The War of the Four

Every possessed wears a god's name. What we had not told you is that all four are keeping score.

The four do not agree

So far we have told you there are four gods, and that every possessed wears one of their names.

What we have not told you is that they are fighting each other. And that they are keeping count.

A god who is winning hits harder

Every week the four rise and fall on what their possessed manage out there. It is not a number on a panel: it is the thing standing in front of you.

A god on top has acolytes who take more and hit harder. A humiliated one has soft ones.

And the best part: you know before you touch it. The name is written above its head, and the board tells you how each god stands this week. Seeing Acolyte of Malakor on a Monday does not mean what it means on a Friday.

Kill it fast and you push that god down. Let it kill you and you push it up. There is no way not to take part.

And you have a side

That religion you chose is no longer a line on your sheet. It is a team, with a scoreboard and a race that ends every week.

The other three gods are three of every four possessed you will run into. Bringing them down is your job.

And piling onto whoever is winning gets you nowhere: the score is measured per follower, not in bulk. Eleven committed devotees beat fifty-eight who signed up to watch. Choosing the small religion is not choosing to lose.

What the winner takes does not help it win again either. The eternal god is over.

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And if the god is yours, the chest notices. All four events end the same good way: a chest at your feet, no key needed. But if the god who set up that encounter is the one you pray to, the chest recognises one of its own and gives up something more. Your religion is not only a story choice: it is someone waiting for you on the other side of a fight.

Each god rewards a different way of playing

And this is what makes the choice mean something.

Azkul The Iron Fist

Open war on the other faiths. If picking fights is your thing, you already know whose you are.

Eara The Weaver of Gold

Closing events: tides, groves, sieges. The ones you cannot win alone.

Silvar The Guardian of the Root

Endurance. The long fights you end up winning — the ones everyone else finds uphill.

Malakor The Veil of Shadows

Hunting the Chosen of the other faiths. It does not kill just anyone: it kills the ones with a name.

You are not picking a colour. You are picking what your week is going to be about.

The Balance

Above the four there is a fifth number, and that one has no religion.

Mortals against gods.

There it does not matter who you pray to. Either people are winning or they are — and what is at stake is how much every possessed pays out when it falls.

When the gods grow bold, they pay worse. When people beat them back, they pay better. For everyone, whoever you pray to.

It is the only number on the server that moves for everyone or does not move at all.

Every week ends

And this is what changes everything. The race closes. There is an ascendant god, and the whole server is told.

Its faithful wake up wearing their god's mark. It shows from a distance, before you get close enough to read anything. You walk through Giran and you know who won last week.

And their god walks the world more: its acolytes turn up more often.

A prize the winners share with everybody — the three who want to take it from them included.

The Chosen

One comes out of each faith. Whoever gave the most. They carry the title all week.

And from that moment the possessed of the other three gods come looking for them. They leave everyone else and go for the one carrying the name.

It is not a comfortable reward. It is a target.

Which is why everybody wants it.

On the server board, in your language

chevron_right The four gods and how strong each one is this week
chevron_right The race between the four factions
chevron_right Who the Chosen of each faith is
chevron_right Which way the Balance is leaning
chevron_right How long is left before it closes