Plot twist idea. Hear me out. The high priest is a white lotus, pretending to be kind and gentle, when he is actually evil. The high priest is the one who actually drew the magic circle sometime in the past. Since he is the highest ranking member of the church and having more knowledge or access to secrets of the church and he purposely had his blood spill on the magic circle to activate
Night-Owl-Reader
Plot twist idea. Hear me out. The high priest is a white lotus, pretending to be kind and gentle, when he is actually evil. The high priest is the one who actually drew the magic circle sometime in the past. Since he is the highest ranking member of the church and having more knowledge or access to secrets of the church and he purposely had his blood spill on the magic circle to activate