To insure that they will never be used again. The warrior only has power that is given to him by those he protects, and no more. If there is no need to protect, there is no power. Your father has more power because he creates. He creates those things that give life.
Creation is the true power.
It is evil and the secrets here must be kept secret. They must never come back to us, for we would all be destroyed again. The boy had been walking back the way he had come, his mind racing. His father, the one he had always thought was weak and without honorhis father had been the one with the power. His father had been the creator and the power of life.