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Johas made his own notes but had nothing to add other than a quiet "of course Your Excellency". His ears however were alert for the conversation that continued, though he had little to contribute just at that point.
The Commander however was on her home turf now. "The Church itself has never played a large part in the city and indeed there was a short while fairly recently where the priests in the city all left. I have to say that I've never quite understood what happened there, but the situation has since rectified itself."
She tapped her fingers together. "I suspect however that it was to do with the Zerdargia war and the Church Armys part in levelling a good part of that city. As you'll be aware, we got a lot of refugees in from there, especially the families before the siege closed on the city. There was a good deal of resentment at the way Zerd was allowed to be destroyed, though I don't know that we could have done much to avoid it.
However, rightly or wrongly it has caused a good deal of militancy amongst certain of the dwarf clans. One of the factors that hasn't helped is that new Church faction who are calling for the worship of only some of the dieties which has angered the dwarfes." She eyed Keldon. "Cetheron is of course the god of the dwarfes and while most of them are polite enough to pay lip service to the other gods, few have any doubts about where their fealty really lies. The Cult is something that has appeared recently and I think it's something that has come from Zerdargia. I don't know much more than the name so far since the dwarfes are the only ones who know anything of it and they won't talk about it. What I have put together is as much speculation as anything, but it's directly related to the militancy and I think they are going to rear their heads sooner or later. I can't see any reason why they would choose now to act, but certainly if that new Church faction goes public then I think we can expect some reaction from the Cult."
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