Things had been going badly for a long long time. First their was the plague. The king died and there was a civil war. Then the next king died and their was another one. Then strange men with odd beast and power of thunder turned up. There desire for ever more gold was unlimited. They emptied the treasury, stripped the temples and taxed every nugget they could. Even that wasn't enough and tens of thousandsgent were enslaved to mine more.
Of an empire of millions only a few hundred cold and hungry people hiding in the ruin of a long overgrown city remained. Ever day their were less. Ever day more choose death or slavery. A few priest beseeched gods that oblivously weren't listen now, if they ever did.
Curse the gods. I have gave them my son and they still leave us to die and be forgotten. I was done with them. It was time for new god.
I had created a idol for the new god. A spider, palm sized, carved from hand wood that could show very fine detail. I was one of the my best works. Within it was a small hollow were a live spider residued.
I knew that when I created it I was inspired by some power. So I gently and secretly worshipped it. Even now the priest could still do human scarifice.
Then their was a miracle. It came to life bug still looked like it was made of wood, feeling it, it was.
"My friend, I cannot yet help you I am too small and too weak." it confessed, immediately seeing we were in dire straits.
Even so small it still helped how it could. It made silk that could be used for bandages. It brought down some rodents with its venom. It cried for hours after it done that. It believed in us as small and weak as we were and so I did the same back.
For the first few days I wasn't sure but then it became obvious, it was growing. On a couple of inches since it was animated but their was no mistaking.
As we talked like me like did every night I learnt that it was powered by faith. The more people had faith in it the bigger and faster it would grow. When it got big enough it would gain god powers.
I knew that if I wanted, aridos to get big enough to help of all of us it would need more faith then I could provide on my own.
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