the Nine
Scarterra was created by the primordial god Turoch. In the Age Before Ages, Scarterra was little more than a cosmic farm. Mortals lived and died simply for Turoch to consume their souls, until Turoch's nine most powerful servants reluctantly joined forces to overthrow their tyrannical overlord in a cosmic battle known as the Divine Rebellion.
Before the Nine overthrew Turoch , the Nine established the Compact, an agreement on how the Nine would divide up management of the natural world and how they would apportion worshipers. No Scarterran mortal knows exactly what is or isn't in the compact but the Cult of the Compact claims to uphold it as best as mortals can do and they form the societal basis for how ordinary mortals worship the Nine.
As each Nonagon faction tries to influence individuals, communities, and whole nations towards their own ends, individual Scarterrans try to influence the Nonagon factions as everyone from loyal peasants to mighty monarchs tries to influence priests and priestess to serve their own ends creating a complex web of intrigue and politics that drives or at least exacerbates all conflicts in Scarterra.
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