Demeterra died on Day 187.
She died the way a garden died in winter — slowly, quietly, the life draining out of her as the faith that sustained her consciousness faded below the threshold that the system required for divine existence. There was no battle, no Descent, no dramatic fire-and-thunder finale like Durnok's last stand on the Final Hill.
Her final believer count was 2,341.
From 400,000 at the war's start. From 240,000 at the Last Harvest. From 48,000 at Day 120. The decline was not constant — it came in stages, each stage corresponding to a community's decision to stop praying to the Rootmother and start praying to the Iron Sovereign. Each decision was individual. Each individual decision was a tiny death. 2,341 believers remained at the end — the holdouts, the elderly, the devout who would not abandon their goddess even when abandoning her was the rational choice.
Her FP reserves reached zero at 14th bell on Day 187.
