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Ark Arcana: Upon the Gods of the Realms and Their Manifestations

July 2023·pp. 96–101

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An in-world scholar assembles a dangerous treatise for the Order of Azyr, defining gods as beings deeply attuned to magic rather than omniscient or infallible authorities. The discussion distinguishes death, dormancy, consumption and starvation through lost worship, then contrasts elemental powers such as Gorkamorka with beings who achieved divinity from more tangible origins. Its increasingly provocative conclusion questions the pantheon’s relationship with mortal devotion, ending amid censored accusations about borrowed power.

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