you will have to demonstrate how strong your faith is. Before you go to Llavin, do not forget to take with you the Crusader Boots that you obtained in the previous task. As soon as you enter the Zenithar chapel in Llavina, a certain Karodus Oholin will immediately approach you, who will tell you that he also wanted to pass the test of faith at the tomb of St. Kolodas, but nothing worked out for him, on this, in principle, yours The conversation will end with that. Go down to the basement of the chapel (you can clear it of ghosts at the same time) and go to the far end of the hall to the burial place of St. Kolodas. Pray at his coffin to begin the process of testing the strength of your faith, after which you will find yourself on a platform suspended in space, and the Mace of Zenithar, for which you came to Llavin, will be in front of you on the top of a column (also suspended in oblivion). The problem is that you will not be able to jump to the column with the Mace by any means. This puzzle can be solved quite simply - put on the Crusader Boots, and a path will appear in front of you leading directly to the Zenithar Mace. As soon as you take possession of the Mace, you will immediately be transported back to the basement of the Zenithar Chapel. At the exit from the basement, an unpleasant surprise will await you; the chapel will be attacked by Umaril's envoys with the aim of desecrating the chapel. You will have to help the chapel parishioners and Llavin guards deal with these demons. As soon as they are destroyed, Korodus Ocholin will immediately run up to you and ask you to accept him into the Order of the Knights of the Nine. Decide for yourself whether you need this voluntary assistant or not, but there is no point in refusing. At this stage, the pattern of acquiring new members of the order becomes clear, as well as the meaning of your title “Commander”. All current and future members of the Order of the Knights of the Nine will arrive at the order’s base in the Abbey of the Nine.
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Only thunder thunders sometimes.
I'm standing at your door -
Lord Gregory, open up.
I can't go back again
Home, to my family,
And if love sleeps in you,
At least have pity on me.
Remember the forest on the mountainside,
Where did I give my freedom?
Love with which there is a long argument
She led in her soul.
You swore to me by heaven more than once,
That you will be mine
That the agreement that binds us
Forever indestructible.
But he doesn't remember the old days,
Whose heart is made of flint;
So let it be at your door
The storm will kill me.
O heaven, give me death!
I'll fall asleep forever
At Lord Gregory's door,
Forgiving his guilt.
Translation by S. Marshak
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The first 2 lines are taken from the poem "Lord Gregory" by R. Burns:
The midnight hour is gloomy and quiet,
Only thunder thunders sometimes.
Your action was very wild
Come back, my love.
I was so in love with you
I was misled by a demon
I gave it to you in the forest
Your maiden honor.
Now I don't know how I'll get back
Home to my family
And there is longing and sadness in my soul,
It's very annoying for me.
If there is no love, then death is better,
After all, I am poor, you are a lord.
In a thunderstorm I wish to die,
To wash away the shame.
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The path of the righteous is difficult
For the selfish hinder him
And tyrants from evil people! Blessed is the shepherd who, in the name of mercy and kindness, leads the weak through the valley of darkness, for it is he who truly cares for the weak and brings back lost children. And I will take great vengeance on them, with furious punishments on those who planned to poison and harm my brothers, and you will know that my name is the Lord when my vengeance falls on you!!! (book of the prophet Ezekiel, chapter 25, verse 17)!))
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The other day, Khodorkovsky published his either an appeal, or an appeal for freedom, or simply reminded society of his existence and the hardships and hardships he endured in the struggle for freedom... The theses are predictable: from personal experience, so to speak, I was convinced that freedom is wonderful ! Khodorkovsky ended his address with the usual THREAT for freedom fighters. Like, through elections or without elections, freedom will shine, making hearts beat in unison. You can read the original:
Well, let's talk about what it was...
