![]() ![]() In the end, it is simple, for only one can survive. But the Church still commands immense resources, and - faced with the unthinkable - it’s decided that it, too, must embrace the forbidden technology which has carried Charis so far. So after eight years of war, it is not Charis but the Church that stands upon the brink of defeat. ![]() Merlin, the cybernetic avatar of a woman dead over a thousand years, who was determined to break the Church’s grip upon the human mind and soul. And it had Merlin Athrawes, last survivor of long-vanished Earth. Who knew that the Church of God Awaiting was a monstrous lie. It had the Brethren of Saint Zherneau, who knew the truth about Safehold’s founding. It had a king, a crown prince, and a navy prepared to die where they stood in its defense. How could it possibly resist total destruction? The Church had every reason to be confident of a swift, crushing victory, an object lesson to other rebels.īut Charis had something far more powerful than simple numbers. ![]() It boasted less than two percent of the total population of Safehold. Despite its prosperity, the Charis was a single, small island realm. ![]() The Church of God Awaiting’s triumph over Charis was inevitable. ![]()
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