Columns bearing Phiaus’s likeness supported the large overhang, each created by someone skilled at working with stone. Murals depicting the god fighting, healing, protecting, and performing other acts of godliness were displayed. How much money was spent on all this? Bob scoffed in his mind. You do not understand the power of all this. For his worshipers to believe how great of a god Phaius must be, someone must tell stories of what he has done. Those carvings will always be there, promising that perhaps he might do the same for them. Being powerful isn’t enough to have someone worship them.
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