Personally I think that in Russia there is a very high degree of personal freedom, perhaps even higher than in the West. With political freedoms everything is more complicated, but the problem is not their absence. The level of political freedoms in Russia is quite normal. I foresee that in this place hundreds of freedom fighters will cry out that I am a bastard and a corrupt beast, but give me one minute (remember that you are for freedom and democracy) and read on. Perhaps you will understand what I want to say. Moreover, only the first part of the post will be devoted to Khodorkovsky himself and his relationship with Putin. The second part is a little about something else. Please do not comment on the post without reading it in full :) Otherwise this is common on the Internet :) So:
What is Khodorkovsky's problem? The fact is that at one time he used 146% of all methods of illegal, immoral, unjust enrichment at the first stage of his formation. Moreover, this is not the kind of wealth that is created by honest hard work or brilliant insight. It's simple - division of Soviet assets. Assets not created by him. Then expansion along all other fronts by any means available. During this period, according to many formal criteria, he was really cooler than any Russian official (including the President). He had astronomical wealth and enormous influence. This blew Mr. Khodorkovsky's head off. However, no - it didn’t demolish it, but endowed it with inflated self-esteem. The next stage is normal. The most successful swindler, having overtaken everyone in scams and becoming a leader, strives to consolidate his dominance in the next stage. How? The easiest way to do this is through the LAW. The fact is that the coolest crook now CAN live according to the law. He can pay taxes in full, he has other tools that make all these gangster things simply unnecessary. And competitors are still puffing along the illegal route...
At this moment it is simply LOGICAL become terribly law-abiding and kill all the other losers with the power of the law and the state. After this, the “law-abiding” swindler remains in splendid isolation and becomes a dictator. Further depends on personal character traits. Sometimes it degenerates into something terrible, sometimes, in general, the framework is respected. But TOTAL DOMINATION over any market participants (and at that time everything was a market, including politics) is consolidated almost forever!
This is exactly what happened with Khodorkovsky. In fact, then Putin simply asked Khodorkovsky to respect the state, as well as his competitors in the economy. Khodorkovsky considered that he was already so cool that he might not listen to the current President of Russia. And in fact, he began not just an operation to consolidate dominance in the economy. He started buying up power! He began the operation of total political domination.
Now most of the protest forces are made up of very young people who simply do not remember those times. But I remember. I remember that Channel 1 (ORT at that time) covered the activities of Khodorkovsky, and not Putin at all. The coverage was absolutely identical to the coverage of the presidential activities. It became obvious even to me that Khodorkovsky was simply preparing for the final seizure of power. What would it be like? Don't know. Maybe Putin would simply be killed. Maybe they'll impeach him. Maybe they would organize some kind of early elections under far-fetched pretexts. Maybe they could stage a color revolution. Don't know. But it is a fact that things were heading towards a change in power.
Therefore, tough measures to block Khodorkovsky were simply a matter of survival, not just for Putin personally. It was a question of preserving the constitutional order and a question of state security at that time. In fact, it is a question of preserving Russia.
In this sense, I have no sympathy for Khodorkovsky. He made very large bets in the game and lost, underestimating Putin, and also not understanding the Russian people, who in general did not care about another crook (and at that time ALL gentlemen with money could be labeled crooks en masse). Moreover, the unprecedented appetites of this swindler also caused the following kind of irritation:
Like, well, you stole, so sit quietly... why are you pretending to be Mother Teresa?
This was the course of public consciousness. In general, this, of course, is also a rather simplified view of things, but the train of thought is correct, as they say... At the same time, I personally think that Khodorkovsky is not some kind of special bastard... No. I just thought that the end justifies the means, I’ll get a little dirty, but then I’ll become a knight on a white horse...
Next, everything is generally funny and simple. Putin won that fight, but did not morally humiliate and trample Khodorkovsky, protected his family from any attacks, while completely sanitizing attempts to buy up power by the oligarchs, and concluded an unspoken agreement with all the other oligarchs, saying that dudes don’t get involved in politics and love Russia, then I won’t interfere with you - but you can get involved with a very large number of reasons and reasons, right?.... This suited everyone. Russia has moved to a different level of development. All this is not to say that it is terribly correct, but apparently this was the only way it was possible to reach an agreement without much bloodshed. And the result was good. Russia received peace and began, at the very least, to develop. The standard of living of citizens has increased incredibly! I am absolutely convinced that Khodorkovsky could ALWAYS get freedom. There was only one condition - stop doing what you were doing. Ask for freedom.
