dreams, brother, but dont hate me. Im not your enemy. I have no choice in killing you and if I smile as I do it, remember its only the joy a humble servant feels when he restores order to a disordered house, because, of course, there cant be two of us walking the Earth. "
Huitzilopochtli took his brothers place on the throne of the world. His flightiness and endless cruelties inspired many beings to unwittingly turn their shadows into flesh through acts of treachery or revenge. The different Shadow Brothers-kings and farmers, birds, fish and horses-ruled the Earth. This was the era of blood and massacres that caused the world to be divided into Spheres, because no matter how the Shadow Brothers tried to reason together, they couldnt. They were soulless voids, and even the most cordial exchanges usually ended in murder.
Thousands of years passed before the living things of the Earth rose up and killed all the Shadow Brothers in power. To make sure that shadow forms never ruled again, each realm of life appointed auditors to keep the world in balance. These celestial officers had the power of life and death and could roam all the Spheres at will. They had different names among the different animal tribes-such as Soul Weavers, Holy Clerks, Black Scribes, and others. These beings didnt destroy the Shadow Brothers, but they kept their influence in check, even when they sometimes had to collaborate with individual Shadow Brothers to set the world right. The loyalties of these auditors werent to animal, plant or man, but to the universe. And like the gods themselves, their plans were their own, subtle and unknowable.
They were thought to be beyond the influence of any god or beast in the universe, and this was true. What no one considered were things out
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