  While I deplore the 
depredations of the 
misguided and 
belligerent races with 
which we share our 
fair Britannia, and 
alongside the populace, 
do mourn the 
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needless deaths that 
their raids cause, I 
cannot countenance 
the policy of 
wholesale slaughter of 
these races that 
seems to be the habit 
of our soldierly 
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element.  Can we not 
regard the ratmen, 
lizard men, and orcs 
are fellow intelligent 
beings with whom 
we share a planet? 
Why must we slay 
them on sight, rather 
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than attempt to engage 
them in dialogue? 
There is no policy of 
shooting at wisps 
when they grace us 
with their presence 
(not that an arrow 
could do much to 
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pierce them!).
  To view these 
creatures as vermin 
denies their obvious 
intelligence, and we 
cannot underestimate 
the repercussions 
that their slaughter 
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may have. If we 
regard the slaying of 
fellow humans as a 
crime, so must we 
regard the killing of 
an orc.
  At the same time, 
should a lizardman 
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slay a human, should 
we not forgive their 
ignorance and 
foolishness? Let us 
not surrender the 
high moral ground by 
descending to 
bestiality.
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  Now, I say not that 
we should fail to 
defend ourselves in 
case of attack, for 
even amongst humans 
we see war, we see 
famine, and we see 
assault (though we 
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owe a debt of 
gratitude to our Lord 
British for 
preserving us from 
the worst of these!). 
However, incursions 
such as the recent 
tragedy which cost 
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us the life of 
Japheth, Guildmaster 
of Trinsic's Paladins, 
are folly.
  I had met Japheth, 
and like all paladins, 
he burned with an 
inner fire. Yet 
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though I had the 
utmost respect for 
him, none could deny 
the hatred that 
flashed in his eyes at 
the mere mention of 
orcs. And thus he 
carried his battle to 
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the orc camps, and 
died there, unable to 
rise above his own 
childhood experiences 
depicted in his book, 
"The Burning of 
Trinsic." 'Tis a 
shame that even our 
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mightiest men fall 
prey to this 
ignorance!
  Are there not 
legends of orcs 
adopting human 
children to raise as 
their own? Tales of 
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complex societies built 
underground by races 
we regard as bestial?
  Let us not repeat 
the mistake of 
Japheth of the 
Paladins, and let us 
cease to persecute the 
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nonhuman races, 
before we discover 
that we are harming 
ourselves in the 
process.

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