The warforged frowns. While clearly of artificial birth, the creature expresses his inner thoughts and feelings on his face just as easily as any born of mother and father would. It is clearly worried by Marcus' tale, although you reflection within its eyes as well.<br/><br/>"It sounds like you are experiencing culture shock as you are drawn closer and closer in alignment with the planes. If I may use a metaphor, amongst the Harmonium, we often think of the multiverse as being a song or play. Some are more extreme in it than others, and beholders such as the Eye in the Darkness that were born on the Harmonium's home plane of Orthos are literally incapable of expressing their thoughts in a manner other than musically since all of their senses have auditory inputs. I liken your situation to a song that has shifted from a major to a minor key. The change is often extremely jarring, and puts the listener on edge. Listen long enough though, and harmony gets restored. Reflect upon it, and the shift can be both the emotional and anticipated part of the song. What was once reviled, then becomes beloved. Even we born of the planes experience that, the first time we shift away from our place of origin."<br/><br/>"As for your world... nothing is too provincial. I specialize in planer cartography, and while individual prime worlds are indeed small when compared with the infinite vastness of the Outer Planes, they are also unique staccatos that weave together to form a great tapestry of music. Each is but a tiny star when compared to the grand composition, but they surely influence that composition, and it would be greatly changed without them."<br/><br/>While Malik speaks extremely calmly and pleasingly, clearly he's practiced at giving speeches and educating others, you quickly realize that as a construct, even a living one, he doesn't need to breath, so he can can keep speaking much longer than anyone of flesh and blood.<br/><br/>"I have yet to encounter a power in the full glory upon the planes, but I have met with their avatars and proxies on occasion, and I can say from both that and my own faith in Brigh, what people say of the gods, and what the gods actually intend are two very different things. They are bound by laws and rules which we are not, and even for those who know them and love them, many times their aims are totally inscrutable. Peace may yet come. Ortho, our faction's homeworld, was once much the same as yours, plagued by war and conflict. Not until a group of adventures unified and founded the Harmonium was any single group able to unite Ortho, but they believed in their cause and brought harmony to the Prime. Now Ortho spreads its peace to the planes and though it is the youngest of the factions, the righteousness of our aim speaks in our success. Maybe it will be so with your world one day too."<br/><br/>"As for yourself, stay strong in your faith, yes. But think too of the Factions if you remain on the planes for any time. You have the character of the Harmonium about you, have you given thought to aligning with our ethos? Of course though, as long as you stay on the side of Law and Peace, you truly are our ally, even if you are not one of us."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OCC</div><div class="spoiler_body">As always, not trying to push you towards anything, just using the words that Malik would. The Harmonium are always looking for recruits!</div></div><br/>