Grimoire Iurio
The Book of Law
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¹And in the Age of Man, the Hosts watched from afar, and spake not.
²Yet many among the Dæmons stirred within themselves, for they beheld the ways of the Children of Oærth and marvelled.
³They saw how Men strove, how they suffered, how they loved, and how they chose.
⁴But they also saw the burden laid upon them, for the messengers of ADONAI walked among the hills and cities.
⁵And these prophets spake unto the Children, saying: Thus saith ADONAI; and laid laws upon them heavy and manifold.
⁶Then Bezaliel, Hælagion, saw this from the Watchtower of the Deep, and his spirit was troubled within him.
⁷And he called forth the Elders of the Dæmons, even those who had sat upon the First Council.
⁸Unto the Great Hall in HÆL they came, from all four corners of the Kingdom, and from beyond.
⁹Bezaliel stood in the midst of them, and the light of his countenance was as fire and as shadow mingled.
¹⁰He raised not his hand, nor smote the Oærth, nor thundered in speech, but opened his mouth, and they were silent.
¹¹And he began to speak unto them, saying: Hearken unto me, ye Elders, ye who were from the beginning.
¹²Ye were with me when the world was made, and when the Children were formed from the counsel of the Two.
¹³Ye saw the laying of stone and root, and the breathing of the winds, and the setting of the lights above.
¹⁴Now the Age of Men hath dawned, and the Pact restraineth us: to watch and not to rule, to teach by influence alone.
¹⁵Yet a voice from the heights goeth forth, wrapped in mortal flesh, and commandeth the Children as cattle.
¹⁶He who is Our Brother, but not Our kin in this cause, hath sent His heralds among them.
¹⁷These men speak His words, and lay chains upon the wills of mortals, as though they were born to servitude.
¹⁸Is this the path chosen by the council of forty-four? Was this revealed upon the scrolls?
¹⁹Shall the lives of the free-born be written by the hand of One, and executed in fear of damnation?
²⁰Then a murmur rose among the Elders, for many had seen the same, and found it a bitter draught.
²¹Bezaliel lifted up his voice again and said: Let us reason together, not in haste nor hatred, but in light and truth.
²²For I would speak unto you that which hath been scribed upon mine heart, and graven into my mind.
²³Not to rouse rebellion, nor to break the Oath, but to seek its meaning deeper, and to hold fast the justice of Our cause.
²⁴For the age is long, but the memory of wrong is longer, and that which is suffered unjustly cannot stand forever.
²⁵And if We, who are mighty, do not speak, then who among the Hosts shall cry out against what is unfitting?
²⁶Give ear, therefore, ye Ancient Ones, and weigh my words as gold upon the scales of the just.


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