Fire had discovered Divine Authority long before the others understood what it meant.
He learned that every true Sovereign carried a fragment. One fragment wasn't enough to create complete divinity... but several?
Possibly.
And if enough Sovereigns died while their Authorities remained unclaimed...
Atheline stared at the ancient World Tree portrait.
"He could gather them."
Lilith followed his gaze.
"Using the tree."
He nodded.
The original World Tree hadn't merely been sacred to the High Elves, it was connected to the entire world.
Its roots reached through ancient Aether veins across the original continent. It absorbed, circulated and redistributed enormous quantities of natural Aether. It touched nearly every major Law indirectly through the world itself.
It was the perfect core.
