Once this has been accomplished, and everything is set up in the feudal order that he likes, he sets out for the north, to conquer the forests of the Rjuven (or Rjurik as they've become known) and the fjords of the Brechts. Let's let Roele's actions speak for him, then.įirst off, Roele gathers up a few friends and sets out to conquer or rather unite the southwestern part of the continent, which he promptly names Anuire. One gets the feeling that the author, who is a person of fairly high integrity (as we'll see) is describing a historical figure whom he reveres, but is also well-aware that he was not exactly nearly as good of a person as he would like him to have been. Okay, here Caliedhe (the in-universe author of the document) basically goes on for a while about Roele's many virtues, and yet there's a few false notes here. This will turn out to be pretty much enough, when combined with. (Again, things that make you go hm.) So the only aid that Haelyn can give his little brother is advice in dreams. well, they've seen what they would be, and apparently none of them want that, not even the two psychopaths who used to work for the god of evil. The new gods have made a pact not to interfere with the world directly, since if they fought again the results would be. And so we are re-introduced to Roele, the brother of Haelyn, the new god of being a paladin. Fortunately, we are told, there was one among them who chose to use sweet reason rather than just the sword in doing so, and he also had some other advantages, too. So to recap, the survivors of the battle of Mount Deismaar have superpowers and are using them to carve out new kingdoms on the continent. History of Cerilia, Part The Third and Finale