 tried to explain that I was only a poor
parishioner, barely scraping through life as it was, and
that I was not fit to lead a flock of sheep, let alone
the most powerful priests of each of the Gods. It was
then that Ferris stepped forward, and said to me the one
thing that has stayed in my mind, as feeble as it is,
until now, and will be put on my tombstone when I leave
this mortal realm...I pledge my life
to you, Brother in Faith, and will follow you wherever
you may go.'
 e then laid his
hand on my shoulder, and I felt the power of Ziose within
him. It did not scare me as I thought it would have, but
filled me with confidence, and strength.
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One by one,
each of the priests came forward, repeated what Ferris
had said to me, and laid their hand on my shoulder as
well. Together we stood, the Twelve True Priests, and I
was to lead them all.  hen each of our respective deities came
forth, and laid one hand on the shoulder of their chosen,
and the other on their forhead. The deities then somehow
channelled the energies from them into their chosen ones.
Black, red, and white light engulfed us all, and we
became One with our Gods, and they One with us. That
night, all twelve of us achieved something yet unheard of
... Immortality on the mortal plane. This was not the
immortality that the common folk know, that the mortal
husk may never die, but we achieved the status of keeping
our souls throughout eternity, to sit beside our deities
when our mortal husks were exhausted, and to stay there
for eternity.
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