A week passed in the blink of an eye.
Aaron's army officially announced its withdrawal from the Moonsea, and everything seemed to return to normal. The soldiers busied themselves collecting their pay and rations, smiles on every face. Lords and generals calculated their promotions and the expansion of their fiefs, while the churches had already turned their attention to the divine upheaval that had just concluded.
Cyric: Three-Crowned King, a greater deity → Prince of Lies, an intermediate deity.
Kelemvor: mortal → Lord of the Underworld, a greater deity.
Xvim: Bane Godspawn, a demigod → God of Tyranny and Hatred, a lesser deity → fallen.
Bane: fallen divine corpse drifting through the Astral Plane → God of Tyranny, briefly restored as a greater deity → God of Tyranny, an intermediate deity.
Mask: Lord of Intrigue, an intermediate deity → God of Thieves, a lesser deity.
This upheaval in the Pantheon drew the attention of every deity and major church, leaving them far less concerned about the war in the Moonsea.
Selûne announced that she had accepted two lesser deities as her subordinate gods-the Masked Lady and the Lord of Reincarnation-and formally declared that she would soon make another attempt to become a greater deity.
The news quickly sparked widespread discussion throughout the Realms.
Who exactly were the Lord of Reincarnation and the Masked Lady?
But the only answer anyone could get was: no one knew!
Meanwhile, Aaron was testing his new abilities as a deity.
Although Aaron could not yet wield his own divine authority-that was his agreement with Ao-Mama Selûne had already begun his internship. He started taking over some of Selûne's duties, such as listening to believers' prayers, granting them divine magic, and bestowing his authority and weapons upon them in the form of energy.
Aaron already had