At the end of the day, it is not any specific invention that has broken the Divine stranglehold on rulership. There still exists no such thing that will make a mortal equal to a Divine. No weapon, no poison nor any magical spell can be employed against us and have a success rate even of one-in-ten-thousand. It is thought that has advanced, and it is thought and philosophy that has forced Divinity into a retreat. The worst part it, it was not even human thought. Generally, they are quite content to be guided into a stable future and uncaring of who is actually leading the way.
It was the ideas of Divines. Conceptualized by us, to fight against each other. Each one is another arrow in the mortal quiver against us.
Elassa, with her Magic, showed that even if one man cannot stand against Divinity, mortals can break Worlds just as Divines can.
