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// Prefaetione ad Liber Tertius 
// Story: Non nobis Domine 
// by Dsarker 
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	Most excellent Doctor Amicitia,

As you yourself have said, the record of the Templars' appearance in Equestria must be drawing to a close. The pieces are set, the cards are in play, and all those cliches. However, this work was not written to fill it with cliche.

Instead, I will introduce this tome with another quotation from the Templars' book, one which fits almost chillingly with what I must relate.

"A large army will not keep a king safe, nor his strength save a warrior's life; it is delusion to rely on a Guardspony for safety, for all his power he cannot save."

For all the doubt that I have had, it is my belief that the Templars' victories cannot have been the result merely of skill or luck. What I have observed goes beyond that - to questions of reality, and purpose, and beliefs unquestioned. Whether you believe that this Jesus of theirs exists as they say he did or not, this faith gives them strength, and they have demonstrated that well enough.

Their military prowess cannot be questioned, and as Veritas has written, it seems to be a rule that right makes might. That they have survived and prospered so long is not to be wondered at, then.

You may say that I am biased, that my side is well known enough, that we need hear no more of it. Well, perhaps I am. If I am, though, it is because the truth is not some independent source. If I say that the Pegasus ponies are responsible for the weather, it is not somehow lessened because I have seen them controlling it.

This work is not my own defence, though, so this topic will cease, and we will go back to the real topic of this tome, the Battle for Canterlot.


Novem of the Hospital