Divine essence

Divine Essence

Divine essence is what gives the Divine the power to punish and favor mortals. Only certain order members and the Divine themself may see exactly how much essence they have, however anyone can contribute essence to their chosen divine.

Offering

Offering corpses and gold to your chosen Divine is what raises their essence and allows them to do many things.

Offering consists of three steps.

1. Kill denizens or get gold
2. Find shrines of the Divine you wish to make an offering to
3. OFFER <object> and your offering will be taken

Please note that diffrent types of denizens will have a different amount of essence. For example, offering a rat and a pixie will give different amounts of essence. Generally, more powerful denizens will be worth more divine essence.

Defiling

Defiling is the process of destroying a Divine's shrine. Although the Divine does not lose essence directly from defiling, it costs nearly 200,000 essence to raise a shrine and sanctify it to full power and size. This means that you are indirectly costing the Divine essence. Please use the utmost caution when defiling shrines, as the Order members and Divine will be immediately notified and have the right to slay you if you continue the process.