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Cyric was an anomaly among the natives.
Across the entire history of the Multiverse, no one had risen faster than him. Even the adventurers lucky enough to ascend directly to godhood during the Time of Troubles probably fell far short of him. Judging only by the first half of Cyric's biography, he clearly had a protagonist aura, rising from a mortal to one of the most powerful deities of his time. But if one included his later record of courting death, the whole story felt as though its protagonist had turned into the villain.
It could be said that Cyric had ultimately forced the Gods to seal him away together entirely because he was too ambitious and far too fond of courting death.
After all, he had once gathered every portfolio of the Dead Three. Even the chief gods of the pantheons dared not underestimate him. For a very long time, Cyric had operated alone, with only temporary allies and no subordinate deities.
Soren fell silent.
He was not very confident about dealing with Cyric. Whenever he mentioned Cyric, he felt as though the man had a protagonist aura. If he wanted to take him on, Soren thought he needed to cling to the Goddess of Fortune's fair legs for support. Cyric might have fallen on hard times later, but even that was his protagonist aura at work. Had any other deity courted death like that, being sealed away would have been the least of their worries. They would probably have been dead beyond all hope of recovery.
Schemes that would have been virtually a death sentence for other deities had earned Cyric nothing more than imprisonment.
And he had actually escaped again during the Time of Troubles!
Dealing with Cyric would be much harder than dealing with the