The Chalice Saga, Vol 3
The Chalice Saga, volume 3 is the final of three volumes that detail the history of the Chalice Gods. Also seeThe Chalice Saga, volume 1 and The Chalice Saga, volume 2. "Looks like a dusty old book of myths"
“Part 3: The Chalice Drinkers
Vol, meanwhile, had finished his battle with Arisetsu, and began snuffing out the defeated gods as well as newly-forming gods. After such a terrible battle, there were hundreds of new gods forming from cast-off remains of godly power, and Vol hunted down and killed it before it could be come whole.
Ilth Hale watched Vol from her new home, the dimension known as Acur. To spite Vol, she began to seek out newly-forming dark gods and pull them to Acur so that they could manifest in safety and grow strong.
Harukita, Tuvillus, Kajich, and Urtigal were brothers, and she called all four into her realm. Then she spotted Ormorek, no longer the god of dwarves, now just the god of bitterness. She beckoned Ormorek into her realm before Vol could find him.
Lastly, Ilth Hale spotted a new goddess, Talerra, the god of Depression and Knowing the Truth. She beckoned for Talerra to rise into Acur with her, but Talerra was too depressed to move. Seeing that Vol was coming, Ilth Hale swooped down from the heavens, snatched Talerra in her arms, and carried her to safety. "Talerra, you will be my sister, for we are much alike." Talerra mumbled something, but could not be understood.
Ilth Hale closed the door into Acur, and for a time the gods rested, growing strong. The strongest of these new gods was Harukita, resplendent in his Armor of Hate and wielding the Sword of Bigotry. It was Harukita who found the Chalice of Undeath that had been hidden in Acur. Instead of being full of souls, it was still full of Zek's power: the power to create undead.
Harukita brought the chalice before the other gods. "I have sipped from Zek's Chalice and gained the power to create undead. But I have not sipped overmuch, for I have learned from the past. It was foolish for one god to try to protect such a power. If I dank all of the Chalice, Vol would hunt me down and eventually destroy me. But if we ALL drink from the Chalice, we shall all have the power of undeath. Vol will never be able to destroy us all. We shall be bonded in evil, a partnership that shall span an eternity. Are you with me? Drink from the chalice!"
Harukita's brothers quickly drank from the chalice. Ormorek drank too. But when the chalice was passed to Ilth Hale, Harukita stopped her. "There is
