Editing Zerthimon (section)

===The Sixth Circle===
Upon the Blasted Plains, Zerthimon told Gith there cannot be two skies. In the wake of his words, came war.

So it came to pass that the People had achieved victory over their '''illithid''' masters. They '''knew''' freedom. Yet before the green fires had died from the battlefield, Gith spoke of continuing the war. Many, still filled with the bloodlust in their hearts, agreed with her. She spoke of not merely defeating the '''illithids''', but destroying all '''illithids''' across the Planes. After the '''illithids''' had been exterminated, they would bring war to all other races they encountered.

In Gith's heart, fires raged. She lived in war, and in war, she '''knew''' herself. All that her eyes saw, she wanted to conquer.

Zerthimon spoke the beginnings of that which was against Gith's will. He spoke that the People already '''knew''' freedom. Now they should '''know''' themselves again and mend the damage that had been done to the People. Behind his words were many other hearts of the People who were weary of the war against the '''illithid'''.

'''Know''' that Gith's heart was not Zerthimon's heart on this matter. She said that the war would continue. The '''illithid''' would be destroyed. Their flesh would be no more. Then the People would claim the False Worlds as their own. Gith told Zerthimon that they would be under the same sky in this matter. The words were like bared steel.

From Zerthimon came the Pronouncement of Two Skies. In the wake of his words came war.

'''Parable:''' Zerthimon's devotion to the People was such that he was willing to protect them from themselves. He knew the '''illithids''' had come not to '''know''' themselves in their obsession with control and domination. So he chose to stop Gith before she carried the People to their deaths. There must be balance in all things, or else the self will not hold.

It takes the Nameless One 18+ [[Wisdom]] to understand this parable.

This caused Dak'kon's crisis of faith; he considered the possibility that Zerthimon's will had been broken in earlier Circles and that he had been transformed into an unwitting sleeper-agent, that rather than splitting his race in an attempt at stopping his people from becoming like their adversaries Zerthimon was permanently dividing them in the service of secret and evil masters.