Ordo Sylvanus
The Greed of the Wealthy
By Lady Nadia Arcanus Inscriptus
During an exploration excursion that Genjuro and myself recently undertook to eliminate the Power Generators currently spawning in our lands, we happened upon a Generator no less than one house outside of the Brigand Camp between the towns of Britain and Yew. As was our duty, we quickly decided to destroy this danger to the people when a young warrior came up to us, begging to not decode the machine, for he and his friends were hunting the Iron Golems that were being released into the area by the Generator. This happened on the very day that the news of some Golems were carrying a recoverable Power Crystal that would allow an accomplished tinkerer to build his own Iron Golem was first reported.

The attitude of this other individual is such that it made both Genjuro and I truly angry. He was so intent on acquiring these items that he would endanger the lives of others to fulfill his desires, even attempting to persuade us not to decode the generator by saying such things as "No no no. This one is bugged." Herein lies the greed that so many of our brothers have succumbed to and that I fear we all fight, at least in part, a secret war within ourselves.

Why is it necessary for others to be put in danger solely for one's own benefit? We understand why one may want to hunt the Golems, but the area that this Generator was in endangered many adventurers who were still in the early stages of their training. It was our duty and custom to remove the immediate danger first by destroy the Generator. After that, we remove the remaining dangers, both the Mage Controllers and Iron Golems.

This event was merely the latest in what has become an all too common sight for myself and my fellow guild members. It forces the question of when does someone have enough of a thing to be satisfied? When does one satisfy his or her desire for more? When will one learn to put such trivial desires behind themselves and do things not because they will profit from it but because they know it is right? Only time will tell.

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