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Message: <blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 1301072" data-attributes="member: 2673">Since I'm stealing from your world, I'll offer you a bit of mine.In one of my kingdoms I did monotheism roughly based on Christianity as well.  There are two secrets for this one.  The god himself is Auros the Mighty, who is the parton of his isle, represented by the sun, healer, and foe to demons and devils.  All other gods are either aspects of Auros or (usually) considered to be demons.  Secret #1 is that Auros darn well knows he's not the only god.  The isle used to have a full pantheon, but in a conflict for faiths long ago Auros won.  He's now worshiped as the only god, and he likes to keep it that way.For sects and to provide choice for PC clerics, I came up with several saints.  These are historical figures who represent different aspects of Auros.  The LG sect follows the King and the divine right of his line to rule the isle.  The CG aspect is named for a hero who rose up in resistance when part of the isle had been conquered by her enemies.  At one point, the LG and CG sects were at each others throat, on the brink of splitting the kingdom into civil war.  A monk found some ancient manuscripts that settled the matter and forbid any such rifts.  Here's secret #2 - the manuscripts are not the Word of Auros.  The monk, who is now the LN patron saint of scholars and knowledge, forged them in order to bring peace.  If this were ever revealed, it would likely lead to chaos.It worked rather well.</blockquote>

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