"So many battles, so many of us dead. We destroyed each other’s cities with earthquakes, fire, plagues, and war, and set our followers to killing each other back at the start of our Eternal War. Eventually treaties were made, long, long ago. While the war continues to this day, we vowed we would not interfere or fight directly on earth as we once did. We would only lend aid in small ways when called upon, and when given leave by mortals to intervene. We should not manifest except on the rarest of occasions."