Pirate Emperor of the Human Will, Captain Ronald Pech

"I knew him when he was coming up. All three Emperor's came up together. Ootah was a natural warleader, a chief in the old style of orcs of old and had the basis of strength, pure and brutal. Back then neither Pech nor I would stand against her a moment. She was up there with the monsters of the world but we came up too. I did it through my mind, the piece of clockwork running faster and faster, Silvereyes, Vultare, Vin, I am in that mould. Now Pech, Pech, he is a marvel. He is utterly utterly deranged. He honestly believes that humanity is inherently higher than other races and more than that he can cause a paradigm shift to achieve this and he is in many ways progressing it. He has pulled people to his orbit and they believe. That and then he built his reputation, survived assassination and lived and rose and lived. Ha! I saw this nothing become the beacon of hope to the desperate humans. He bound them, united them. He did it with will. Just will. But more importantly, I saw what he is, he is adaptation, he can shift push forward, he won't break. He just needs to die but he hasn't because he is useful for many. He is the Emperor who hates the power of the world, who the powerful want there as a beacon of unreasonable madness. Maybe, I'm wrong. Maybe the nostalgia is getting to me, I should say the bastard is going to ruin everything and when that comes he'll die like a dog. ha! what a world." - A drunken Grantalus recorded by Pretender Shinobu   "Ascendency. That is the problem. The Gods balance each other but mortals act independently. I have been keeping an eye on Pech. He is poison to the masses, false hope for humans when we are all lesser under the Gods. A Seeker seeing a false God and not being able to act is disturbing. The Eternal King's own daughter blinded by his corrosive light. I have seen the path though. he is seeking to do what the Assail did. This is the path. I will continue to monitor but there are at least 3 more of these incidents. This is my formal acknowledgement that they are required. Unleash the beasts, Panzill, Erasmus and Cortez are needed again. Master Seeker it is time the Steeple shows its fangs once more." -Seeker Magdalane of the Iron Blood to Master Seeker Rovanntas Grukunnle