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Writings - The Mythology of the Zealan Deities

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until they gained enough followers to re-emerge. Thus, an improbable cycle took place. As Odion planted the seed ofhate within one of his subjects, and as that seed grew and took root in other warriors, Odion would become more powerful, spreading the hatred even further.

        Though most Zealans

believedthey had contact with their gods through their thoughts and emotions, only the priests and a select few were allowed tospeak directly to them. The Zealans constructed great mountain-sidetemples housing gaudy shrines to the three or six patrons. Several labyrinths were excavated and filled with deadly traps.