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kingdom
experienced twenty years of peace under her rule.
    One night, in 1153 B.C., Thoth came
down from Mount Olympus to whisper in Eversor’s ear as he
slept.
    Eversor rose from the bed and reached
for the dagger on the table. The smooth, jet handle of the dagger
vibrated in his hand. His movements were slow and eyes glazed over;
the dagger seemed to possess him. He had no control over his
actions. Eversor gently caressed Elpis’ hair as he knelt over his
beautiful wife, bending down to give her a kiss.
    Elpis woke with a smile until she saw
her husband’s hazy eyes. Worried, she sat up. Before she could
speak, Eversor plunged the dagger into her heart.
    From outside, a thousand golden eagles
painfully screeched as their patron lay dying.
    Eversor snapped out of his trance,
horrified by his actions and blood soaked hands. He cradled his
wife’s head against his chest and sobbed, “I’m so sorry. I’m sorry,
my love.”
    Elpis coughed, splattering
blood against her lower lip and her
husband’s chest. She cupped the side of
his face and whispered, “I forgive you.” She gently kissed his cheek, leaving a bloody imprint of her
lips on his cheek.
    She gasped, and then clutched at
Eversor’s arm until the pain faded and her hand fell limp to the
bed.
    As Eversor pulled the dagger from his
wife’s still heart, the blade emerged with a string of white light
wound around it. Eversor eased himself off the bed, ready to take
his own life as Thoth had ordered.
    Elpis’ body then burst into flames,
quickly turning to gold ash. A warm wind rustled through the
windows and scattered the gold ashes into the night.
    Tears streamed down
Eversor’s face as he held the dagger over his heart. “I’m so
sorry,” he wept as he watched his wife’s ashes soar away.
    Astonished by what
happened , the gods panicked
above .
    “He withdrew The Power! Stop him
before he absorbs it!” Zeus shouted.
    Thoth jumped down from
Olympus and crashed into the room to stop Eversor. After knocking the blade out of Eversor’s hand,
Thoth slashed at him with his sword. However, Eversor was quick. He
dodged the blade and reached for his own sword to defend
himself. It was a dance of spins and jabs
but no fatal blows.
    While the men fought,
Athena glided into the room holding a wooden box. She quickly grabbed the dagger
and tried to force the blade inside.
    The dagger burned her palm, forcing
Athena to drop it. When the goddess grabbed the dagger a second
time the light unwrapped itself from the blade and soared out the
window in the same direction as the ashes. The Power was faster
than Athena could follow.
    Thump!
    Thoth’s body crumbled to the ground,
blood trickling from the side of his head. After Eversor
incapacitated Thoth, he grabbed Elpis’ cloak of invisibility off
the bedside table. Throwing the cloak over his shoulders, he snuck
up on Athena as she stared out the window in shock. He slammed his
shoulder into her side and snatched the dagger out of her
hand.
    With a scream of outrage, Athena flew
back to Mount Olympus carrying Thoth’s unconscious body. Witnessing
the events, Zeus ordered the sky gods to search for Eversor and The
Power, but their attempts were fruitless. The Power was strong
enough to hide itself with its own magic and Eversor dared not
remove the invisibility cloak.
    * * *
    A year after Eversor and The Power
disappeared, 1152 B.C., the Celtic goddess of dark magic, The
Morrigan, found Eversor. Out of spite for being denied access to
the War Council, The Morrigan taught Eversor her dark magic. She
brought him to her island, Ériu, and hid him from the other gods so
he could remove his cloak.
    Soon enough, he mastered her lessons
and began teaching others. His group of followers formed an order
known as the Druids. One man stood out in particular to Eversor, a
man named Brian o’Conaill. Brian quickly became his favorite
student and Eversor taught him everything he knew, including powers
of foreseeing the future.
    The