Re: Inside the Cathedral
"Sadly, not all men are created equal," Valentino adds. "Just as some men are great thinkers and others are great leaders or generals, so, too, some men and women are born with a talent for sorcery."
"Is that not so? The Creator's Hand moves in mysterious ways. Why cannot one of those ways be sorcery? Or the Syrne?"
"I've heard it claimed that one of the first races of Syrne were Dragons, and it is the remnants of them that result in Hexenwerk."
"I do not know the truth of that, and, in fact, I do not now that any person alive knows that truth. The Creator gave us minds with which to think. Does that not include finding the truth?"
"As for sorceries, the Knights of Avalon have their glamours, Ussura has the Mother's Touch, and there is Sanderis in Sarmatia. Perhaps there are other sorceries that have not yet been discovered or still remain obscure. It is not sorcery as I understand the term, but I've heard claimed that a Castillian's way with a blade is tantamount to sorcery."
"Perhaps the Crescent Empire has its own sorcery, or even far Cathay. And what of the Sidhe?"
"I think that as long as the Church denies the truth except as they know it, we will never see the real Truth. But I, for one, will not stop seeking it!"