"Uh... yes!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk could only agree.
He had no idea what Alleria and Sylvanas had arranged, but he certainly did not want another tongue-lashing from the sisters.
"Can we trolls worship the War God?" Zuga asked.
"Of course! Why do you ask?" Yu Lin Bloodhawk asked.
"The priests said the War God is the high elves' most powerful deity..." Zuga did not finish, but everyone understood what he meant.
The god belonged to the high elves, whereas they were only trolls.
"Oh... oh... that!" Yu Lin Bloodhawk's mind raced.
I need a plausible reason! But what? I haven't thought of one yet.
So he asked offhandedly, "Don't you trolls believe in Hakkar and voodoo and all that? Why do you want to worship the high elves' War God?"
The troll leaders exchanged glances. None wanted to speak, as though they had something too awkward to admit.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk found this strange. Only after pressing them did he understand the reason. Hakkar was a deity worshipped by almost all trolls. That tradition dated back to the ancient Troll Empire and had endured ever since.
Most trolls believed Hakkar was the protector of all trolls. Every troll serving Yu Lin Bloodhawk had once believed this, but they had also sworn allegiance to Yu Lin Bloodhawk.
Who was Yu Lin Bloodhawk? In these trolls' eyes, he was the man who had killed more trolls than anyone else. They therefore believed they had betrayed Hakkar and lost their faith. They believed they had become faithless blasphemers.
In their culture, having no god to worship was a terrifying thing. A faithless blasphemer's soul would receive no divine protection after death and would instead suffer an eternal curse of torment. That was why they needed a god they could worship.
The trolls were