How shall I detail my journey ?
Should I start from the very beginning, when I first started on the path of wizardry, up till this path ?
Or should I narrate the next course of action that I undertook ?
What then ? Would it even matter ?
For I am the same Saruman, then, now, and in time to come.
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I am the same Saruman when I first learnt the arts of wizardry from my mentor.
I am the same Saruman when I became White, and lead the council of wizards.
I am the same Saruman that betrayed the council, and made a tie with the necromancer.
I am the same Saruman, that went beyond White.
I am that same Saruman.
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Now, I exist, in my study, a rope tied around my waist to a nearby being; one that has become no better than a mere animal, but whose name I shall, in time, bring light about.
And the dreaded fact remains that the dreaded ring still exists, and I have to fight against an old concept, in both the form of a ring, and some powerful being beyond my own power.
But should I desist ?
Should I resist ?
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No, I'd say !
I must be strong, stalwart, and ready to fight. I shall equip myself with no more than my will to power, as I had told myself. I merely received a guidance, but the Way is mine own, my thoughts and beliefs shaped by what I wish and will for. The weak shall bow, the mighty shall rein, regardless of standing.
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But the traveller is weary of my ramblings, and wishes to make best of what has transpired on these pages ?
I shall narrate, slowly, how it came to pass that I chose the path Beyond, and what came after.
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I am Saruman.
Hear me speak.
