This piece is the English version of "Yuvarlak Omaros: Yükseliş ve Kaygı" published here before.
Omaros the Round, who adhered to the principle If you are not strong enough to roll, be with the strong and roll with the strength of the strong, now believed very much in the greatness of High Priest Fetos. Holiness was very evident in Fetos. It represented sacred power. Fetos was now even more effective than the Divine God Hatti for Omaros.
Omaros and Morus became like the embodiments of roundness. This was also the reason for the evil smile of the round Morus. Morus had long begun to enjoy the advantages of being round as Zuwanta life, which he started as a slave, was progressing without his intention and knowledge. He knew that these advances, which took place without his knowledge, were a special privilege given to Fetos by the Divine God Hatti. Morus was no longer a slave.
In the country of Zuwanta, there was an academy responsible for training the children of elite families and rulers to become rulers in the future. Priests who would guide people on behalf of the Divine God Hatti were also trained in this academy. Rulers and priests were holy people who worked on behalf of the God Hatti. The name of this academy, which was both influential and sacred in the country of Zuwanta, was Kizzuvatna Soli. All the rulers and priests of the country were trained there. In the country of Zuwanta, powerful people drew their strength from this academy.
Fetos had already set his sinister mind on taking over the government of the country, Zuwanta. Neighboring countries' wishes were also in this direction. Neighboring countries and sometimes distant countries would send Fetos gifts and ornaments made from the precious metals of that period. Fetos, who also received power from outside the country of Zuwanta, always associated this power with the God Hatti.
All the round adherents in the country of Zuwanta began to make efforts to equalize the Divine God Hatti and Fetos. Fetos could perhaps have been the embodiment of the God Hatti. Being with Fetos meant being with the God Hatti. All the power brought by holiness was concentrated in Fetos.
Slave Muros, whose only job was to carry loads with the wooden stretcher allocated to him, undoubtedly believed in the holiness and power of Fetos. Slave Muros, who carried loads every day, never gave up attending the Round Meetings. Omaros and Muros, who then attended nightly meetings that were kept secret from everyone except the round adherents, have reached a certain level in being a round authority. This round couple now believed that they too had reached a level where they could train the adherents to make them a perfect round character.
The spring season had shown itself. The trees started to change color. The soil gave life to the plants. On such a spring morning, a round adherent came on behalf of Fetos and gave the good news to Slave Muros. He was no longer a burden-carrying slave. He was going to work at the Kizzuvatna Soli academy. Fetos had used his divine power and found a way to bring Muros into the sacred and powerful academy of the land. As the intoxication of this new situation continued, Muros thought of Omaros. The Great Fetos should have found a new assignment for Omaros as well.
As a matter of fact, Omaros the Round, who was a teacher, would also work as a teacher at the Kizzuvatna Soli academy. Now Omaros the Round had become a round instructor of the Kizzuvatna Soli academy and one of the academy's round members.
The new task and new job feature also changed the principles of being round. New principles were also conveyed to Omaros and Muros, which they had to follow in their new jobs and duties. Both of them would memorize these principles. These principles were now like orders given to them by The Divine God Hatti and his representative Fetos the Great. Complying with these sacred principles was a requirement of being round.
The principles to be carefully followed by every round adherent who penetrated into the Kizzuvatna Soli academy were:
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Moral and ethical values have no impact on interests. The main thing is not to be moral, but to be strong.
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Every fight and war that is necessary to achieve the goal is justified. In order to gain and maintain power, weapons are sacred and it is mandatory to use weapons when necessary.
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There is no need to keep his word for a round adherent. Being round does not require being moral and honest.
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Interests must be defined by power. The more power increases, the greater the interests.
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The most important and basic goal is to continuously increase power. Every means available should be used to achieve this goal.
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For the powerful, interests are fixed and unchanging.
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Institutions such as religion, morality and law should be used as tools to maintain power.
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Since the main thing is power, institutions such as religion, morality and law are useless where there is no power.
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Unless you seize power, you need help from others. The power that comes with the help of others can be destroyed by others.
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In order to seize power, every office must be occupied, and if the people there do not stand for power, they must be eradicated.
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If people are subjected to heavy pressure instead of light pressure to seize power, they will not be able to resist heavy pressure.
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All evil and oppression to seize power must be done at once.
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War and murder are inevitable in order to seize and maintain power and should not be delayed.
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The most basic requirement for seizing and maintaining power is to be sneaky and cunning and to have the ability to skillfully deceive people.
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The main way to gain power is to implement religious principles. Captured religious institutions are very effective in seizing and maintaining power. Religious institutions see the seized power as a reflection of the greater divine power, they see holiness in the power at hand and protect it.
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It is necessary to seize power by various means. The destiny and talent required for this are present in every round adherent.
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Although power or authority is easy to seize, it is difficult to sustain and maintain it.
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Every round adherent is not to be good or do good in order to achieve the goal.
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Each round adherent must play its part well. The main purpose should never be forgotten.
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Every round adherent should know how to appear as a compassionate, loyal, humane and righteous person. He must also be ready at any time to apply the real face immediately, if necessary.
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Human nature is not good. Therefore, it is necessary to be selfish and self-interested beings.
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Power cannot be seized by begging and pleading. Using one's own power and force reduces failure.
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When luck and skill are insufficient, it is necessary to commit murder to seize power.
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Those that are not round should be treated as animals. Only those who are to be treated humanely are the round adherents. Others deserved to be treated like animals.
It was not too difficult for Omaros the Round and Muros to comply with these principles. Being round and following the instructions given to them had already become their personality. The common feature of the Great Fetos and the round adherents was that they were already transformed. It would be okay if they didn't have a mind of their own. The instructions for all the round adherents and the basic principles of being round were and only sufficient resources for them.
For a round character, what matters is the essence. Essence means main substance. Being round requires being a substance. Anything other than being round is just a symptom. Being round is a must. Other situations are possible but not necessary.
But this is the mortal world and life is not endless for human beings. The round folk though Fetos as a half God human being having no end. Finally, news came about Fetos, the representative of the Great God Hatti, who brought him to these high-level positions and for whose favor he was grateful.
They said, “Fetos is Dead!”
This news did not upset Oamros, but it worried him a lot. He had come to his current position thanks to Fetos. The Great Fetos had found a new place of duty for Omaros the Round, and Omaros had become a teacher at the Kizzuvatna Soli Academy.
Round Omaros spoke up… He listed the things that came to his mind. He spoke out what he had in his round mind:
So, what will happen now?
I wonder if I were a snail and went into a shell I found… And become a shelled snail!
Or should I just stay as a snail-like round insect?
What form should I take? What shape should I take?
Even if Fetos dies, I will still be round! Isn’t there another Fetos?
However, Omaros the Round also knew now...
As long as there are round personalities, there will be more Fetos!