avicus had been a blood god of egypt same as gregory , and indeed avicus had been told tales of the great nebamun and how he 'd led the queens blood to drive the first brood from egypt , and they had much to talk about of those dark and dreary times and the torture of being blood gods encased within stone shrines , forced to dream and starve between great feast days when the faithful would bring them blood sacrifice and ask them to look into hearts and judge the innocent from the guilty with their blood drinker minds .