The Merfolk worshiped a god named Joine.

That said, she wasn’t truly a god. The term ‘god’ was applied to her by the Merfolk in a show of reverence and humility. The truth was that she was actually just a mysterious entity from the bottom of the sea who had godliness.

Even still, godly entities that could lie dormant on the seafloor would obviously be incredibly mighty. In fact, they were so mysterious that most species couldn’t understand them, and the same could be said for their mightiness. Before the broken face of the god arrived, sea monsters did exist in the sea surrounding the Revered Ancient mainland. But they weren’t like this. After the broken face of the god arrived, living beings were changed. In many places, entities appeared that contained some of the essence aura of the broken face of the god. And those beings came to be called godly entities. Their predecessors, which had been researched by various intelligent species, were evolved forms of grues from the forbidden regions. Joine was one such being.

To ordinary mortals… she was basically a god.

For many epochs, godly entities like her stood...