Deep in the forest, where the trees reach to the sky and the shadow flows to the ground, there lived a centaur. He was an unusual creature, half man, half horse, and his nature was subject to passion and reason. Unlike the other centaurs, who worshipped the wine god Dionysus and honored his sacred mysteries, this centaur was banished for his ideas and belief in another god.
He spent his days studying forbidden literature and meditating on the mysteries of his new god. His detractors said he preached heresy and alienated the souls of other centaurs. But he couldn't stop his quest to know the truth. For this he was given the name Heretic.
One day he saw a knight in the woods who had come to pray at the shrine of the god of wine. The centaurs paid him no attention and simply danced and drank, celebrating their next feast. At that moment, the Heretic noticed that many centaurs were drunk and forgot their true selves, and they became indifferent to worldly problems.
The centaur heretic decided to preach his ideas and talk about his new god. He spoke of wisdom and knowledge, that true happiness could not be attained through drunkenness and madness. He taught the centaurs that they must search within themselves to find true freedom and enlightenment.
But his preaching was interrupted when the centaurs, who would not listen to his words, attacked him and chased him out of the forest. He was forced to leave his home and live alone.
But the Heretic was not discouraged. He continued to seek the truth, learning new things for himself in solitude.
As many of us do.