DELPHiA
"Her war against the Old Gods, I presume, just as she did three hundred years ago." she said, tilting her head as she thought on it more. "I have not met her, but my father has told me she is clever and sneaky, though short sighted. Misguided. Using a human perspective to pursue the divine. Like a mouse trying to be a bear." she said, shrugging a bit. Pale eyes glanced at him though in consideration. "But she hordes the dead souls of her followers away from Mort, so they cannot rest and suffer in ways she cannot understand. So I am not apt to think of her very fondly." she said with a hint of a smile.
She frowned slightly, but not with anger. Empathetic sadness, not wishing to see any so pained by their experiences with the divine. "I am sorry. If I had the power to change it so quickly, I would." she said, voice ringing with earnestness and sincerity. "My father rarely appears before mortals, Abandoned or otherwise. In fact..." Her brow furrowed in thought, trying to think on the number of times she could recount. "Myself aside, he appeared to my mother to ask her to bear me many years ago. And nearly two...or is it three...? years ago he appeared to a woman who was both Abandoned and Attuned. He only did so to correct an imbalance between the forces of his realm and Vi's." she said. There may have been others, but she doubted it. Mort had far more souls to attend to than Rae and Vi had combined. The realm of the dead was far greater than that of life and nature.
"But part of my purpose is to reach those that he and Ludo cannot for any number of reasons. I can empathize with you in ways that the divine simply do not." she said, smiling softly. "But faith and loyalty and kindness from even an abandoned will be rewarded by the gods. This I can promise."
She frowned slightly, but not with anger. Empathetic sadness, not wishing to see any so pained by their experiences with the divine. "I am sorry. If I had the power to change it so quickly, I would." she said, voice ringing with earnestness and sincerity. "My father rarely appears before mortals, Abandoned or otherwise. In fact..." Her brow furrowed in thought, trying to think on the number of times she could recount. "Myself aside, he appeared to my mother to ask her to bear me many years ago. And nearly two...or is it three...? years ago he appeared to a woman who was both Abandoned and Attuned. He only did so to correct an imbalance between the forces of his realm and Vi's." she said. There may have been others, but she doubted it. Mort had far more souls to attend to than Rae and Vi had combined. The realm of the dead was far greater than that of life and nature.
"But part of my purpose is to reach those that he and Ludo cannot for any number of reasons. I can empathize with you in ways that the divine simply do not." she said, smiling softly. "But faith and loyalty and kindness from even an abandoned will be rewarded by the gods. This I can promise."
Spoiler Alert: Everybody Dies
