Unitary Astroism/Revelations

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In the Bloodstars we find knowledge; they are the sources of our enlightenment. Without them, I would not have discovered the truth. - Lucius Arundel

The First Questions

The first questions were dutifully written down by Lucius Arundel's primary attendant, Ser Kaspar, who was with Lucius as he traveled from Luria Nova to Libidizedd.

In conversation with Lucius Arundel as he traveled the open sea.

Something powerful disturbed my thoughts last night, and I do not know what to do about it. When I looked up to the stars to meditate, I started asking myself questions; questions which I should not have been asking. Why are the Bloodstars only three, when there are thousands upon thousands of other stars around them? What makes those stars worthless in comparison to the Bloodstars? The answers, of course, were straightforward: the Bloodstars are brighter, larger, static and known to influence man - "as above, so below." They were discovered by prophecy, through direct communion. So why am I not satisfied still? Why does my blood simmer close to boiling, my mind doubtful of any answer, my spirit hungry for so much more?

Part of a comment made by Lucius Arundel as he landed in Libiddo for supplies.

Have you ever asked yourself why the things around us work as they do? I know for certain that the Bloodstars influence us, but what about everything else? What of the very plane our sparks inhabit? Our fleshy vessels are so dependent on food, water, and shelter, you would think them too valuable to ignore. Point in case, we are here right now because we are starving. And yet despite our constant needs we do not leave wastelands in our wake. Crops regrow, flowers bloom again. Do the Bloodstars have any involvement?

In the ruined city of Libidizedd, inside its great temple.

I cannot live with myself, knowing there is something unknown to the realm of man. I cannot forgive myself, having doubted the prophet. What if he unintentionally missed the obvious? Imagine the first man to make proper communion with all three Bloodstars. Would you think him able to focus on anything but? Almost every revelation laid down to parchment by our prophet's hand involves the influence of the Bloodstars over man. This I do not deny, for it is clear and evident. But what of his last treatise on the purpose of religion? Why does our prophet seriously entertain the possibility of non-human influences for the very first time in his very last publication? It is literally the only instance in which he describes the Bloodstars as possibly influencing wind, water, fire, and earth. Moreover, he explicitly states that he is aware of the popular desire to understand the workings of our world. Was this his attempt at fulfilling that desire? Was he trying to understand the influences beyond mankind? The answer feels so unbearably evident, and I am certain the prophet felt the same way.

Atop the former regent's throne in Libidizedd's royal palace.

There is no evidence to suggest that the Bloodstars influence wind, water, fire, or earth. I have observed the Bloodstars wax and wane a thousand times, but the wind does not shift with them, nor does the sea outside grow or falter under their changing luminosity. Curse everything! Everyone knows that the sea only comes to heel during low tide, when the moon rises and falls... when the moon rises and falls, is that it then? Is that the answer?