#and then narinder has to feel that sting after he was betrayed by not only the siblings that loved him

[homopopsie]

my brain: hmmm... narilamb

[purple-eyesgreydragon]

"In death, mortals find either peace or damnation. In the end, I decide who among them deserves eternal sanctuary, and which deserve the unending pain of my sting." - Morossa. (they prefers to keep their tail in others' sight.)

I've had the idea for a Cult of the Lamb 2 for awhile.

Cult of the Lamb 2: Missionary Journey

In it the Lamb decides to travel to reaches beyond the Lands of the Old Faith. Finding other gods to face and more followers to recruit. But they cannot do it entirely themselves. As there is still the main part of their cult to run. The Lamb recruits local, fellow bovine followers. Each gifted with a copy given crown, allowing them to wield vessel powers of their own. Their strength only able to grow by their own, and others' growing devotion to the Lamb. Able to call upon the Lamb should they need them. The Lamb's missionaries spread the gospel of the Lamb across the lands beyond. Facing vengeful gods of their own, who will not take the Lamb engrossing on their territory and devotion without a fight.

Morossa is the God of Burial (or the Afterlife), and ruler of the Evergraves. Death is but a gateway, so while Narinder was the god of death. Morossa was in charge of those who he saw pass on. They are to measure all a mortal has done in life, and pass final judgement onto them. Weather their good deeds or heretic actions earn them sanctuary or sting. Morossa has always been impartial. Trying to see the world in shades of grey, after all everyone is equal in death. Morossa used to be close to Shamura and Narinder. The gods of Death and Burial often worked together. But when Narinder started to descend on his own path, and became more fiercely independent. Morossa lost touch with him and Shamura. They noticed the God of Death's change in behavior prior, and tried contacting Shamura to asked for the reason of their sudden silence. Shamura never answered. Morossa had no knowledge on what was occuring in the Lands of the Old Faith. The longer time passed, the more worried and lonely Morossa became. Then they began to feel death, lots of death, first from the Lands of the Old Faith, and later extending to the lands beyond. Meeting the departing souls for judgement, they were all lambs. Puzzled by what seemed a massacre, Morossa asked them what had happened. They told them of Narinder's descent, the Bishops betrayal, imprisoning him, and the prophecy. The now four Bishops of the Old Faith sought to purge the lamb species to keep The One Who Waits imprisoned forever. Shamura never told Morossa, because their brother the God of Death whom they trusted turned on them, how could they trust his former cohort their God of Burial friend? Also they knew Morossa would not approve genocide for an innocent race, out of fear. Morossa felt hurt and betrayed by them all, Narinder for breaking their shared laws of nature, and Shamura for not trusting and cutting them off. Morossa wanted no part from their quarrels from then on. All he could do was send the poor, innocent, and slaughtered lambs to a peaceful afterlife. Then they felt the death of another lamb, yet this one never came to Morossa for judgement. It was then they knew The One Who Waits was making his move. One by one Morossa felt the fall of each Bishop, including The One Who Waits. Yet still they felt the Red Crown's power out there. It was not hard to discern the ascension of a new god. Rather then feel threatened though, Morossa thought it was for the best. Large numbers of gods have only lead to conflict, and the world suffering for it, including the gods. Should this new god seek to spread their gospel to their Evergraves. Morossa shall test them and assure they are worthy of succeeding them.

Being the God of Burial and Afterlife, Morossa has a say on what becomes of the earthly remains of the dead. The righteous souls he seeks to assure they have been properly laid to rest. The heretics get their decaying flesh devoured by Morossa and the skeletons reanimated to serve them. Some followers of Morossa chose to serve him even in death, allowing him to control their corpses, and remain as ghostly servants. Part of Morossa power is fertilization. When a good mortal is set to rest in the Evergraves, fertility and abundance flourishes. Especially the Evergraves famous pumpkins, large, small, thin, and wide. There isn't a single plain in there where the gourds cannot be found. The spirit inhabitants of the Evergraves often reside in the carved jack-o-larterns of the plains. Yeah, jack-o-lanterns, skeletons, ghosts, and an unending graveyard. You can bet Morossa's land is Halloween central.

Morossa goes by many names. The God of Burial, the God of Afterlife, the Final Judge, the Gatekeeper, the Spirit Stinger, Lord of the Undead, and less famously Grower of Gourds.

So far Morossa is my favorite.