6.36 - Bad News, More Attributes
“That sounds like more than a ‘little problem’ gods damn it!” Alise shouted.
Theo shifted uncomfortably in his seat. After leaving Tero’gal, he had assembled the important people in town for a meeting. Alise, Aarok, Zarali, Xol’sa, Sulvan, and Hanan sat around a table in the town hall. The air was uncomfortable before he had even made his statement, but after he told them every aligned core would revert to the default version, Alise had exploded. While he wouldn’t blame her for doing so, he wasn’t as phased. This was a part of this world’s life cycle. Why would a denizen of that world get so upset if they were subjected to it? Then he remembered his desire to change that cycle, and sympathized with her anger.
“Every core?” Sulvan asked.
Theo snapped his fingers, nodding. “That’s where things get tricky.”
“More tricky than losing our most powerful fighters?” Aarok asked.
“I really don’t want to have my connection with Lord Drogramath cut,” Zarali said, wincing at the thought.
“I’m immune,” Xol’sa said, trying and failing to hide his pride. Zarali shot him a look and he humbled himself.
“The new gods aren’t telling me what’s going on. I delayed the mission Void gave me as long as I could. I thought it would keep things in the realms safe, but that’s not the case. But I suspect you could change your core over to one of the new gods.”
Conversation erupted in the meeting room. No one was happy about this. Alise, Aarok, and Xol’sa were immune to the change. Despite everything, they held unaligned cores. Sulvan was the one Theo wanted to watch the most, as he held a Glantheir core. That core would swap to the new version of cores. Maybe. Hanan was unknown, but he had little to say. He sat in silence, hands folded in his lap as he drank it in.