The Prayers We Pray

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Be careful what you pray for - because even gods can be tempted.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Temple of Temptation is broken. The system is failing the priests who serve faithfully but Zeal isn't missing. He's simply powerless - or was.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>As more priests believe in our god the balance of power has been shifting. Temptation is thriving. Miracles are happening. The High Priest is struggling. In his attempts to control me he's making it almost impossible to help the other gods.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Something has to give and I'm worried it might be me.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With the last semester of my initiate training underway things are supposed to be looking up. I finally have instructors who are grading me fairly. I no longer feel like a failure. However my ties to the nobility of our barony have drawn just a little too much attention. The wrong kind.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The High Priest wants to get rid of me. My enemies want to destroy me out of jealousy. The nobility wants to put me in my place. My lovers want to protect me at all costs because things are starting to get dangerous.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>None of that will stop me because gods aren't the only ones to answer prayers.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I am the voice of Zeal. I walk with the Blade the Shield the Temptation and the Shadow. We are the devoted five priests determined to serve our gods in any way they demand - but the divine holds no power over men who don't believe. Faith offers little to those who think they are the ones who should be worshipped.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Gods want love. Men want power. Everyone knows temptation.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To save Zeal I'm tempted to destroy everything...</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Even our traditions.</span></p><p></p><p></p>