The birth of the hatchling Aphrodite made Danyla's children pay far more attention to their own unhatched Dragon Eggs. They spent most of each day keeping their eggs company.
The competitive Ityla, her seventh daughter, even carried her Dragon Egg to the Divine Dragon Septon's Hall at Holy Flame Island's Cremation Platform every day to pray for several hours.
By then, Holy Flame Island's Cremation Tower complex had expanded more than tenfold. The number of Cremation Platforms and Cremation Towers had also risen to seven. Whenever a hatchling was born, a corresponding Septon's Hall was built, though its scale increased year by year as the dragon grew.
After Danyla issued her decree to eradicate heretical faiths, the smaller halls dedicated to other gods had all been converted into Divine Dragon halls. The priests of those temples had also changed their faiths-all who refused had already been sacrificed to the Great Dragons.
Among these dragon faiths, Dreamfyre and Myracis had the most followers. After all, they were Danyla's principal mounts, and they had accompanied her through many major events over the years, naturally earning great reverence.
Balerion and Vhagar, the Great Dragons who had helped found the realm, were regarded as the progenitors of all dragons. Their exalted status meant they, too, had many worshippers.
Ishys's Isalorn had used divine powers many times during the Great Deluge to dispel torrential rain in particular regions, gaining a vast following as well. In Andalos, Ishys had even combined the worship of Isalorn with that of the Rhoyne River Mother Goddess, establishing a water goddess faith.
During the worldwide upheaval of the magical energy tide over the past few years, Isalorn's exceptional bloodline gifts had allowed her to grow into an enormous beast that blotted out the sky.
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