Xia De'op

[zaotoichi]

* After very long wanderings ..comings and goings. I have arrived at the city os Ssamath...when I heard many years ago from a merchant of its existence I did not believe. But it is indeed like no other city....Females do not dominate here .....all are permited and granted leave to operate within its great walls ...of course within a very definte rule set...which so far I have discovered is centered around the great unifier "commerce". I have choosen to stear clear of the inner political struggles which at first glance seem non existant. But upon a closer look ........dischord is present never spilling onto the city streets but ...like a shadow cast from a nearby flame ....it is present and demands knowledge of its presence in order for one to "live long". I am impressed with these males...who form the ruling body called the "conclave"...never do they stray from there laws....they quickly snuff out all who oppose the idea in which the city is thriving. In which I am certain is a sign of the evolution of our people. What brought me to leave my home? It is simple....my house was exterminated....and at one time I would have took up arms and seeked out vengence....against my enemy ...but on that day something changed within me ...a presence I felt foreign and strange.....all hatred left my being. like water poured out of a vessel into a stream. I am empty.......oh the joy of emptiness......oh is pleasure ......marvel in its void I do. I have entered the city as visitor...*laughs*...A scholar infact is my disguise...a collector of rare books.
...Hells! some one is coming....."