What if the idea that the Grail grants eternal life is a deliberate spin by the Church to turn it into a holy relic, when it’s true nature is that it is lich Jesus’ phylactery? From King Arthur to the Knights Templar, the quest for the Grail has been dedicated warriors seeking to eradicate his source of seeming eternal life. And it can only be destroyed with the weapon that destroyed his first corporeal form, the Spear of Destiny.
The grail is too obvious of a phylactery. I’ve always thought that it would be one of the crucifixion nails. It would have been on hand (heh) while performing the lich ritual, there’s decoys to make it harder to find and destroy if someone did figure it out, and it’s a common enough item to not seem too out of place wherever it ends up.
The heroes finds lich Jesus’ stash of nails, but only one is the true phylactery. The boldest knight smites that which he believes it to be, but nothing happens. Lich Jesus grins wickedly and incinerates the knight with a blast of unholy fire. He glances coyly at the other heroes, “He chose… poorly.”
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 12 hours ago
What if the idea that the Grail grants eternal life is a deliberate spin by the Church to turn it into a holy relic, when it’s true nature is that it is lich Jesus’ phylactery? From King Arthur to the Knights Templar, the quest for the Grail has been dedicated warriors seeking to eradicate his source of seeming eternal life. And it can only be destroyed with the weapon that destroyed his first corporeal form, the Spear of Destiny.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 5 hours ago
The grail is too obvious of a phylactery. I’ve always thought that it would be one of the crucifixion nails. It would have been on hand (heh) while performing the lich ritual, there’s decoys to make it harder to find and destroy if someone did figure it out, and it’s a common enough item to not seem too out of place wherever it ends up.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 4 hours ago
The heroes finds lich Jesus’ stash of nails, but only one is the true phylactery. The boldest knight smites that which he believes it to be, but nothing happens. Lich Jesus grins wickedly and incinerates the knight with a blast of unholy fire. He glances coyly at the other heroes, “He chose… poorly.”