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This day, the church has called upon your holy sword to smite the heresy that has infested the land. A cult to the Dark One has taken root in the unclaimed mountain lands that sit between the your beloved Daffodil Kingdom and its perennial foe: the Empire of Roses. In normal circumstances, both Kingdom and Empire would overlook the mountain folk and leave them to their pagan ways, misguided as they are.
A folk god is one matter. The sacrifice of goats to a mountain spirit of dubious existence is a largely harmless endeavor. Indeed, official church doctrine is that such tutelary spirits are a manifestation of the Thousand-Faced Lord of Light, just as light can be divided into many colors when shone through a prism. It is an ignorant practice, perhaps, but sanctioned by the church.
A person should not be punished because the only light they've seen is red or blue.
In comparison, worship of the Dark One is a heresy most foul. He promises power to his priests and followers, and makes them all into his slaves. The thought of worshipping at a Black Altar must hold some appeal to the weary, the desperate, and the foolish, for all the sinful promises the Dark One makes his faithful.
But you have seen how such cults turn out. Priests may reign over mortals, but even they must serve at the foot of foul demons, and the congregated masses are made into things that are less than slaves. Degraded, violated, and brainwashed into the service of demon and monster. Humiliating themselves at the foot of the likes of orcs and goblins.
The very thought disgusts you. Which is why you are willing to work with a force that, in other circumstances, you would detest the order of working with. Who are they?
>Imperial dogs that the church has called alongside you. You will fly under the Banner of the Light.
>A pagan priestess of the mountain folk, who first identified this rot and beseeched the church for aid.
>A certain noble lord with whom you cannot get along with at all.
>The shadow of the Daffodil Kingdom, an evil that you sorely wish was not necessary.
