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Balligor: God of Hatred

The most powerful of the remainaing gods, Balligor has three religious orders based on him. He represents all that is cruel and wrong. The people who are a part of his religion thrive in causing pain in people, more mental than physical. Worshipping him is all about hate. Hate anyone that is different than you. Make them think you are their friend then stab them in the back. The only loyalties are to your fellow Balligor worshippers(so he says, but the orders fight amongst themselves all the time).

Beliefs Commen To All Orders:
Balligor is the only god worth worshipping. Any other god is just a coward. Balligor wants things done. He doesn't joke around. Like I said above, it is all about hate. The more you hate, the better Balligor likes you. When you die, if you had complete hatred of everyone but your fellow worshippers, then you have complete freedom in the afterlife, which they believe is just like normal life but there is no pain or distress(to Balligor worshippers). If you weren;t as hateful but still worshipped Balligor, you are allowed to be in the afterlife but you must continue to serve Balligor until he sees fit for it to end. If you don't worship him, you don't have an afterlife, it's that simple.

Order of the Fist:
Specific Beliefs:
The Order of the Fist concentrates on causing destruction more than just hate. They want everyone and everything to feel trheir hatred. They believe that in order to be in Balligor's grace, you must first destroy as much things you hate as possible. They are very war-like with many signature battle cries and stylistic armor and weapons.
Numbers:
Almost 95,000 followers, almost all of them warriors.
Leader:
A Demo-Man named Irik Narren. He is very wise and knows how to manipulate his followers. He gets orders from Balligor in his dreams, they are usually mysterious and vague.

Temple of Hate:
Specific Beliefs:
The Temple of Hate is full of mostly nobles who want something to do with their time. Most of them barely believe in it, they don't really follow all of the guidelines, at least all the time. It's like a weekend thing to them. What they don't have in numbers or devotion they have in power. All of them have substantial wealth.
Numbers:
About 35,000, most of them are aristocrats and nobles. Only about 10% are real devoted and/or warriors.
Leader:
A commitee of 20. All of them claim to have spoken to Balligor but only a few actually have. They do not get orders in dreams, rather they see signs in everyday life. Balligor doens't like them very much but a follower is a follower.

Ministry of Blood:
Specific Beliefs:
They are fundamentally what the common beliefs are except one thing. Sacrifice. Every full moon(roughly the same cycle as on Earth), new year, and any other holiday must have at least 5 sacrifices to Balligor. Every week, one additional person is sacrificed. This is done to give Balligor people to torture. Priests of this order are considered demi-gods and are believed to have a ticket directly to the side of Balligor in the afterlife. Usually the people they sacrifice are God Mountain worshippers.
Numbers:
About 50,000, most are "normal" people but a lot of them are preists, warriors or both.
Leader:
Poppa, they call him. Every ten years a new Poppa is elected by the preists. He must be a priest and must have sacrificed at least 50 people personally. They get their orders through meditation. They are just ideas, not actual words that Balligor spoke.

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