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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AirElemental" data-source="post: 176309" data-attributes="member: 3742">Imagine a world controlled by religion. The most powerful cult isthat of the death god, who force human sacrifice unto the population often.  The clergy of the other gods, while recognizing it as evil, cow tow to the powerful death cult.. and offer comfort to the mourners.  It is madness to speak against the death cult -any who do typically wind up as the next sacrifice.  The god of heroes is but a demigod - and so concentrates his power where he can do the most good.  If he were to directly contradict the death god - his divine light would be snuffed.  The players however, don't buy into this common view of 'reality'..because they are privvy to a little secret.... The death god is actually a lesser god of a previous pantheon,whose former domain was survival and healing.  A band of evilGodlings caught the elder pantheon by surprise, slew them, and assumed godhood in their place.  The god of survival and healing was the last survivor of that pantheon - and he is now a pawn of the wicked godlings.  The godlings power is derived twofold:  One, from the worship of their followers, and Two, from bargains made with Abyssal powers who demand souls in return.  The godlings allow the Elder god to survive so that  it creates an entity upon which to blame the sacrifices.  HIS followers are form the largest portion of the sacrifices, thus ensuring he will never gain too much power through worship of his followers -- therefore he is trapped.  Forced to sacrifice his own worshippers to be allowed to survive, and yet struggling to get enough worshippers to gain sufficient power to overthrow the godlings.  It suits the other gods to let their own worshippers believe that the death cult is the largest and most powerful.. and to an extent, it is.... What do you think? All the gods are evil - save the god of death.</blockquote>

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