Sandra's administrative boredom receives a slight reprieve in the form of a traveling stranger.
Originally founded to take on the work of the Heathen Prophet after his death, the Church of the Heathen Prophet has grown into a political as well as religious organization, governing the nations of the Northern Reach.
A short but fierce bar brawl, the Battle of the Red Oak cemented the Reachmen's distrust of outsiders and became a major factor in the formation of the Giftwood Resistance.
Propaganda posters litter most available wall space across the towns and cities of the Northern Reach, reminding citizens of the holy mission of the Heathen Church.
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For thirty four years the Heathen Crusades resulted in military skirmishes and wanton vandalism performed by privately funded militias in the name of the Church of the Heathen Prophet.
When a possible historical location for Sarkav Borskalux's remote retreat was discovered within the Nomuran Forest the Church was quick to name their quest a success and declare the site holy. A red chapel was built at the remote location and the faithful were encouraged to visit the site to seek the Prophet's blessings and assistance. Church participation surged, as did donations to the chapel's upkeep. A booming tourism grew to support the pilgrims traveling to the site, eventually resulting in a town christened Red Chapel after the small building at its center.
Upon gaining full political control of the Northern Reach the Church of the Heathen Prophet officially declared Red Chapel as the new capital, elevating the religious backwater city into the political powerhouse of the entire territory.
The Church of the Heathen Prophet constructed an annex on their religious site at Red Chapel to house the top Church administration and declared Red Chapel the center of the Church of the Heathen Prophet. Through persuasion of key officials throughout the area Chief Speaker Dahlia Povi also affected the renaming of the Nomuran Forest to the Prophet's Woods, further raising the profile of the Heathen Prophet and his Church. Thus began the true expansion of the Church throughout the Prophet's Woods.