The Dalsham and the Second Feud

The coming Second Feud put tremendous practical and personal strain on the Dalsham and those Eshan who comprised it. Indeed, nothing like it had ever been seen, even during the First Feud era- thousands of Eshan and olundi seeking to migrate from one part of the world to another part. Individual Eshan had done this over the years and had been either accepted or rejected. This was nothing. The collective nature of the Dalsham meant that the passions of any one member might be tempered or out-voted and the wisest course of action chosen.
 
  How can one democratically grapple with one of the most divisive political/philosophical questions this world has ever produced? Was it just to have divided the world in two parts after the First Feud? Do the Ebal’eshan deserve an equal part to the Alor’eshan? What about olundi- do they not deserve freedom to flourish as the created children of Eshan? If many Ebal’eshan seek to cross into Qadal, should all of them be accepted or all denied? Who should be accepted among them? The Dal’eshan were assailed by these questions but without the proper time to wholly consider the ramifications of their answers. Thousands of newcomers were pushing the boundaries between worlds, willing to suffer punishment or death to gain their prize and emboldened by their sheer numbers. The Dal’eshan fell into great conference while the newcomers waited in their great fleets. The Ebal’eshan stirred impatiently as with each day the nature and scale of their scheme would become more clearly revealed to Acolitus and the remaining Alor’eshan at their detriment.
 
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  The conference of the Dal’eshan was a radical turning point- a metaphorical breaking of the deam. These former Eshan considered themselves, their purpose, and their own history as Ebal’eshan put to shame and suffering by these exact mandates. For what reason did they serve Acolitus? To make the world better by securing peace, one supposes. Yet, if making the world better was the underlying reason to volunteer, was reversing the great injustice of the First Feud not achieving the same end? Perhaps it did! Now a chance waited before them- nothing to scheme but only something to accepted whereas to deny the Ebal’eshanic newcomers now would be to ensure their demise. The Dal’eshan therefore decided that showing mercy and acceptance to these Ebal’eshan, no different from themselves once, would be greater justice than maintaining the unjust peace of the scattered Alor’eshan. They therefore made this concession- the organized dynasties of Ebal’eshan and their races would be allowed in Qadal to stake their claim. No roguish individuals or vile troublemakers would be allowed beyond the Dalsham on pain of death. This they were willing to uphold with violence. The gates were therefore opened and the trial of the Second Feud formally begun.