"It is time to prove your faith. Drive out the intruders and sing the praises of Radiance. Show divine wrath to those who dare set foot on sacred ground!"
The priests rose in unison, their movements mechanical yet brimming with fervor. In their eyes burned a blind madness—a willingness to sacrifice everything in the name of their god and to fulfill His will.
But they would not wield weapons directly. Instead, they would prove their existence by shedding noble blood upon the altar.
At the root of their faith lay an old hypocrisy and contradiction.
These Silent Priests called themselves "noble beings" in the name of the divine. Born as illegitimate children of high-ranking clergy, they firmly believed their bloodlines had been chosen by God.
Marriage among clergy was forbidden within the order, allegedly so that they might dedicate everything to the divine.
Yet reality told a different story.
