Kali’s priests called themselves Branches.

Kali was born from the World Tree, which meant she herself was a Divine Tree that could move. Hence, she was practically the root. Naturally, her apostle was the tree trunk, her priests were the branches that sprouted out from Kali the Divine Tree, and her believers were leaves.

Like how leaves supplied their tree with nutrients through photosynthesis, Kali’s believers provided Kali with their Faith. Kali’s Branches, the priests, had to nurture these leaf-like believers so they wouldn’t ‘fall.’ For that reason, the Branches’ role was crucial.

Instead of having distinct personalities, Kali’s priests considered themselves one and the same Branch because they all sprouted from the root named Kali. She didn’t mind this much, so her priests also didn’t think much of it. The priests did have separate personalities, but they all shared the same principle of being one. Even though they had their own names, they called each other ‘nth Branch’ if they had to distinguish themselves from each other.

Still, the Branches had a hierarchy. The lower the number of a Branch was, the older they were and the higher their rank. A Branch with a four-digit number would usually be a student priest, while those with three-digit numbers were ordinary priests. Two-digit Branches were Bishops, and one-digit Branches were considered cardinals.

Although it was just an ordinary priest, the Elfin Root was the 126th Branch, making it one of the highest-ranking priests. However, Moodoo was different....