The Talisman
...red to emulate the priest, even when this advice seemed ridiculous and absurd. Jealous of the talisman’s power the priest deviously set an incendiary device in its tabernacle. With great celerity, the tabernacle burned down, creating a maelstrom among the town as they saw this as a sacrilege. Although he was highly suspected of this crime, the people did not dare to accost the priest. Even after burning the tabernacle and practically completely destroying the faith of the townspeople, the priest’s insatiable thirst for power was not yet satisfied. Little by little, the priest began to eschew himself from the town pejoratively thinking of a way to gain absolute power. Yet even after a long time of suspicions and questions no one had any proof to substantiate their claim of the priest being the incendiary. Maximilian worked day and night on a plan ...