Black Meridian 18: Running on Fumes
"no, there's nothing romantic between us, old gods know there's enough lust going around these days already, the kids need to chill out. but he's a good mate, and we enjoy talking. and... he really cares about fletcher, i admire that." "i'm sorry."
When Night and Day first met
"i think the old gods and spirits are releasing the clutch we used to have of this world, as it's fading. perhaps a new world shall follow, and we need to die in order for that to happen? i truly don't know.
Thane of Hearts, Parts Two (and Part one, revised)
The villagers' loyalty for king olaf is brought into question when they are forced to abandon their old gods at swordpoint. but the strange rafn seems to be one step ahead of everyone else.
Through A Glass Darkly - 7 (final)
That these ponies are offering me so much because they find me trustworthy compared to their old gods is a more reassuring thought than that they are awed by me, or are not thinking of what harm i might do them."
All Things Quiet And Sweet 11 - Shades of Past
"the revival of the old gods. lotta people think they left this place. truth is, they haven't. haventcha felt them all around you? guiding you?
Light Bane: Chapter 32
"but i can theorize that, since your magic is the primal energy of the old gods, a binding spell won't affect you as much. well, i mean, it does affect you, since you only have the blood, not actually a goddess.
With These Broken Wings: Chapter 7
I taught them all i knew of our kind, i sang them the old songs and of the old gods. cinnon learned beside me, and in due course she became enamored with one of her lieutenants and became pregnant.
Evokation / Book IV: The Hanged Man / Part 4
"but won't they be sitting ducks for these... what did you call them, old gods? surely a space station would be easier to strike and destroy than a planet." "easier to defend, too, though.
Ironwolf (Furvengers: Assemble!)
So decrees the last of the old gods; so decrees hermes!_" ironwolf hit him like a missile. his power reserves dipped but his racing heart kept them from dropping too much. hermes, however, arced into the sky and then dropped like a stone.
Chapter sqrt13: Zenith of Fulfillment
Sometime, there are secrets should be kept as secrets, but with erivyr's release from his duty, the old gods will have their chance to rise but that will be a threat lunbiv can take care of.
Book of Changes Part 3
For the better part of three decades since the so-called pagan revolution against islamic autonomy in the mid east, the various resurgent cults of the old gods played one another off of the middle, each trying to seize ever more power in the teetering court
Chronicles of Nahia - Prologue & Part 1
And it was upon the mana stream, which at certain points in the world flowed closer to the surface than at others, that the old gods made their presence known to the nebulous civilisations of mortal beings. the gods, and their cohorts of _other_ beings.