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In this final part of the book, we move on to figures that spreads religion and preaches for the worship of Higher Beings. We begin with a classic example of one such prosetylizers for the Pale Court - Elder Hu.
Elder Hu was a figure that arises at the end of Ancient Hallownest, when the disease's outbreaks was becoming unmanageable. He would wander the Fungal Wastes, looking for the infected and treat them, while reassuring them that the Pale King and the White Lady would eventually figure out a cure for them all.
His ways was even respected by the Mantis Lords for his honor, who traditionally despise anyone affiliated with the Pale Court. They would occasionally house him and supply him on his journeys, and kept records about his actions.
With his proximity to the disease, he too eventually become infected. He was killed by the Lords as a mercy to the pain the disease would have wrought him in his latest stage, and the Mantis Lords gave him a grave at the Wastes, above the way into the City of Tears. His story arises as one of the more noble ones during the disease and the downfall of the kingdom.