Chaos Lorebook: Song of Chaos

This volume appears to be a cult manual for the Brotherhood of Songsingers. The Songsingers worship chaos in the form of the Discord – the “song of chaos”. They perceive the ways of order as the monotony of a single note beaten again and again. They see, in their acts of chaos and wanton destruction, a “changing of the tune” to include discordant notes. It this discord, they believe, which is the essence of freedom and life. Without discord, liberty would be a hollow and empty shell. But there is also a deeper level on which the Discord exists. The book speaks of the Galchutt – “Dukes of Chaos” who “slumber in eternal aeons” in their “caverns ever-echoing”. The cult believes that, through their religious rituals, they can open their “inner ear” to the whispers of Galchutt – whispers which are, in fact, the Song of Discord and of Chaos. In this way, the actions of the cult can be seen as variations played upon an eternal theme chanted into the world by the sleeping Galchutt. DESIGN…