[ WP ] Unknown to humanity , there is a god for almost everything . You are the god of oil .

How does a god gain strength? 
 
 Some say it is belief that makes a god what he or she or it is. The more believers you have, the more powerful you are. And it is true, to a certain extent. There is power in belief. Indeed the only way a god can truly die is if their names are no longer remembered by anyone mortal. Once you have passed out of living memory, it did n't matter how many temples were raised to your glory, how many were sacrificed to your name. You would be as if you had never existed. 
 
 The mortals believe in all powerful gods, great mighty beings that exerted their will over the entire cosmos and held knowledge of everything there ever was or ever will be. They could not have been further from the truth. To be someone like Yahweh or Allah or Brahman was the end goal of all gods. All of us dream for the day when we could be the very first to be all-powerful. That's what gets us out of bed every morning, so to speak. 
 
 Until that joyous day when every mortal in the universe sings our praises, we fight. We war against each other in endless conflict. Each seeking to be more important to humanity, more vital. Because the truth is this - the real power lies in how much humanity needs you. Throughout human history, we have sought to influence the way their society developed. The more the humans did something, the more that particular god or goddess grew in strength. 
 
 There were some gods that have been around since the dawn of time and will always be around, to a certain extent. Aqueous the god of the waters, he fought hard to climb the mountain and claim the title of the water god. As all life gradually evolved to need water to live, he had grown so strong he was practically impossible to kill. Desire, the god-goddess of sex, was another being so ancient he/she was the next best thing to being all-powerful. There was a huge fight between Desire and the god of asexual reproduction from way back, and now I do n't even remember the other guy's name. Hard to be taken seriously when your only worshippers are amoeba. 
 
 That was how life is for all of us. I had started out as a minor thing, a tiny god. But I had worked my way up. I had scratched and clawed and fought to get to where I was. And for more than two centuries, I had grown from strength to strength. 
 
 You see, when all's said and done, the *best* way for a god to gain strength is to have the mortals kill each other in your name. Some rules go deep, and blood sacrifice is the oldest of them all. But this is just the beginning. Wait until oil begins to disappear from Earth, and the humans have not yet made the next leap in technology. Wait until nations slaughter each other for the remaining wells. Wait until the entire planet is but ash and dust in my name. 
 
 Then I will take what power I have gained, and move on to the next world.
