The "Blood Emperor," Alista Tudor, and the "Night Emperor," Trunsoest, had both been gods in every sense of the word. Judging from Klein's divination, however, they apparently hadn't been deranged enough to leave contingencies and traps on their former seats.
The rooms behind some of those doors pose a certain risk-perhaps because of the statues of the six gods.
The Evernight Goddess's statue can stay, but should I smash the other gods' statues? Still, the danger Klein divined might not come from the statues themselves. It could come from the act of smashing them.
Nimrod considered the matter carefully and soon settled on a plan.
After all, humanoid statues of the six gods were rare. It was better to be cautious.
So Nimrod decided to seal off the doors to the rooms containing those statues. He happened to know several rituals with sealing effects.
Nimrod took two steps forward and patted the heavy chair beside him. "That's right. Want to try sitting on it?"
Klein was a little surprised and actually hesitated for a moment. "Can I? It is a historical artifact, after all-"
You're actually older than this chair. The thought popped into Nimrod's mind. "Of course. It's just an ordinary chair now. Most things related to the Fourth Epoch have been cleared away by the churches and the authorities. After all, no one knows which of them might contain a contingency Tudor left behind. Even in the Beyonder world, things related to the Fourth Epoch are quite dangerous."
For example, Beyonder items carrying "full moon whispers," antiques parasitized by Amon, objects that had grown spirit body threads, and items the evil god, the "Fool," could pull above the gray fog-ahem, that last one doesn't count.
Having said that, Nimrod added with a touch of wistfulness, "Actually, I can