In waning empires of millenia past, there were certain Counsellors

[Burma Jones]

These people would slink into the halls of power and gain more and more authority. Historians would later point to these persons with disdain and loathing as a sign of a nations' weakness personified.

They were the Eunuchs

Take a look at Karl Rove, a good look at Karl Rove, then puke. If that ain't the modern equivalent of a Eunuch, I don't know what is.

[shain from kane]

1. Hail Atlantis!

Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth.
On board were the Twelve:
The poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
The magician and the other so-called God's of our legends.
Though God's they were -
And as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new
Hail Atlantis!