The Gods Gather to Celebrate a Cleansing

Excerpts from History of the Argottean Federation

Chapter 4

1 Hurl 291—Palace of War, Hurlshome. On a snowy outcrop of methane ice, forty foot, yellow granite, crenellated walls enclose War’s palace on the home planet of the Argottean Gods. Today War and his select minions, Courage, Bravery, and Honor, are hosting a party to celebrate their imminent departure to Argotte and the sixteen Solar Orbiting Habitats.

The Argotteans have worked themselves into a proper tizzy over a typical Argottean bureaucratic misunderstanding. Unlike previous spats, population pressures on thirteen Solar Orbiting Habitats and five city-states on Argotte assisted this one. Unbeknownst to the humans, though, the direct involvement of Hate and her sniveling little brother Prejudice played a major role in stirring up the necessary people to commit the ultimate act of human foolishness, offering young bodies on War’s bloody altar. (Although, he’s never had an altar on Argotte because all sacrifices fall under the realm of Blüd, god of sacrifice, thoughtless endeavor, unfortunate mistakes, and executioners, War is willing to participate in whatever manner the Argottean humans deem appropriate. Being an anthropomorphic being, War only exists at the collective whim of humans.)