[ He agrees with the first comment; this honestly is getting tiresome, and he tries so hard not to believe in much of anything, but it's getting difficult. ]

Ah, that does sound foreboding, doesn't it? I have little faith in rituals, but if it were to be true, who or what do we suppose their radical views are against? They must oppose something. It seems as though this group cares nothing for Wyver or Olympia if they're willing to see both in ruin. In the past, the cities have opposed one another.