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The memory of a sermon given on this spot still lingers:
How does one serve a god?
For the poor souls still in thrall to the Evanuris, that question has been answered for them. Service is no longer willingly given: it must be wrested, and it must entertain.
Mythal called her people together and offered this warning: "Shall you kneel in terror, work mindlessly, parrot my virtues, and think it the greatest of compliments to me? Do not merely follow the wise. Seek the wisdom they sought."
How, then, does one serve a god who scorns both servility and unexamined divinity?
The answer is in the trials they set for their chosen. We must embody their virtues, and know their regrets. There is no greater offering than to understand.