Prelude Chapter 8: Journal of the Bear

Selections from the Bear Tribe Histories – For Internal Access Only

Despite the recent success against the Army of Man - the so-called Biomeks – near Route 42, we must also admit that the people of The Changed have suffered greatly in recent times; attempts at expansion for the pilgrims to the northeast, past the swamps and bayous, have met with very limited progress. The Earth Tribe maintains that the spirit of The Changed remains strong, though we must temper this with the fact that Biomek raiders have further restricted our access to physical resources for the expansion of our people. The Archons keep the census numbers secretive to those outside the Spirit Tribe, but we believe that attrition from the Biomeks and other factors has reduced the latest generation of The Changed by at least thirty percent in many towns. We believe our struggle will be more difficult than ever before, but with the Spirit we will prevail…

…forewarning to all Bear Tribesmen about excessive earth movement in the Razor's Fissure area. We have deemed the ground in this region to be very unstable – there are many rock falls and mighty cracks in the earth have opened up seemingly without warning. While we feel all Champions should brave the dangers facing The Changed at any time, we do not recommend venturing into this area and throwing away your lives for no reason unless your superiors have given you strict orders to do so…

…Avengers who have scouted the area tell us that the glow in the fissure is not of Spiritual origin and is widely different from anything we have seen. Avengers have also reported a disguised vehicle belonging to the Army of Man in this area…

…this expedition will first head to the Voice's Crag for replenishments and reinforcements, then to Razor's Fissure. The expedition will consist of members from all four Tribes and will carry a request for the population of Voice's Crag to muster to bolster the expedition, including the Prime Archon. Unfortunately, there has not been much contact with the pilgrims of Voice's Crag for some time now and we do not know how much they will be able to contribute. The Ominous Angels of INC oddly refuse to support any airlift into the area…

…has been destroyed utterly. Very little of the town is left, and even the children have been slaughtered. Even the Biomeks of the Army of Man are not this brutal – they often introduce the captured young into their Order and their machines, as the young are most susceptible to their “reprogramming.” This is a different kind of horror – the Spirit must give us strength. The expedition has sent runners to The Citadel and other outpost towns with the news. Expedition leaders will forego the funeral rites and procession for the time being; they are convinced that the disturbances in the Fissure are responsible…

…it is nearly indescribable. Many of the young warriors had never seen a battle such as this. There have been sightings of oddly glowing vehicles, beams of energy from the sky. Some warriors have even refused to fight or have become confused! Only our link to the Spirit has preserved the veterans of battle from these new demons. And demons they are – not just the warriors of mankind, but “pure” Man. We thought they had left or died, disappeared after the Night that Was Day brought Righteous Fire to the Land. Instead they fled to the earth like rodents, waiting for the right time to return and wrest our world away from us…

…in this terrible day, many of the outpost towns have been destroyed by Man – or Humans to use the common term. Many have been lost, many will be mourned – that is what is needed for today. For tomorrow, we will have our vengeance. The Spirit has given us a great boon – the struggle of The Changed against the Biomeks of the Army of Man had slowly sapped our purpose, our resolve. We see it now. The enemies of The Chosen have fully revealed themselves to us: the hated Biomeks of the Army of Man, the hated mechanical men and our perpetual enemies, and Humankind, men of old who sought to eradicate us fully from our chosen Earth. They have already begun to fight each other, which will give us time to build and strengthen. This will be our struggle, our conflict, our absolution – the elimination of man and preservation of The Chosen and the Spirit.

We will not fail.

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