183 Day Two (2/2)

Centuries ago there had still been religions in this world. Judging from what I had gleaned in the dreams of individuals who were knowledgable about history and sociology, these ancient religions hadn't worshipped anything real and survived so long because of their emphasis on blind faith. That said those religions were still mighty and for a long time tried to interfere with politics.

Over the course of Htraeian history more and more people became secular and rejected these religions, and as they did they came up with concepts that served to separate government and religion. As a god, I wasn't a fan of that. This society wouldn't be like that.

The temple of law that I built was above and beyond the largest temple I had built to date. It was an enormous thing that would serve a number of critical functions. First and foremost it would serve as the sole government building in this community. Eventually, Htraean humans would discover this town. When they did they'd find this building to be our government building, our town hall.

The second critical function that it would serve is it that would be where we'd store any lawbreakers and where our law-enforcers would work. I built a portion of the massive temple underground, specifically, the place where law-enforcement, who'd all be non-organic humans, constructs, and eventually maybe even extraplanars, would work. And I also built a prison there too. It was a perfect place to build one since not only was it underground it also led up to where our finest combatants lived and worked.

The third critical function of this place was that it was where people would come to learn valuable skills. This primarily came in the form of the numerous unique metalized humans I'd create here. I created humans who were paladins, monks, warriors, and a number of other classes, and I gave them inorganic bodies as well as rooms within the temple to cement their unique status.

I instilled in them a powerful sense of loyalty to their community and to their peers, as well as fanatical loyalty to me. Their purpose was to oversee the defense of the community, and to train both organic and non-organic humans self-defense, and to test their piety and knowledge.

I created a high priest of law here, and I gave him a text that was filled with lessons and sermons about the importance of the law, and one ”simple truth” that was actually a lie: I was the law. The priest accepted this text eagerly, and tearfully, happy to have been chosen by his creator to serve a role as important as the one I was giving him. This priest served as the head of the town, since he was effectively my messenger within the community.

I was the source of all laws that the town would follow. And my laws were simple. ”Work hard and you will be able to thrive”, ”Treat others with kindness and obey the teachings of the town's priests and priestesses”, ”Do all things to honor your creator”. If I needed too I'd happily make other laws, but for now those were the laws I felt we needed to keep in mind, nothing too complex.

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By the time I was done outfitting the final temple, I was mostly done with the second day of my new life in Htrae. I had actually entered the temple and explored it in person rather than doing what I usually did and outfitting it from the outside. When I was done in the temple I teleported myself back to my submerged home.

I was fond of the temple, and within it I took a look around and smiled. The whole thing was underwater and water suffused even the tiniest and most remote corners of the building. I liked that, and I wallowed in the depths of the river for a time before beginning to do two things at once.

I began to investigate more dreams, and to expand the lake I was in at the same time. I wanted to expand it enough to build a few settlements here, just enough that I'd have zealous company.

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[Liquid subdomain synergistic abilities:

Aquatic creation: You can create bodies of water. This could be oceans, rivers, lakes, or streams.

Aquatic destruction: You can destroy bodies of water, in such a way that the water is permanently erased. This doesn't evaporate the water, it deletes it.

Aquatic life creation: By mixing the animal and plant subdomains you have, the subdomain of liquid, and the life domain, you have earned this incredible power. It allows you to create all manner of fish and other aquatic life, so long as you are trying to create simple, unevolved lifeforms. You can also evolve aquatic creatures into beings like were-sharks and merfolk, or other, odder entities depending on what you create.

Aquatic life manipulation: You can command all sorts of lifeforms within bodies of water. You can also evolve such creatures.

Boundary creation: You can create and manipulate boundaries within water. The simplest application of this is that you can create areas of water wherein on one side the water is fresh, and on the other side the water is salty. You can also create lifeless areas of deoxygenated water and then create life-filled zones, using this power.

River, lake, and stream lordship: Your fondness for bodies of water and your aquatic worshipers have given you great power over rivers, lakes, and streams. They have now become your holy places in much the same way as volcanoes and caverns are. This potent power means you can manifest in or around rivers, lakes, and streams, as well as gain an instant awareness of them, whenever you walk on a planet for the first time. Until now this power has been turned off, but now it will be turned on. This power is synergistic between the domains of nature, faith, and the subdomain of liquid.

Resource creation: You can create things like pearls, and other valuable resources usually found in or around water. This is synergistic with the creation domain.

Pollute: This synergistic power takes from a number of subdomains, most notably the subdomain of corruption, though it is aided by things like the radiation subdomain and the domain of disease. With it you can pollute rivers, lakes, and streams flawlessly and you can pollute even portions of oceans at will. Polluted areas sicken those who swim in them.

Zone creation: You can create things like whirlpools, hydrothermal vents, and other natural phenomena found within bodies of water.]