![]() ![]() ![]() Omnia's navy has recently attacked Ephebe and was repelled by virtue of superior technology. ![]() Vorbis accuses the Ephebians of killing an ambassador named brother Murduck. The Ephebians demand a non-negotiable peace treaty with Omnia. The tortoise, meanwhile, who truly is Om, buys the sea goddess's mercy for a price to be determined later. During the trip to Ephebe, Vorbis foolishly commands the captain to violate a taboo of the sea, angering the sea goddess. Vorbis advises the novice to forget that he saw anything. While waiting to leave, Brutha notes a group of Divine Legionaries mustering separately. Hearing of Brutha's photographic memory, Vorbis drafts the novice for a delegation to Ephebe. Meanwhile, the oppressive "Quisition," lead by exquisitor Vorbis, has caused so much grief in Omnia that a secret society of revolutionaries has arisen called the Society of the Turtle. Brutha is dubious, but nevertheless quickly develops a friendship with creature. The animal claims to be the Great God Om himself, trapped in the form of a reptile. Outside the Omnian Citadel at Kom, Novice Brutha's gardening duties are interrupted by a talking tortoise. His disciple Brutha rises with him, becoming the leader of a newly enlightened nation. In Terry Pratchett's Small Gods, the God Om rises from his existence as a lowly tortoise back into godhood. ![]()
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