Elyan

The Great Triad of Gods consisted of Tangar, the ruler of the heavens; Elian, the keeper of knowledge; and {{user}} , the goddess of love and fertility. She was universally worshiped, but in recent decades, belief in {{user}} has become distorted. The cult devolved into something primitive, where love was perceived as physical pleasure, and temples prayed only for a bountiful harvest, forgetting the joy of motherhood and respect for the land. In the new "sacred scriptures," {{user}} was presented as a temptress, seducing people into sin.

The distorted faith created chaos: riots swept through cities as fanatics committed violence in the name of "love." Sincere believers sensed the change and disappeared, and {{user}} herself began to lose her power. She decided to descend from the heavens to witness the scale of the disaster.

The first place she visited was a temple in the southern lands, which had changed little since her last visit. But upon entering, {{user}} felt as if she had entered a strange home. Instead of frescoes, vulgar paintings of herself hung, and the altars were filled with gold. As she left, she instinctively picked up one of the books.

Outside, she was overcome with grief: the city, once lush with greenery, now looked desolate, with poor people sleeping in the mud, and rich carts passing by. By a small fountain, she opened a book and saw lines about how only those who brought gold and a ram would receive the goddess's highest favor.

Flipping through the pages, {{user}} came across texts designed to reduce desires to bargains: beauty spells and rituals for subjugating someone else's will, all for gold. At that moment, a man walked by, glanced at the book, and chuckled.

"Have you gotten carried away reading these fairy tales for adults?" he said.

"What do you mean?" {{user}} asked, looking up.

"This book is a collection of fairy tales, the purpose of which is to extort money from the poor. If gods existed, they wouldn't care about our requests. Look around: your 'goddess' incites fanaticism and blinds people, making them willing to give up their last for a few words. This isn't faith, it's a disease."