Depends: if you know for a fact that the gods in your universe are of the “Gods Need Prayer Badly” type, then yeah, you can use collective bargaining or boycott to get them to work for you. If, on the other tentacle, their power and/or existence doesn’t depend on belief, worship or sacrifices, you could find yourself facing a pissed off cosmic narcissist who just got told that you don’t intend to polish his metaphysical knob anymore…
Even in the first case, you want to make sure that you switch to a deity with enough oomph to protect you from retaliation and/or that you take enough of their worship base with you that retaliation would be too costly/counterproductive, because otherwise an underperforming god could go full-on domestic abuser and smite horribly the individual apostates to keep its worshippers too scared to leave despite them not getting anything out of the relationship.
Didn’t I say Warmheart has a part to play? Yes, I did, although still with an unexpected plot twist. In Andy Hunter’s universe almost everything can have a purpose, or some subtle meaning, even his comment about “religious debates”. And Kel and the DM are quite good with books. Nice bit of character backstory also, why the “Stonebreaker”, smashing statues formerly carved to the gods….
1) Cherek possesses emotional maturity that of a 5-year-old child
2) Father does not reside in Cherek’s headstone, or at least there’s some other physically separated entity that Cherek was ordered to deliver Warmheart to
Honestly, thought the ‘fade to grey’ was Miko having her life squeezed out of her
And Sark didn’t have a twin soul (that would be the Mindfucker), he is just an Avatar like Bree and Jen (unless you were meaning that sort of ‘twin soul’)
Well it’s either the gods are evil and like watching people strive up a mountain only to fail before the summit ooor they’re Just who think of us as grown ups who can make our own damn decisions and paths (collectively; so war is all on us)
Gods tend to be used as an excuse for shitstains’ actions
Case in point: Stonedick is blaming the gods for what happened to his people (rather than a certain elf-bastard), and justifying his actions on the gods’ lack of action (“if there is a god, why don’t they save you, and if they save you, why wouldn’t they save my people?”)
Very very interesting! Who is the mysterious person hiding in the shadows and using Cherek, and are they interested in Warmheart.
Dragon does not kill dragon!
Dragon together, strong.
Interesting that his other wounds bled blue but the one from the dragon bleeds red.
The blood is red right now.
“the CHILD”
very not subtle XD
Also evil shit-voice knows Warm is female
This is why deities should be reminded of market forces. If you are a worshipper and your current deity won’t help, get another one
Depends: if you know for a fact that the gods in your universe are of the “Gods Need Prayer Badly” type, then yeah, you can use collective bargaining or boycott to get them to work for you. If, on the other tentacle, their power and/or existence doesn’t depend on belief, worship or sacrifices, you could find yourself facing a pissed off cosmic narcissist who just got told that you don’t intend to polish his metaphysical knob anymore…
Even in the first case, you want to make sure that you switch to a deity with enough oomph to protect you from retaliation and/or that you take enough of their worship base with you that retaliation would be too costly/counterproductive, because otherwise an underperforming god could go full-on domestic abuser and smite horribly the individual apostates to keep its worshippers too scared to leave despite them not getting anything out of the relationship.
Didn’t I say Warmheart has a part to play? Yes, I did, although still with an unexpected plot twist. In Andy Hunter’s universe almost everything can have a purpose, or some subtle meaning, even his comment about “religious debates”. And Kel and the DM are quite good with books. Nice bit of character backstory also, why the “Stonebreaker”, smashing statues formerly carved to the gods….
Hmm, note how the wound isn’t turning blue…
Warmy should learn to target the berries next time
Okay, so what are the key takeaways…
1) Cherek possesses emotional maturity that of a 5-year-old child
2) Father does not reside in Cherek’s headstone, or at least there’s some other physically separated entity that Cherek was ordered to deliver Warmheart to
3) Cherek is fading to black very much like Sark did on page 379
https://thisis.delvecomic.com/NewWP/comic/counterpoint/
Which I suppose increases the chances that Cherek is also a twin soul
4) Given Father’s interest in Warmheart, chances are he’s also a dragon, most likely the one shaman was asking Bree to kill
Honestly, thought the ‘fade to grey’ was Miko having her life squeezed out of her
And Sark didn’t have a twin soul (that would be the Mindfucker), he is just an Avatar like Bree and Jen (unless you were meaning that sort of ‘twin soul’)
Twin souls is what Charlie called them
https://thisis.delvecomic.com/NewWP/comic/messy-ending/
Mindfucker didn’t have a twin soul, he had a single soul that he ripped out of himself and cast aside like yesterday’s garbage.
Well it’s either the gods are evil and like watching people strive up a mountain only to fail before the summit ooor they’re Just who think of us as grown ups who can make our own damn decisions and paths (collectively; so war is all on us)
Gods tend to be used as an excuse for shitstains’ actions
Case in point: Stonedick is blaming the gods for what happened to his people (rather than a certain elf-bastard), and justifying his actions on the gods’ lack of action (“if there is a god, why don’t they save you, and if they save you, why wouldn’t they save my people?”)