>>5375515>>5375468>>5375419>>5375616>Subtly interact with the faithful overtime, answer to their rituals and prayers. Let the people know of you before you actually stand in front of them.Though you are used to direct and violent action, having come to a new land you suppose it couldn't hurt to try something different. For the most part it worked for you before, but now that you're on your own you don't want to be limited to just one course of action always. Besides, it's a good chance to bide your time and learn the language of the region.
Although, this is a bit strange for you, since you've never tried to foster any faith in yourself. Much the opposite in fact, in times past when misguided humans would come to worship you, you always acted to correct them and direct their faith to your goddess instead. Sometimes violently so, in punishment for their mistakes. So it's one thing to try and interact with the humans at a distance, but it's quite another to do so in a way that answers to their religion.
<span class="mu-b">"Do you think I should try calling back to them?"</span>
<span class="mu-s">"You ask me? You should kill them all I think, infidel scum!"</span>
Unfortunately in this matter Faysal isn't much help, as the whole business offends him greatly. Not exactly able to reconcile your divine nature with his own beliefs, he thinks the faith of the locals is blasphemous nonsense. Though you can see why he may think that, given their strange ways.
By your observation these natives (Gaelan) are organized into clans, groups similar to tribes, under a lowly king. There are many of these minor kings who answer to a high king, although his power doesn't seem much greater than the rest. Because of this organizational structure and their remoteness, they are a stubbornly independent people who squabble and fight among themselves, and remain stuck in many ancient ways. Compared with the invaders (Namada) who follow one king and, originally from the mainland of the continent, are given to cooperation and adjustment by necessity.
Even stranger than the Gaelan customs however, is their faith, at least that in you. As a scattered people they have different gods of the land, so mostly just the coastal dwellers have faith in you. But this faith is something entirely of their own creation, over many thousands of years it seems with no roots in any faith of your goddess. As far as you can tell they revere Tanaloa as the great and terrible god of the dangerous and cruel aspects of the sea. Opposed to their old human sea god, but because of the hardships from the invasions they changed to favor you, as the monster who destroyed a mythical oceanic city and now in the time of need can protect the land.
