I would like to show you something, first, he had rumbled to his friend, peace in his thoughts as they had begun their swim into the ocean on a long-delayed hunt. Hadama flowed gracefully through the water in his mer-form, the manta wings spreading from his back and shoulders cloaked in a mirror of the night sky. The ring on his finger trailed starlight through the water around him, showing the area of safety for air breathers around the King, though for today he had provided Noah with a manta crystal for their venture.
There is only one shrine beneath the waves. It serves all the Old Gods. I often pray to Safrin there. Even before he had become a demigod and his legs allowed him access to the many shrines of Caido.
He lead the way deeper into the Arclight and down, down until the sweltering sun above was lost to them and only a dim light filtered down into the depths. The starlight of his ring and trident became more visible in the growing dark even as the pressure grew around them, squeezing god-touched ribs but unable to crush the two demigods.
A few large shapes slid through the darkness at the edge of their vision, revealing a long expanse of sinuous scales or the edge of a vast fin before disappearing back into the gloom, but in time the ocean floor came into sight, and the ancient shrine upon it, weathered by sand and current but still standing strong against the centuries.
There is only one shrine beneath the waves. It serves all the Old Gods. I often pray to Safrin there. Even before he had become a demigod and his legs allowed him access to the many shrines of Caido.
He lead the way deeper into the Arclight and down, down until the sweltering sun above was lost to them and only a dim light filtered down into the depths. The starlight of his ring and trident became more visible in the growing dark even as the pressure grew around them, squeezing god-touched ribs but unable to crush the two demigods.
A few large shapes slid through the darkness at the edge of their vision, revealing a long expanse of sinuous scales or the edge of a vast fin before disappearing back into the gloom, but in time the ocean floor came into sight, and the ancient shrine upon it, weathered by sand and current but still standing strong against the centuries.
