đ CODEX ENTRY: The Doctrine of Measured Flame
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- May 26
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Date of Inscription: 23 A.A. â Following the War of False DawnAuthorship: Credited to Tarnis Veil-Binder, witnessed by the surviving seers of Dreamerâs Ridge
Preservation Class: Immutable Flame Doctrine â Living Document
âMemory is a sacred flameâbright enough to light the way, fierce enough to burn the world.ââ Tarnis Veil-Binder, 23 A.A.
đ„ The Birth of the Doctrine
The Doctrine of Measured Flame was first inscribed in 23 A.A., in the smoldering aftermath of the War of False Dawnâa brutal conflict that erupted not between nations, but within memory itself.
The war had proved what many had feared: that unregulated memory, unmeasured prophecy, and faith unbound by structure could unravel civilization faster than any sword.
Tarnis Veil-Binder, an Ash-Walker turned visionary, emerged from the conflict bearing not only wounds but a philosophyâa solution. She gathered the remaining seers, flamebearers, and memory-binders at Dreamerâs Ridge, and from that gathering was born the Guild of Seers, and with it, the Doctrine that would define them.
đŻïž The Core Flame Principles
Unlike tactical doctrines or divine commandments, the Doctrine of Measured Flame is both philosophical and enforceable.
1. Prophecy Must Be Measured, Not Believed
A vision is not a command. It is a possibility.Belief without regulation leads to cults.Measurement without belief leads to emptiness.The Guild seeks a middle path: preserve, interpret, contain.
2. Memory Must Be Bound, Or It Becomes Hunger
Tarnis witnessed firsthand how memory was weaponizedâhow faith in a past that never was led to the rise of the Blackened Root and the fragmentation of once-unified clans.Under the Doctrine, memory is sacred, but only if curated.
3. Flame Must Be Contained to Give Light
The metaphor is central: unbound fire consumes.The Guild itself is structured like a lanternâan institution designed not to smother the flame, but to shape it so others may walk safely by its light.
âïž Contrasted with the Enforcement Doctrine
The Enforcement Doctrine, inscribed later by High Seer-Administrators, is often mistaken for the Guildâs foundation. It is not. It is a mechanism, whereas the Doctrine of Measured Flame is a worldview.
Element | Measured Flame Doctrine | Enforcement Doctrine |
Origin | 23 A.A., authored by Tarnis Veil-Binder | Guild administrative chambers, decades later |
Tone | Reflective, philosophical | Legalistic, procedural |
Focus | Why memory and prophecy must be measured | How seers are monitored, censored, or silenced |
Guides | Flamebearers, memory-binders | Inquisitors, containment scribes |
Ethos | âLight the way, but do not burnâ | âSilence the wild flame before it spreadsâ |
Together, the doctrines form a dual structure:
One preserves the principle of seeing
The other preserves the integrity of the Guild
But many seers argue the Enforcement Doctrine has eclipsed the original flame. Some say the Guild no longer guides memoryâit hoards it.
đ§ Legacy and Relevance
Despite the Guildâs growing reputation as a regulator and censor, the Doctrine of Measured Flame still burns in the hearts of many young seers. In its purest form, it is not a doctrine of control, but of balanceâa reminder that the world was nearly unmade not by forgetting, but by remembering too freely.
Tarnisâs writings remain sealed beneath the Flame Archive at Gorâmolar.To open them is to acknowledge that memory must be protected from both erasure and indulgence.
âI do not fear what they have forgotten. I fear what they will remember without guidance.ââ Tarnis Veil-Binder, Final Draft of the Doctrine
đ See Also:
đ The War of False Dawn
đ The Vault of Forgotten Flame
đ Prophecy as Contagion
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