But Khodorkovsky’s pride did not allow him to do this. And not just pride. Calculation too. All this time, in the eyes of the opposition, he seemed to be like an emperor in exile. Those. the game he began in freedom continued in captivity. I am sure that Putin would be glad to set the stubborn man free. But?.. Well, you yourself know what it would be? That's right - Putin SASSED. Thank you freedom fighters, I think it is to you that Khodorkovsky owes such a long imprisonment. However, it is clear that imprisonment was not destructive for him. Daily routine, routine, regular meals without excesses, work. Today Mikhail Borisovich is in better physical shape than his peers, who were free all this time :) Which, you see, also does not fit with the version about the satrap Putin. No, two tough guys just collided. Both are noble in their own way. One won, the other lost. This is proven by the current position of Khodorkovsky himself. He admitted that Putin behaved nobly and even chivalrously in some ways:
“He let me say goodbye to my mother. That’s true. I didn’t let my family be touched, that’s true. That’s why I’m a political opponent, not an enemy. Let the radicals scold me.”
By the way, I am very grateful to Mikhail Borisovich for this statement. This is also a noble act. After all, it is pragmatically beneficial for him, on the contrary, to now tell him what a bad person Putin is and how he tried to make life more painful in an already shabby life (c) But he told the truth. This is a big plus!
Now let's move on to the essence of the post. The above was just an introduction. Read Khodorkovsky's words:
He didn’t let his family be touched, that’s true.
What does this mean? It was not Putin, but someone else who tried to deal with his family against the backdrop of Khodorkovsky’s defeat. Who is this other person? No, we won’t talk about the reptilian conspiracy... Everything is simpler. These are PEOPLE. Ordinary people. Every small cog in the system, every clerk, every employee, every competitor of Khodorkovsky himself, and maybe yesterday’s friend who just yesterday smiled in his eyes... they were all immediately ready, like jackals, to tear apart the defeated lion and his legacy. For what? And why?
To understand, let's start a little from afar:
Everyone has the so-called freedom fighters There is one huge problem in Russia. The problem is based on their sacred belief that Putin influences EVERYTHING. They really perceive Putin as God, it seems. Like, he sees everything, knows everything, he is omnipotent, and therefore, if we see something bad (corruption, theft, scoundrels, unprofessionalism) all this is Putin’s direct fault. For nothing happens without his knowledge, and since nasty things happen, then it’s clear that Putin himself is doing them. This is the paradigm. The paradigm is certainly wrong for anyone who has worked at least a little in government agencies or even just has a head on their shoulders and can reason without focusing on particulars.
This is obviously not true! When the prosecutor conducts a biased “investigation”, the judge writes an unfair verdict, he does not just think that THIS IS NECESSARY, he pursues his OWN BENEFITS. Yes, maybe someone NEEDS this, but no one could give such an order. This is a very deep degree of self-destruction... All of Putin’s sins can be reduced to only one thing - sometimes he takes advantage of what he did not create for his own interests.
This can best be illustrated by a quote from Dr. Schultz from the movie Django:
“My friend, although I despise slavery, now I will take a little advantage of the system - you will be obliged to find the criminal with me, and then, after the job is done, I will write your freedom” http://eugenyshultz.livejournal.com /415164.html
What really happened in those years?
Putin, who himself was exposed to a REAL THREAT at that time, was able to dodge within the framework of that system and made it so that Khodorkovsky became inconvenient for more people than himself - and here is the result: prosecutors, judges, competitors are already drowning Mikhail Borisovich... so much so that Putin himself may have been surprised. At the same time, he personally did not violate anything, not only the law, but also morality... He just defended himself and defended what was entrusted to him - Russia!
Why did it happen? Well, will you remember the less global examples... Yes, the very last clerk in almost every LLC will tear his ass from zeal to please the general director and commit more meanness than he himself could imagine in order to get a warmer place for himself. Moreover, it will many times exceed any abominations that can be imagined. I don’t remember the kingdom of reason, justice and democracy in YUKOS. Although Khodorkovsky had the power to do this within his company. What was there? Yes, everything is the same for which Khodorkovsky now stigmatizes everyone. Or it could be worse...
