Suffice to say, our three characters have been spurned by this largely secular government, and I have a personal vendetta against Orcus' minions. The people pay ridiculous taxes, follow a cult of personality and have a national pride that is fairly dogmatic. Orcus' cult is not a mainstream religion here, and it is largely in the shadows, and I assume, is seeking to ride the coattails of the Chancellor's ascension to greatness. The empire's token altars to the gods has been lopsided toward the dark ones, so it would not be hard to imagine the peoples adopting this cult without much resistance if it were to be declared the state religion.
Despite the involvement that the cult has with Housegarde's (name of the imperial capital) power grab and diplomacy, this movement is largely political. This brings us to the PCs, who are all hellbent on making these bastards suffer and die for various personal and greedy reasons. After killing/animating the troops guarding a secret meeting of nations, we disrupted their meeting, threw doubt into those nations that Housegarde could protect them. We managed to split the delegation and now 3 nations will support us in secret, providing us free passage, spies and some financial backing for their national security.
After scheduling a meeting with a high level mole that I inserted into the imperial court, my necromancer had an idea: the best way to counter a political movement of the elite is a grass roots religious movement. Our cleric of Thrym (god of Frost giants, war, etc), is very keen on this idea, and if we could get the plebians to follow our lead, we could potentially have a brutal army of fanatics, bent on taking everything they can for their new master, and placing us as the high priests of this unholy war. Every piece of land we conquer can be left in the hands of fanatics who will follow our cleric's lead, so we don't have to worry about bureaucrats and retention. :evillaugh
The problem is this: how best can we sell this religion to common peoples? Any other variables to consider? Opinions?
Maybe openly praise your god in front of some city guardsmen. When they challenge you on this, ask them do they fear of Thrym that they refuse to let his name even be spoken. Challenge them that Orcus is a demon and god of the undead, a slave master that refuses to relinquish his hold even in death whereas you worship Thrym, the god of valor and strength (push the 'PC' virtues). Basically, make the local populace look at the guards/city officials as bafoons.
You might also want to stage some type of archaeological dig or come up with a story how the Thrym was once worshipped here and that your presence isn't necessarily a encroachment of a new religion, but a reawakening of an old and just one.
Good times, have fun with it.
