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Description of oligarchy:
‘A society where it is the wealth that counts and in which political power is in the hands of the rich and the poor have no share of it.’

It would be the most dreadful disgrace for a shepherd to keep sheep dogs so badly bred and trained, that disobedience or hunger or some bad trait or other led them to worry the sheep and behave more like wolves than dogs.

The tips of my fingers rested on the frigid bronze as the storm raced over the peaks of the mountains to the north, leaving us in sparkling sunlight and disconsolate ice flows. And the more distant it became the deeper my conviction ran.

“Very little in this world is as it was meant to be, and just because some abused the power you wield doesn’t mean that you will. Use what you’ve gained for good, and I see no fault in you.”

‘Under my feet, the souls eased. Their silent cries faded and the sensations of the wider world slid back in : the song of a single, brave bird; the brush of the wind down the crags; and the cool of the coming night.’

Scrambling into quadratic formation in the center of the camp, shields locked and eyes glinting behind their helmets. Their cookfires burned and, overhead, twilight turned the leaves into a rustling canopy of violet-grey.

Ogam was silent for a moment.” This is only a shadow of the Arpa, Hessa. A full legion, a touch more if you add slaves and priests and the like. I have not been south for centuries, but even when I saw them in their youth, they were… impressive. Now? I can only imagine their strength. Legions and ships and cities with more inhabitants than there are stars in the sky.”

“I have come to kill your god, old woman,” the being declared. His voice ground through me, making my bones and teeth ache. “Come, Oulden, protect your servant. See how many long and grey years she has given you. See how your people cower!”