The Farthest Land

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Across
  1. 3. This god congealed from the black blood inside the protagonist.
  2. 4. The shaman eschewed the people of his tribe from venturing to this place.
  3. 5. (adj) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting
  4. 8. (adj) capable of being held or defended
  5. 11. (adj) hackneyed, trite, commonplace
  6. 13. This invidious being attacked the protagonist on sight.
  7. 15. (adj) so great or demanding as to not be satisfied
  8. 16. This shrine is an encomium to a dead god.
  9. 17. (adj) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n) petty, nagging, criticism
  10. 19. (v) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise
  11. 20. The protagonist arrogated this blade from the shaman.
Down
  1. 1. (v) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model
  2. 2. This friend of the protagonist provided largesse on their journey.
  3. 6. (adj) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property
  4. 7. (n) a survey for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination
  5. 9. This protagonist belabored to bring his loved one back from the dead.
  6. 10. (adj) refusing to compromise, irreconcilable
  7. 12. The protagonist became less coherent for each of these he felled.
  8. 14. This loved one of the protagonist is taciturn, never saying a word.
  9. 18. This shaman took the life of the protagonist's loved one, refusing to substantiate his claim that she "had a cursed fate."