<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/oQoCM2D.jpg)</div><strong>Morticia Scott</strong><br/><br/>Praise: Ixeor, Sovereign of the Realms Betwixt and Between<br/>Denounce: Alwyn<br/><br/>A group of people were gathered within one of the University's larger chambers. As they were mingling among each other, trying to figure out why they were there, suddenly the doors shut. Standing guard were a few robed figures, as a few more walked onto the stage. The one in the middle lowered their hood, revealing everyone's favorite (or least favorite!) necromancer.<br/><br/>"Now, no need to panic, I just gathered you all here because there is something I need to get off my chest. Among you are students, reporters, craftsman, business owners, from all over this fair city. I am sure you all have heard about a recent book burning, and my efforts to thwart such a thing. Now, I know it doesn't seem to be a popular opinion among the denizens of Hexville, but you have to understand. That book wasn't evil. It was KNOWLEDGE. Could it have been used for nefarious purposes? Sure. But do you blame the sword for killing a man? No, you blame the person that wields it. And just like the sword, it could also be used for defense. What if someone was to come at us with knowledge of what that book contained? We could have known, we could have DEFENDED ourselves. But no, little miss Alwyn had to destroy it. I would think that another magic user would jump at the chance to learn something new, but to me, this just stinks of hypocrisy. How can you use magic to help people if you are unwilling to learn."<br/><br/>Morticia leaned in close to the microphone, speaking in a whisper,  "And hey, Kieri, girl, if you find a transcript of this somewhere, ditch those losers. I know what you are going through. We both are judged based on what we are. We both wanna change things. Those other three are just using you, darling."<br/><br/>"Anyway!" she said, taking a moment to clear her throat at stand up straight again. "It seemed that there was only one other person who actually had the guts to stand up to this vicious censorship. I may not know him personally, but I do commend him for taking action. So, golem man, if you are out there, I hope your motives were good, and thanks for the assistance, even if we failed!"<br/><br/>And with those words, the doors were again open, allowing people to leave, while Morticia disappeared into a crowd of robed figures.