Progression - The Path to Immortality

No doubt by now you have a reputation amongst your peers and following. You will continue to attract more followers, and you will have the resources to provide them with missions of higher importance. You yourself will take part in campaigns, perhaps leading a force into battle with a rival nation, or searching the far wilds for rare items. Soon your accomplishments will be known far and wide, and you will have reached heroic status. Your importance in the world is reaching its peak, attracting the attention not only of other heroes, but the gods as well.

When your chosen deity deems it appropriate, you shall be given a quest of legendary status. You will need a lot of help in this, and it would be wise to recruit as many followers as possible. The end benefit of this shall be the highest honor that can be bestown upon a common man -- immortality. Your life can no longer be ended by a mere mortal, though you still may suffer at their hands.

The immortal now seeks to attain that which no mortal can. He seeks to recruit additional followers, heroes, and perhaps other immortals. It is through his leadership, providence, and ambition he increases his following. With a sufficient following he reaches the status of a demi-god. He is more involved in the affairs of the deities and may even seek to change his primary deity to another in order to further his own goals.