Years passed. Kael grew strong and feared no cup of wine, no offered bread. One night, a rival lord finally slipped a lethal dose of scorpion venom into Kael’s goblet. Kael drank it dry, smiled, and asked for more.
“I want you to teach your blood not to fear what would kill another.” mithraditism
So he began. The first week brought chills and cramps. The second week, only a mild headache. By the end of the first moon, he felt nothing at all. Each month, the healer increased the dose—always just shy of deadly. Years passed
Kael hesitated. “You want me to poison myself?” Kael drank it dry, smiled, and asked for more
The rival fell to his knees. “How?”
Here’s a helpful, illustrative story to explain —the practice of protecting oneself against a poison by gradually ingesting non-lethal amounts, building up tolerance. The Scorpion King’s Lesson Long ago, in a sun-scorched kingdom, there lived a young ruler named Kael. His throne sat between two dangers: a desert teeming with venomous scorpions, and rival lords who often tried to poison him at feasts.