The Ascendent Throne

The Ascendency Throne

The divine seat of power for which the newly unsponsored Eris is named a prime contender.

Story so far

Eris's system description ends with a line that reframes her entire visit: Eris is a prime contender for the Ascendent Throne. It follows directly from her unique status this season, having lost her sponsor and become unable to be re-sponsored, escaping The War Mages and letting her true purpose surface.

That ambition explains her recruitment of Carl, her offer to make him Champion as Nekhebit had just made Princess Donut, and her insistence that he kill Taranis Apito, Emberus, and Hellik. Her freely-given intelligence about Paca and the Gate of the Feral Gods serves the same end.

Role

The prize Eris is positioning herself and Carl to win.

Relationships

Eris — A prime contender for it.

Carl — Recruited in service of her bid.

Faction Wars — The season within which the contest plays out.

Sources — 3 recorded facts, by chapter

Chapter 62

Vacant divine seat the Ascendency's gods are competing to claim, with candidates ranked by outside odds.

Chapter 76

The divine seat some gods can only claim when no mortals are present, which is why Eris summons witnesses.

Chapter 88

The divine seat of power for which the newly unsponsored Eris is named a prime contender.