#and it would be easier to rationalize about shamura

[catflowerqueen]

I wonder if the Lamb in Cult of the Lamb used to be a cultist of the Old Faith.

Like. It's pretty clear that not everyone in that world belonged to the Old Faith, and it isn't entirely clear where the Lamb even came from originally... but it would be all the more tragic of a situation if they or their family did used to worship one of the Bishops. Even more so when none of them seem to acknowledge the Lamb as anything beyond an agent of the One Who Waits--at least, not until their defeat, when the grudges become personal.

Shamura comes close, but it still isn't quite the same.

In which case the tragedy is not only that their god betrayed them, but that their god didn't even know who they were to begin with. Didn't even value their worship, or notice when it was gone.

And, sure, maybe that would have been expected--if the cult was big enough, they may have rationalized it as their god simply not being all-knowing, or themselves not yet being of a high enough status in the cult to merit any personal attention... but after spending time being the sole focus of the One Who Waits? Getting all his attention, his lessons, his acknowledgement? I'm sure it would have stung. Would have made the crusades all the more personal.