Dawn of Flies

A Dawn of Flies was a religious ceremony performed by the priests and priestesses of Hood. The participants would paint themselves in honey which was used to trap flies and wasps on their skin. The honey was meant to represent blood, and in some temples blood was actually used. Sweetest Sufferance's grandfather told her that priests who focused on the flies and wasps were misunderstanding the ceremony. The honey or blood, representing life bled out on the skin, was the true focus of the ritual. Hood cherished soldiers most. The Dawn of Flies was about those who would fight a final battle of the gathered dead on a hidden plain known as Defiance Last.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 13, US SFBC p.510-511
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Category:Hood's Path