The problem is that people, every person and everyone in general is overwhelmed by base instincts. The most talented performance, appealing to the bright and beautiful, gains views in the region of tens, or hundreds of thousands. At the same time, any ordinary porn easily exceeds the half-million mark... But any of these people is a bearer of the grain of morality, ethics and philanthropy. Although for many this grain will never sprout. So Man will balance between the animal and the divine... And the most disgusting thing is that without the base animal principle, man is doomed to extinction, and without the divine - simply to remain an animal... Therefore, the animal side is even theoretically stronger than the divine in ONE person. But in general, in the People ONLY the divine side can ensure survival. The animal side, on the contrary, becomes the cause of deadly problems. This is a serious paradox.
And so it turns out that personal (vulgarly understood) freedom, being a projection of the animal nature, begins to infringe on that freedom that is from God. And the freedom that comes from God is not about gay pride parades and not about the right to swear in the square or run naked... It is about JUSTICE. About the justice that is based on MORALITY. The law only tries to formally express these concepts in a codified form. Therefore, in general, not everything that is legal is harmful and not everything that is legal is useful for society. But everything moral and fair is always useful for society, even if it is carried out in a not entirely legal manner:) The problem is that no one in our formal society can HONESTLY adhere to what is in every person from birth - the moral law within us. All mentally healthy people understand perfectly well what is bad and what is good. But everyone lies (c) These are today's realities.
The problem is, but few people can understand this, or maybe they are simply afraid... We don’t need democracy now. But on the contrary - the autocracy of a very honest, very smart and very tough ruler, who sees the interests of Russia and the people as the highest value, whose actions are based not on formal laws, but on their source - MORALITY and JUSTICE.
For what? So that he, with an iron - STEEL hand, clears entire layers of scoundrels, swindlers and thieves. Put the presumptuous scoundrels in their place! And in this way he would give the people freedom from tyranny, poverty and injustice. However, this is an obvious utopia :) It doesn’t happen that way. This path is associated with enormous losses, if only because of the excesses of the performer. I'm not even talking about the almost inevitable degeneration of even this FICTIONAL IDEAL RULER.
But Putin to this paradigm At least he appeals and we love him for it. But this is not idle chatter. The fact is that “in the beginning there was the word”... and if you carefully at least constantly proclaim values, then sooner or later they begin to acquire reality... And Khodorkovsky appeals... to freedom. To some kind of abstract freedom, which is still expressed in gay parades, bloody idiotic color revolutions and humanitarian NATO bombings for those who don’t really like the air of “freedom”... To that freedom that today is becoming a real threat to our country! Remember how the United States called its clearly anti-Russian actions in Ukraine? The Freedom Act... That's the answer. Well, who in their right mind would buy this today? Especially observing what is happening where THIS freedom has triumphed and is close to triumph?
Freedom is not a value in itself, freedom is an environment in which true values CAN grow. But these values themselves will be subject to an influx of weeds that need to be uprooted. This is simply necessary! Otherwise the weeds will win. It is a fact. A fact that has been proven many times. Is it then possible to call such a garden in which uprooting is taking place ABSOLUTELY FREE? No. Do you need this absolute freedom, which in the end invariably turns into the tyranny of the stronger, the more cynical and the hypocritical? If I see any problems with Putin’s rule, it is only in the fact that at a certain time he nevertheless followed these theses. He elevated the law above justice. He moved away from his personal understanding of what and how to do, although as it turned out this informal understanding of his turned out to be surprisingly correct and true for Russia and those who love Russia! And naturally causing irritation and hatred among those who hate Russia... But we love Russia, right?:)
True freedom is based on the respect of each person for others - for each individual and for everyone as a whole. Respect for the people and country. Then the necessary self-restraints become NATURAL and do not cause protest and discontent. All this intersects very strongly with the concept of God. Not the one - the Old Testament one about the grandfather who thunders with lightning and punishes, but the one - which is love!
