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In the centuries of warfare that led up to the founding of the Reva Empire, the rivers of blood and bone that were formed summoned forth Mithra, God of Justice and Protection. Mithra gave his blessing to the Revan family, and thus their rule as Imperial family was cemented for millennia.
As the Empire expanded and the population grew, worship for Mithra dwindled. Eventually, only those in the ruling class still recognized Mithra as the deity who held the most power. For those in the lower classes, there was no single deity that was worshipped. Farmers sent offerings to gods of harvest and rain. Merchants to gods of wealth or trade. Soldiers and Generals to gods of war and blood and victory.
Now, thousands of years after the foundation of the Reva Empire and with his power weakened by dwindling followers, Mithra grants his blessing to fewer and fewer of his followers, outside of the Revan family, every generation.
To increase the number of blessings that their subordinates receive, the Revan family holds a mass ritual in the honor of Mithra for every new generation.
This story will follow the effect that one of these very rituals had on the shape of the Reva Empire.

Table of Blessed Protector

Table of contents

Volume 1