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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreatLemur" data-source="post: 3118288" data-attributes="member: 28553">I think you're making a big assumption about the way Wee Jas would be presented to the people in such a setting.  If there never were any gods other than her and Erythnul, and monotheistic Wee Jas worship has been the status quo for generations, then I expect her church wouldn't seem any worse to the ordinary people of that world than the Catholic church did to the average serf in the Dark Ages.Hell, look at what they've got to live with: A powerful, civilized (if rather harsh) Lawful organization that heals their wounds and can defend them (or keep them in line) with magic and a little bit of institutional undeadery . . . and a wilderness full of blood-drinking, sheep-buggering, Chaotic-or-Evil-or-both cults.  I think most folks would hand over a nice fat tithe to the Dark-Eyed Lady's holy zombies and count themselves lucky.I'm really loving the imagery this whole set up suggests, and the kind of dichotomies the world could be filled with.  Can't help but think about the Hammerites and Pagans of the setting from the Thief games, too.</blockquote>