But people don't understand this well... And it’s quite difficult to explain. Especially to those who completely blocked their consciousness with FORMAL theses and the framework of the most severe materialism, forgetting that this is what distinguishes a person from an animal, that he is driven by ideals and can go beyond the material. I am sure that many will misunderstand me as much as possible. But I’m writing this anyway :) Because I hope that my clumsy attempts to tell this will not be completely in vain. Maybe someone will at least think about it, or something... And having thought about it, they will be able to express it even better. More precisely.
The path of the righteous is difficult, for it is hindered by the selfish and the tyranny of evil people. Blessed is the shepherd who, in the name of mercy and kindness, leads the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is the one who truly cares for his neighbors. And I will take great vengeance with fierce punishments on those who plan to poison and harm my brothers, and you will know that my name is the Lord when my vengeance falls on you.
Putin's path is the path of the righteous. But we must always remember that the righteous not only has the right to REVENGE and PUNISHMENT, it is through his hands that God will carry out RETREAT. For love is love, but the strongest survive... And if someone does not understand New Testament love, then Old Testament retribution comes... It is not the tools that are important, what is important is what is done with the help of these tools! Not everything is in order yet; the road ahead is long and difficult. It is difficult not only for the shepherd himself, but also for those whom he leads. But at least... I try Ringo, I try really hard (c)
The path of the righteous is difficult, for the selfish and tyrants of evil people hinder him. Blessed is the shepherd who, in the name of mercy and kindness, leads the weak through the valley of darkness. For it is he who truly cares about his neighbor and brings back lost children. And I will take great vengeance on them with fierce punishments, on those who plan to poison and harm my brothers. And you will know that my name is Lord when my vengeance falls on you (Ezekiel 25:17)
It may be a little sad that this quote became widely known thanks to a famous American film.
But this does not change its essence.
Yesterday we discussed the ways of development of Novorossiya, its enemies, external and internal.
And the question arose - is the incident with Purgin the last?
I answered honestly - I don’t know.
For,
We, indeed, are not given the opportunity to know the simple thing - who, on the wave of change, came to power for their own well-being, for the realization of their own pride. And who can suddenly shoot like this.
For the Evil One is strong.
The process has shown that the wheat is now separated from the chaff quite easily.
Using the example of the same fugitive Svidomites.
That is, the development of the situation itself shows who is who.
Probably, what is happening here is not only the result of the political stupidities of the last thirty years. It's most likely something more.
And let’s not prevaricate, because the above political nonsense, as for me, was not accidental. They made it clear to a huge community of people what they really are and where they are going. Even if it's the opposite. Although, perhaps, this is the simplest and most intelligible way. It was good, it became bad. So, think about why…..
And, what is happening now in Donbass, in fact, most likely, could not have happened in Kharkov and Odessa. Due to internal unwillingness to accept the understanding that one will actually have to go through pain, death and hardship in order to achieve the goal.
Donbass was ready for this.
Maybe because he had nowhere to retreat. And an understanding of what will follow the surges on the Maidan, as well as the obvious vector for the subsequent actual liquidation of the region on all grounds - linguistic, industrial, etc. They left us no other choice.
It is clear that the metabolism of society in an era of change of this magnitude is incomparable with the usual.
Therefore, it happens, as in that nursery rhyme about the tram number ten: “People get in and out, moving forward.”
And, accordingly, to one degree or another, those who are outwardly in charge will change.
As do those who simply live and work here.
Because, no matter how pathetic it may sound, we are not fighting for our immediate freedom. We solve problems of a much higher order. And that is why we cannot do without the help of those for whom, in essence, we did this.
And, to be honest, we are not the ones developing the strategy and tactics of the fight. Even just because we did not have the time and conditions to educate among ourselves strategists and tacticians capable of independently solving problems of this kind. Yes, and the whole situation clearly didn’t help.
But the separation of the wheat from the chaff will continue. Because nothing else is possible precisely because of the global nature of the tasks being solved.
And therefore, those who are not ready to follow the path of the righteous will not stay here for long.