Larbus

Larbus, often referred to as the Rotmaster, is one of the major deities on the world of Sprin'Torel. He is one of the more dangerous deities given his affiliation with rot, and the only people who tend to worship him are people involved in the development of biological warfare.

This reputation has made it so that few people are willing to openly admit to worshiping him, and those who do tend to be deemed as overly zealous to the point where they are considered to be in a cult. In spite of this, an unusual number of people pray to him - though, it is usually in hopes that he will remove or slow down a rot, and only in the most dire of circumstances.

Worshipers
Surprisingly, there are a rather large number of people who worship Larbus, though very few of them are open about it. Those who do worship Larbus tend to wear it proudly even if it means being exiled from the rest of society - though, this is less because of who they worship and more because they allow their body to be covered in rot. Those who are more discreet about it tend to profit off of chemical warfare, creating weapons with the express purpose of creating and spreading rot.

Clerics
Larbus' clerics tend to be eccentric at best and dangerous at worst. While many of these are content with worshiping Larbus by only letting their enemies rot, some yearn to spread the rot to all manner of creatures, with even more studying the effects of this rot on unusual life forms. As such, people tend to avoid associating with these clerics, believing them to be dangers to society on a whole.

Orders

 * The Rotten
 * Some of Larbus' followers make themselves known by letting their body become covered with infectious wounds. They believe that this allows them to become closer to their god, and that their survival is proof that this is what he would want.


 * Rotcrafters
 * Members of the Rotcrafters yearn to learn more about the very nature of rot. They tend to go around the world, inflicting various different kinds of rot on different creatures so that they can study the effects of it. As such, they tend to be shunned by society, with people afraid of what they may do.

Rites
As with all other religions, the worship of Larbus involves many rituals and rites. Many of these involve sacrificial worship and self-mutilation, but there are some prayers for spreading rot to enemies. Below is an example of a prayer to Larbus:"'O Larbus, hear my wish for my enemies to succumb to your cruel rot. May their wounds open, and let them know the suffering that only you can cause. Let them beg for the sweet release of death as your curse spreads along their body, teaching them that your followers are not a force to be reckoned with.'"