Phyrexian Doctrine

Loot from the Dead –

After looking through all the bodies you were able to find a number of items worth salvaging.

Coin: 3 Platinum, 72 Gold, 68 Silver, 135 Copper

Weapons: 4 Daggers, 1 Short Sword, 20 Bolts, 1 Light Crossbow (M), Phyrexian Retractor

Clothing: Light Bracers of Archery

Magical Items: Scroll of Interrogation (level6), 2 Potions of Cure Moderate Wounds (level6), 4 Vials of Phyrexian Oil, Ring of Deflection

Phyrexian Doctrine – As Twitch begins to read the texts of the Phyrexians, the words begin to intermix with voices coming from the ship. These voices bring out the words of the book as strange memories of the praetors begin to fill Twitch’s mind.

“The feeble resistance of the flesh will soon be over. Phyrexia spreads its shadows over all that is. Only Phyrexians can survive in Phyrexia, and only one Phyrexian can be father of all—Father of Machines. To be Father of Machines, one must survive a birth in its heart and the deaths of many brethren. The path to leadership is paved with the backs or the bones of one's lessers. Survival is the Phyrexian way, and if this Omnath cannot live through the attempts on his crown, he should never have donned it.”

“They have no gods in Malikar. Then I will reign over them as a demon.”

-        -   Teachings of Sheoldred, The Whispering One

“The last of the Not-Whole shall be discovered, though our eyeholes wince at their hideousness. Their bodies shall be absorbed and their imperfection shall be purged. The Machine Orthodoxy shall engorge the Not-Whole and their deficient isolation shall be obliterated in the Unity. Only then shall the last wounds in the Circle be healed. Only then shall this world complete itself.”

“Skin is the prison of the blessed and the stronghold of the heretic.”

“I desire to embrace the one called Emeria, for I will show her the error of her ways. Rejoice Iona, for the Machine Orthodoxy will offer you the deliverance you desire. The abominations of your devotion will find rest at last.”

-         -  Teachings of Elesh Norn, The Grand Cenobite

“Our Purpose? Experiment. We are the engine that furthers Phyrexian progress by developing new life, new tools, and new methods that seek to attain sublime completion. Our Structure? We are an integrated network of facilities each in pursuit of perfection.”

“It is not a goal, but a process—the process of creating the perfect Phyrexia. Such an endeavor must be undertaken with great seriousness and discipline. Every step must be logged and every experiment transcribed so that we may have an ever-refined map that leads us toward the perfected form. Mistakes are only abhorrent if they go undocumented.”

“The whole of Phyrexia hums along every nerve fiber, guiding my sense of design as I create a new breed of Phyrexian on this metallic world. The will of the Father of Machines shall be realized in every completed creation that I deem worthy to receive the blessing of our scalpels.”

“Bring me to the Sea Wall. For in Tazeem I will share my discoveries with the scholars and they will rejoice in its enlightment.”

-       -   Teachings of Jin-Gitaxias, Core Auger

“What is our purpose? To reforge. Nothing more.”

“Destruction purifies. The furnaces cleanse. Words can always be twisted, but the fire cannot.”

“The fires of Akoum will suffice for my purpose.”

-         - Urbrask the Hidden

“The perfect Phyrexian predator does not evolve from experimentation. Jin Gitaxias will never find the right formula from one of his vats. We can facilitate predation, but any more interference will ruin the specimen.”

“Consume, propagate, and let the strongest emerge as dominant.”

“The other praetors cower in the dark and mince words with their false king. Come, Glissa, let us split the ribcage of this pitiable world and unleash its fearsome heart. The forests are wild and unruly. The elves have allowed it to become so. We will tame the forests with evolution and its elf masters will all perish from its new ferocity.”

-         - Vorinclex, Voice of the Hunger