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Shadren (Nurthling “faith of the shadows”)
The Shadren is an evolving faith, founded by the Nurth of the Steel Realms but has spread outside their society. It is primarily focused around “family” stratification.
The Nurth are bound to their 6-limbed Black Mother (Gloombringer) who has her helping hand in every crib and womb, the Blind Father (an animalistic aspect of The Lord of Beasts – Darupet) who casts about blindly in his endless hunt to feed the people, and sometimes the son – the “desired one” (Sun Stealer) who enforces his parents will and teaches the people how to fight in anger (this is bad, but necessary – he is the Son Stealer in this regard, a corruption of the original idea). These three are the cycle of life to the Nurth. Lastly they believe The Deeping to be a manifestation of divine will of Sun Stealer – though he takes Nurth and teaches them to be angry, he blunts the anger of intruders with The Deeping, causing confusion on their enemies.
The modern age is heavily defined by the clash of faiths in the “Affray of Darkness and Light” in which it seeks to remain apart from.
Grub Masters: The Nurth have a saying – “All will be food” – this means nothing is wasted. Those that die are food for those that live. The Grub Masters are servants to the great demon Tiz’real – Lord of the Flies – a servant of Mog Creoch.
They also serve su_permalink id=”17072″]Umbravoep[/su_permalink] the ‘Night Flier’ – and tend to the bat caves that produce guano for fertilizer in the fungus caves. The grub farms of maggots that produce flies and other insects help feed the bats.
Promise of the Afterlife
It conforms to the standard Afterlife processes and manifestation.
The Cave of Shadows: The mother is both she who gives sustenance and protects the young, and walks her children from the grave into the depths and the Cave of Shadows – were their spirits dance in front of a warm fire to the music of their clan on sacred nights, and consume the sacred offerings the gods share with them – and they are but fluid shadows without form imperfections and cannot hurt forever more.