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==Heresies==

Over the years there have been numerous heretical sects that have split off from the main branch of the church but two have been around almost as long as the church itself and don’t seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. 

The first is the least malevolent but no less dangerous Revelers. These clerics are always chaotic neutral believing that any natural compulsion is meant to be and thus should be followed without shame. A number of anarchists follow this belief but the sect has little in the way of organization which has made them particularly hard to eradicate by the Judge sect or various authority figures. The Revelers generally walk uncontested in the Freedlands but often have to keep their icons and beliefs somewhat hidden when further south in larger cites. 

The second sect, calling themselves Nihilists are those that dedicate themselves to death not as a natural part of the cycle but as an end. Unlike the Reaper sect that they originated from, the Nihilists see themselves as instruments of death on earth. They revel in mass destruction, plagues, and war. To them all things are meant to die eventually, but the strongest are meant to live longer and therefore cause humanity to become stronger until their time also comes and their children replace them. They are generally insane, serial killers and death priests of war that clash their armies with those of Erabis and Atalos. Whenever the Nihilists are discovered all other faiths and sects will set aside their differences and try to eradicate them, even heretics like the Revelers.