<strong><em>Week Two</em></strong><br/><br/>The spark that was lit last week has caught and the slums are alight with slogans and chants! This is truly the epicenter of change of Hexville, and those who live here know it. They know it from how the night is lit with torches, how the streets are filled with chants, how various organizations that nobody had heard of a few weeks ago now seem to be vying for control.<br/><br/>Goblin traps that once were found only in distant caves and tunnels are now waiting for guards and others who mean harm to the goblins who deface the statues and attack the edifices of the old society - and the name of the one responsible - Kieri is starting to be heard, chuckled by fleeing goblins as they escape the swords of their pursuers, sworn at by those who are desperate to keep the old order, Kieri the goblin has become a boogeyman to those who seek to impose the absurd laws of the new princess here.<br/><br/>The disaffected and the downtrodden are listening to the compelling words of a powerfully eloquent woman who speaks to larger and larger gatherings. Those who just a few weeks ago would never have dreamed of calling themselves rebels, who would have willingly gone to war for King Fred and never questioned the good will of those folks lucky enough to be born in Manors are starting to become angry. They are starting to see the manacles that they have worn on their wrists and legs their whole lives and not realized it until they heard<em>her</em>, until they heard Aurien. You need to hear Aurien, then you'll understand, the word spreads. The crowds grow. The night gets louder.<br/><br/>And where do those who are terrified of all this change and mayhem turn? Why to the gods of course. But what gods can they turn to when the old churches are looted, the old priests have fled, and those few that tried to do good for them seem to have been the first tossed in the dungeon or run out of town? Why, to the new god. To Aros. The people are scared. Aros gives them courage. The people are anxious. Aros gives them peace. The people are broken. Aros gives them purpose. Mother Freya, a name that many find they know even those who have not heard her speak in person, Mother Freya will show the way. The way to Aros. The way to a better tomorrow.<br/><br/>Choices must be made. Loyalties must be decided. As always, it is the poor who must make this choice first, and who have the least to lose. But they also have the most to gain, and maybe, just maybe, this time they'll actually seize what is theirs.