Anyway, be sure this gets out to your brothers and sisters.

Welcome to Dreamers of Light. This house was founded on two principals. Illumination and Imprisonment. Illumination is the belief that the dreamstate, and the actions we take here, have an effect upon the waking world. Imprisonment, is the belief, that souls are trapped within nightmares, and that placing thier essences into the dreaming stone, or evoking the art imprison, frees them. Now, that sounds pretty simple. But this house has grown into so much more, and not by dictates, or rules, or anything other than a desire to be the best house in the dream. Sure those beliefs are hammered into you during your initiation,again at knighting for guardians,and usually once more at crowning for new Rulers. But this house, Dreamers of Light, is more than that. It is a house of "the Light". This esoteric term that floats around in sayings and greetings and salutations.... "Walk in the light brother".... "May the light illuminate your path" And so on. What is "the Light" ? Thats a good question, and I'm here to tell you what I think the light is. At least, to tell you what It is to me.

Honor. Love. Goodness. Faith.

Honor is the adherance to principals considered right, or just.

If we act without honor, our house becomes reduced in the light, to that of the likes of Calenture. When you give your word to someone, you have a duty to follow through with that. That is Honor.

If you accept a task from a teacher, it is dishonorable to not follow through with what you have agreed to do. You can return to a teacher, and tell them you decline. That too is honorable. But to fail to do a thing that you agree to do, is not the way of the Light.

Truth. Sincerity, honesty, conformity with fact. Following the line of darkness, is the path of lies, deceit, conjecture, and rumors. The Light stands for Truth !

Love. A strong affection or liking for someone, or something. The light is that which bathes us in love. For our house, for our brothers and sisters, for our belief and position in the dream.

Faith. Unquestioning Belief, complete Trust or confidence. The Light should be filled with members who we have faith in !

When I go to war, I want to know that you will all go with me, and be at my side. And I want you to know, that I will be at yours. Look around. See who stands next to you. These are your brothers, and sisters. These are the people you need to have faith in ! Loyalty. Steadfastness in alliance to ones home, or brothers and sisters. The Light does not permit betrayal within it's ranks, but fosters unity, and loyalty to each other.

We are the good of the dream. Think for a moment what it is that we do. We save souls from the darkness of torture by nightmares. We are saviours ! We are the goodness in the dream. *That* is what we do. We save souls.

The light is about acting for those who cannot act. We defend and protect those who cannot do so for themselves.

Do you all feel that this is what the light stands for in your heart? Is this an integral part of what Dreamers of Light IS ? Then If I asked you all to swear these beliefs as though they were part of your own oath, you would do so without hesitation?

I have sworn this before, and I do so now again. For this is my heart. This has always been my heart. And though it beats not, these are the feelings that dwell within me.

Now, we talk about darkness.

Darkness is our enemy. Rumors. Lies. Deciet. Defiance. Lack of Respect.

Anger. Hostility. Frustration. Lonliness. Boredom. Jealousy.

We all know darkness when we see it. It is clear as day, for it can blot out the light. Can it not?

I say NO ! I say the light is stronger ! I say only by allowing darkness to exist in these golden halls has it been here at all.

It becomes our duty, as servants to this house, which stands not only for Illumination, and Imprisonment, but for THE LIGHT....to bathe darkness in light.... To extinguish Evil.... To place Truth over Falsehood... To combat Rumor with Fact... To place praise over jealousy... To act rather than to be bored... To help rather than hinder...

Frustration is overridden by Communication, and aid.: Whispers are the tools of secrets.

Now, you can watch me stand up here, preaching to what I think the light is. And you can say to yourself, hey, he's right, and we all just swore to these beliefs.... But what I am asking you to do now, is FOLLOW these beliefs that you have sworn to.

BE the Light. Act as these traits DEMAND that you act. This is Dreamers of Light ! We are the best house in the dream ! Why? Because we are the righteous saviours of the waking world ! We are the GOOD of the dream !

Now, that I have separated the house from the faith....I'll point it out to you again....

We...... Are...: Dreamers... of...: LIGHT.!!!!