☀️ Arselia and Akonia

- Services...? What do you mean? - She pondered. - Give you some dangerous task or challenge in the spirit of "hit me at least once"? Pose an interesting riddle? Make you kiss a boot? The head of your Church is right - I don't care about any of that. When the celestials arrive, then my sword will find its purpose, but until then, who kills whom and where doesn't concern me. People overestimate themselves too much if they think that their fate has any significance for this world.

-- We truly cannot understand the perspective of someone so experienced. And yet... We serve the same purpose here. Perhaps you've heard of the Thaissian incident? The evil otherworldly goddess Rynze was indeed trying to find a way into this world, to the point that she could already be felt physically, even though her flesh was far away. As soon as one of the mortals faltered, cast their gaze in the wrong direction, or found themselves in the wrong place, filled with her cursed energy, they would hear Rynze's whisper and, against their will, become her servants. The entire city was infected, like a wasp's nest in the middle of a beehive. Could this sect one day summon their patron goddess herself? I don't know. But their combined faith definitely brought harmful changes to Anush, and it would certainly have gotten worse. -- It may sound immodest, and by the standards of your exploits, I'm sure it's laughable, but the fact is that we were among those who dealt with this problem. We defeated their champion, and then the Welfern Empire finished the job. Ultimately, Patriarch Eugene Kripov appealed to Anush and imposed a mandate on all remaining Rynzites, severing their connection with their goddess, and thus Rynze's attempt to invade our world ended before it could gain momentum. -- Nevertheless, this is only the beginning. Gnosis, Tevta, Sophia - this may not be a complete list of those who threaten Anush right now, but our suzerain claims that the crisis could escalate at any moment, and that is why we are gathered. Saving people is important, but our grand task is to save the whole world, and although we cannot boast of the strength to oppose the celestials, we can still help prevent their appearance, even though we are just mortals. And we will spare nothing for this, because this beautiful world holds a special place in the heart of each of us.