<div align="center">(http://i.imgur.com/g08VkJSh.jpg)</div><br/>There were only so many prayers one could answer in a day, and the realm of the gods was no less turbulent than the oceans that Lienn-Dal resided over. A continual political game raged against the different elements as the universe demanded their balance, but each of them wished to expand their regions. Her deity brothers and sisters usually just postured to one and other, and the learned Goddess of the oceans had little interest in such things. She was typically a quiet, regal sort of woman, who spoke in careful and well thought words. Her emotions were tucked away safely so that her rivals would not be able to use them against her, though in the younger years of the world she had indulged her pleasures more than once with the other gods. At the moment, though, things were becoming increasingly difficult for her to think of any good times.<br/><br/>The God of land was spreading his domain out, commanding his worshippers to make movements into her realm, spewing molten lava from deep in the planet to push her waves back further and further. The soldiers of his race dove down and took up her followers when they could manage, and the sudden attack he had initiated had claimed a fair number of towns. A god’s worth was based around the strength of their following, and the sudden strike had done a number on her. Her flowing appearance had dulled slightly, but there were still those with strong convictions alive and well in the central cities. She would find no aide from the Goddess of fire, who wrapped her body around the stony God that had pushed into the ocean… Fire and water were opposites, but she had not expected the two to become dedicated lovers. There were some other Gods among them, but none that would immediately come to her aid yet…<br/><br/>She needed to strike a blow to the followers, to make the two gods weaker before she could directly intervene. For that, she needed a follower of her own to inhabit, to bring a gift… But weak as she was already, she could not put herself before one of her more dedicated worshippers. That would take away the strength they gave her, and might cripple her. No, she needed someone who did not commit strongly, and her eyes fell over her gazing pool to the sight of a young woman, tucked away in a dark room as part of her ascension to adulthood. Perfect…<br/><br/>No doubt the mortal would be surprised to suddenly see light in the room. A tiny twinkle began to expand and form a shape, the same shape as the statue outside of the room. They were somewhat underground, so no sight nor sound would escape. After a few moments, the solid form materialized in front of Mizu. She sighed quietly and opened her eyes, which had a very strange, very subtle purple glow to them. Her eyes gazed at Mizu, and a slight smile began to tug at her lips. “You are Mizu… Do you know who I am…?”<br/>