The Third Letter - A Brief History of the Beast

My Dear Roachrock,

I have been meaning to write to you about a peculiar subject that the Followers seem to vary on their confusion of. This is good, but I must ensure that you are on the proper side of war in this.

The subject of which I am referring to is that of Difficult Circumstance. Despite the intuition to feed the Followers to it relentlessly, I assure you, that that would be folly indeed. Difficult Circumstance has a trifling history, of which I shall only summarize below:

In the Garden, the Beast was released to show the Originals what a life separated from Light is realized to be. Over time, the Animal became ever stronger as our Watchers kept feeding it. This was relatively easy once we acquired our key. For whatever reason, the Light allows us to infect the nature of the Race on an intimate level, thus allowing the early Watchers to grow the Animal to a considerable size. One Member of the Race causing the beast to attack another Member would incite Hatred, Rage, Confusion, Murder, etc. At the time, we had thought the Light had made a gross error in judgment (the early Watchers weren’t very bright) and continued to tear through the ranks of the Race. We strengthened our existing numbers greatly during those first few decades of folly, only to lose valuable ground in the end. You must act from a place of realization Roachrock, that it was folly indeed. You see, what we did not realize is that the Beast, that is a mercenary to us, is simply another vessel for the Light. While we use it, the Light uses it more, so my advice is to not use it at all. Even Watchers today repeat the mistake by feeding it with entire lives, but are then consumed when the life decides to invoke the Perseverance of the Liberator. If the Followers ever realize that it is this Animal that refines them, that reveals what they genuinely believe about themselves, and, more importantly, about the Liberator…they would welcome it and their dedication to the Literature would increase tenfold. We would lose incredible ground.

So you see why it is crucial to isolate and destroy. Keep them from community whenever possible, and do not let Perseverance show them the Truth as to what they believe. I do not mean the Truth proper. I mean to say, yes, do not let them see the Map, but do not let them see their own heading, or see the stars, or use their own charts either. Preventing them from understanding where they are takes care of the problem of their setting sail. Roachrock, if they are allowed to see what they believe, and amend it, the turbulent waters the Beast creates will no longer trouble them. It will have fulfilled its purpose intended by the Light. Joy himself might find you, and at that moment, you shall find yourself absent of much more than a position.

Be Diligent,

~Shrapnel