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The
goblins worship the jungle the Big Green
as sentient Being. The jungle is commonly believed
to have two aspects, or faces: one is the Green Mother (sometimes
called Haskulet), which represents the life-giving, bountiful
form of the jungle, the being that gives and sustains life.
Its center of worship is located in the Church of the Green
Mother, two miles outside of the Fortress of Krull. Heavily
protected by a surrounding hedge maze, the church will admit
only those worshippers it knows, or those who successfully
pass certain tests. The Church has some contact with the Paladins
of Dargotten, and may even host one or two. This is not, however,
due to a compatibility of belief, but to convenience.
The
jungles opposite aspect is the Mirg Serpent, the face
of wisdom and death. It is not the same as the infamous Cult
of the Wyrm, but certain Serpent worshippers are known to
be sympathetic to the Cults aims. Worshippers meet in
secret groves within the jungle, and Serpent worship is marked
by occasional Great Hunts where animalistic packs of gone-wild
worshippers called Lost Ones roam the Big Green
in search of tasty travelers. Not all Serpent worshippers
run in the packs, and many of them avoid the jungle on Hunt
nights. Its said in Krull that when certain taverns
are packed full of an evening, get a clue and dont go
outside the walls.
Necessarily,
worship of the Big Green and the Mirg Serpent are limited
to Mirg. Goblins who have moved elsewhere rarely accord the
same sentience to other forests or terrain, but commonly accept
that there is still something there to respect, if nothing
quite so powerful as in Mirg. Worshippers of the Big Green
have most in common with the Children of Faeterna, though
the goblins frequently find the Children too weak or wimpy.
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