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<blockquote data-quote="chutup" data-source="post: 5868991" data-attributes="member: 6690844"><p><strong>The Fugitive Gods (36.09)</strong></p><p></p><p>Long ago, before the Time of Schisms, it was not uncommon for certain sects of the Cult of Alberon to support the worship of 'little gods'. This was a folk tradition involving small statuettes kept in homes and treated as idols. Generally the little gods were thought of as servants or aspects of the God of the City of Shuttered Windows; however, the doctrine regarding them was unclear, and in truth they were tolerated mainly because the common people liked them. The Temple Indivisible would not stand for this idolatry, however, and ordered that all the little gods were to be smashed.</p><p></p><p>In the last days of the Schisms, when it was clear that the Temple would emerge victorious, a group of monks made a last-ditch effort to save the little gods. Gathering up all the statuettes they could into a pair of wagons, they snuck out of the city under the cover of darkness and fled to the edge of the Kingswood. Here, on a secluded hillside, they arranged over one thousand small gods to sit and face toward the city from which they were exiled.</p><p></p><p>At the time, the Temple Indivisible had more pressing matters to attend to than the eradication of a few discarded idols. But even to this day, the congregation of fugitive gods has remained untouched, though it is somewhat overgrown. Some say that the little gods have power enough to protect themselves, and will one day return to their rightful places at the hearths of the Shuttered City. Others say that a powerful elf took pity on the monks and made certain that the little monument would be kept safe.</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>- What happened to the monks after came to this place?</p><p>- Are there any other little gods, in the Shuttered City or elsewhere?</p><p>- Do the little gods have power, or are they just false idols? What of the story of the elf?</p><p></p><p>(I've been reading the <em>Aeneid </em>recently and I really like the idea of Aeneas carrying his household gods with him all the way from Troy to Italy.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chutup, post: 5868991, member: 6690844"] [B]The Fugitive Gods (36.09)[/B] Long ago, before the Time of Schisms, it was not uncommon for certain sects of the Cult of Alberon to support the worship of 'little gods'. This was a folk tradition involving small statuettes kept in homes and treated as idols. Generally the little gods were thought of as servants or aspects of the God of the City of Shuttered Windows; however, the doctrine regarding them was unclear, and in truth they were tolerated mainly because the common people liked them. The Temple Indivisible would not stand for this idolatry, however, and ordered that all the little gods were to be smashed. In the last days of the Schisms, when it was clear that the Temple would emerge victorious, a group of monks made a last-ditch effort to save the little gods. Gathering up all the statuettes they could into a pair of wagons, they snuck out of the city under the cover of darkness and fled to the edge of the Kingswood. Here, on a secluded hillside, they arranged over one thousand small gods to sit and face toward the city from which they were exiled. At the time, the Temple Indivisible had more pressing matters to attend to than the eradication of a few discarded idols. But even to this day, the congregation of fugitive gods has remained untouched, though it is somewhat overgrown. Some say that the little gods have power enough to protect themselves, and will one day return to their rightful places at the hearths of the Shuttered City. Others say that a powerful elf took pity on the monks and made certain that the little monument would be kept safe. Hooks: - What happened to the monks after came to this place? - Are there any other little gods, in the Shuttered City or elsewhere? - Do the little gods have power, or are they just false idols? What of the story of the elf? (I've been reading the [I]Aeneid [/I]recently and I really like the idea of Aeneas carrying his household gods with him all the way from Troy to Italy.) [/QUOTE]
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