The Silver Kingdom's reverence for Mahu was woven directly into their cultural origin and bloodline. The concept of a mere mortal usurping divinity or ascending to godhood was viewed as ultimate, unforgivable blasphemy.
The average citizenry actively ignored the forbidden texts, treating the scrolls with the same superstitious dread as a plague-ridden corpse.
The only demographic infected by the temptation of godhood were the ambitious lords who sat with Ragnar in the gilded throne room to debate war strategy. Hidden away in their private estates, unknown to the crown, these elites had secretly birthed their own heretical cults, plotting their personal ascensions behind closed doors.
