She nods her head, looking to the side. She then looks at you, somewhat angrily. "Very well, if you wish to be watched at all times by all the gods...
There are few things we fear. We do, however, have some things that we do fear.
Number one, and most obvious, is the loss of all worshipers. While this won't kill us, it would allow other gods or even a mortal that somehow reaches our realm to kill us. As long as we have one worshiper, we are protected from every other god and definitely mortals, but without, we are... mortal, in a sense. Though Tarran says that he will never become mortal, because he exists in many 'existences' at once.
Number two, the less obvious but still obvious to most of us, is letting the forbidden gods win. Vi'ahn, Val'Suul, Inn'ahar, and Patho Akh.
If Patho Akh won, all knowledge, of all kinds, even basic instincts, would be erased from existence, and as long as he is in power, we will be unable to create any complex life. Any. All existing life would cease all actions and die.
If Inn'ahar won, he would twist and corrupt this would beyond what any mortal could comprehend. Everything and anything would be left beyond any ability to recover them. All souls in existence would have to be made again, by Tarran. Everything would have to be purged. That's IF we ever wrest control back.
If Val'Suul won, nothing would be left. Literally. He would destroy every single grain of sand. Every person. Every tree. Every mountain. All would be erased. We would have to build everything by scratch.
If Vi'ahn won, it would be... the end. He would likely try to kill all non-forbidden gods. From us Sonif--lesser gods--to the mighty Aver--the great gods. Potentially, even our mighty Oli, Tarran himself. Or at the very least, he'd try. Regardless, Tarran would likely just leave this existence and forget about it, leaving it to the whim of those four.
Third, is the 'godslayer' sword, created by a very powerful mortal angry beyond belief at Magdost for murdering his wife. We all worried about the sword, and wanted to intervene, but... Magdost let the man build the sword. Slowly. Again and again, failing multiple times, before Magdost killed him, too. However, unknown to most mortals, he was killed... because he had made the sword right, and it COULD kill a god. But, the man teleported the sword randomly across the world before he was killed, so we do not know of it's location no matter how hard Salar... um... 'dissected' his soul. If such a sword got into a mortals hands--any--the result could... well, be catastrophic. First, we do not know how well the world would work without us, since it us up to us to keep the sun active, keep heat and cold in balance, keep souls in circulation... Second, we do not know what our deaths would do to the world; would we explode with the strength of a million forest fires? Third, we do not know what would happen to that mortal once he kills one of us. Would he become a god? Would he explode from the power? Or worse, would his soul shatter from the power?
That is our top three, and only notable, fears. You tell these to anyone else, expect our wrath to be swift, and do not expect it to be a mere killing. A full third of us non forbidden gods are evil and would take pleasure in torturing you.
I assume you're done asking questions for this dream?" She turns indifferent and raises her eyebrows in the last sentence.
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