But the descendents of these men and women were still imperfect, and Rimahn continued to take advantage of their ignorance. No matter how self-evident were the beauties of Oromasd’s creation, there were those people who would always turn to the path of Rimahn and perform evil deeds, speak evil words, and think evil thoughts. And Rimahn looked at the numbers of those people and was comforted into thinking he was winning his ages-long battle with Oromasd.
The majority of these people slipped into their evil ways through ignorance, convenience, or sheer laziness. Neither Shammara nor Hakem Rafi the thief, for example, were worshippers of Rimahn. Both of them had been raised in the faith of Oromasd, and though each had turned from that faith it was not through opposing convictions. They simpl
