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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rybaer" data-source="post: 292252" data-attributes="member: 118">Re: Church of the smallAt this point, no one in the group knows much about their ethos.  Prior to the war, they had existed within Water Break, but only as an obscure cult with a miniscule following.  After the war, as Water Break was repopulating, the Church of the Small returned, but again as a fairly minor player that kept a low profile.Approximately one year before our heroes arrive in Water Break, a series of diseases of magical origin swept through the city.  Many died and others who survived were left scarred in strange ways.  One such victim was the Countess Lohna Goldenoak-Graeble, who survived the disease but now has a vampire-like vulnerability to sunlight.During these waves of disease, the local churches scrambled to find the source.  They failed.  It was the Church of the Small that proposed a solution - in exchange for some pretty steep terms of compensation.  They implemented a series of very strict anti-magic laws and set up elaborate screening mechanisms.  The Duke, who was reluctant but desperate, was talked into letting them try.Within a few months, the waves of disease seemed to halt.  The Duke was forced to implement the changes called for by the Church of the Small - namely, the forbidding of open worship of any other religion.  The Church of the Small effectively attained a monopoly on religion in the city and the priests of the other churches were forced into the background.The obvious bit here is that many people think the Church of the Small was behind the disease in the first place and that their "solution" was a contrived power-play to put themselves into prominence.  The other churches, along with some other interested parties, sought long and hard to find a solid link between the source of the disease and the Church of the Small.  Over half a year later, they have thus far failed.The Church of the Small does have some pretty specific tenets, many of which have a very political aim.  However, the characters have yet to look into these.</blockquote>

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