Jigano listened raptly as they placed the 'soldiers' back in their rows and lines, ready to repel the next attack by machines of war or men and women learning the blade. He knew a little of Helovia's history from Melita, but this was the time he was hearing of their magic in any depth, and given his new powers he was even more curious than usual. It sounded as though Deimos's magic had come with a terrible price, one now mitigated - and far healthier for the General, given how happy he looked when he was with Amalia. He perked up particularly at the mention of patron gods, nodding his understanding.
"Yes... the gods of my world, too, granted magic to priests and clerics, and their warrior paladins as well. Druids received the blessings of the gods of nature. There was great power in divine favor. My mother's lineage stemmed from Oracles who could channel it, though we pursued ideals rather than individual deities." Always the odd ones out, were the Oracles, their power balanced by the price they paid in the balance. Blessings of light and curses of darkness, of weakness or lameness or constrained tongues or sight.
A curse lifted when he came to Caido, for good or ill.
"Did you have a patron god on your world?"
"Yes... the gods of my world, too, granted magic to priests and clerics, and their warrior paladins as well. Druids received the blessings of the gods of nature. There was great power in divine favor. My mother's lineage stemmed from Oracles who could channel it, though we pursued ideals rather than individual deities." Always the odd ones out, were the Oracles, their power balanced by the price they paid in the balance. Blessings of light and curses of darkness, of weakness or lameness or constrained tongues or sight.
A curse lifted when he came to Caido, for good or ill.
"Did you have a patron god on your world?"
