The Earth Mother Lost a Very Cool Possibility Forever-What a Shame

"Why would you have such a strange idea? Why would you think Mother Gaia abandoned the Brass Dwarves just because they weren't sincere enough, just because they were dazzled by burning gold?"

While waiting in the Shadowy Valley for his loyal and brave players to revive and log back in, Murphy took a moment to visit the cabin where Oufge, High Lord of the Silver Dwarves, was staying. Murphy had always been interested in faith and the gods, and at last he asked the question that had been on his mind. Lord Oufge could only let out a long sigh.

The old dwarf had lived so long that he looked frail, his body even stooped with age. Stroking his floor-length white beard, he sighed.

"It seems this is how the other powers on the continent explain the Brass Dwarves losing the gods' favor, too. But that view is incomplete and wrong."

"Look, I'm not in a hurry, and you're recovering from your injuries."

Murphy took out a cup of Flying Wine and personally poured one for the High Lord. He glanced at the two other Earth Wardens keeping watch inside the cabin and marveled inwardly at just how much Gaia favored the Silver Dwarves.

Including those two Golden-tier Earth Wardens, Silverkeep alone had at least three Golden-tier powerhouses, as far as Murphy knew.

He said, "So, could I trouble you to explain what's really going on? We vampires don't have faith, and most gods despise us, but I'm a rather unusual case. I've always been very interested in the little secrets of the gods."

"But you could ask Archduchess Triss. She's the best and most outstanding theologian on the continent. And I've heard you've done what countless men have longed to do but failed to accomplish: you've won Archduchess Triss's