"I could not deny it. As long as I lingered here, defying my captor, I was able to postpone what I feared was my inevitable doom. But that sentence was no worse than the stalemate I now endured. Better to face one's destiny than cower from it." (Ana Henning - Legacy of Kain)
All the conflict and the strife throughout history, all the fear and hatred, served but one purpose - to keep my master's Wheel turning. All souls were prisoners, trapped in the pointless round of existence, leading distracted, blunted lives until death returned them - always in ignorance - to the Wheel.