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The Servants of the Real Fire is a dualistic religion which is probably the most popular faith amongst the human community in the Seven Dominions. This is particularly so in the large cities where it is followed by may be one in five of the human population. The religion has not always been so popular, however, and in -475 an Arpel mob burned the Hall of Malkora to the ground after blaming that temple for a series of poor harvests. This resulted in the temple being rebuilt in a secret location said to be in the Yellow Mountains. The organisation recovered well over the years even though historically it has been viewed askance by the Lords of the Dominions, partly because they believed the followers of the Blue Flame were offering financial support to the Cult of the Long Night. In 621 the leaders of the Pel, Maldor and Miredor,, in a combined operation, manage to arrest and execute all known members of the Cult operation in the Dominions without finding concrete evidence of a link between the two organisations. Despite their doubts about the organisation, however, the Lords colluded in a cover up when Narsis, then Master of the Blue Flame, was found dead in a brothel in 1118 along with everbody else in the building in a particularly bloody massacre. Besides the setting and the manner of his death the authorities also covered up the fact that he had been illegally syphoning off funds from the religion for his own purposes. It was not until recently that Arsiriel Silvertongue, investigating the origins of Count Draku, discovered that the Count had been the recipient of these funds. Crow further believed that Narsis was indeed the mysterious former head of the Cult of the Long Night, known to have been based in the Dominions and who is believed to have died in 1118. She had, however, no definitive proof of her theory and none at all that the current Master, Ne-Upka, was in any way involved with the assassins, The Lords therefore did not move against the religion but continue to monitor it actions. See here for more on the activities and practices of the religion in general. |