Aetheric Elements: The Rise of a Steampunk Reality
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Journal Entry - Harton 16th
This new girl has been in town for less than a week and has already totally changed the dynamic of my years of manipulation. I can see the fear leaving the villagers, when I watch them from the rafters at night. They dance and sing again, rather than crouching in the circle of candlelight, clutching prayer beads. But that also works in my favor in some ways.
This girl has no faith. She does not pray to any god or carry any trappings of religion. And due to my sensitivity to such things, her not having those habits or items shall make this easier. As her influence over the villagers grows, they shall rely on such tools less also. I shall drive them back to their knees using fear and terror.
I will plan another massacre, and have this Amarilly Nicolai at the center. These ignorant country waifs will string her up and disembowel her without a second thought, and rid me of my opposition. I will delight, watching the frustration and confusion on this girl’s face as she is vivisected for the entire town to see, by the very people she sought to protect.