The Judged

The Judged arose three centuries ago as a counter-movement to the Purified creed. They rejected the Purified notions of sins that could be cleansed and of a divinely ordained hierarchy of priests, as well as that grace could be found by donating money to the priesthood. Instead, they insist that the Gods will judge their followers after death based on their faith alone. Good deeds are done as an expression of one's faith, but they cannot cleanse sins by themselves - only the benevolence of the Gods can do that.

While this movement was in part a protest against the political temple hierarchy of the Purified, many rulers and nobles saw this as an opportunity to assert their independence from the Purified leadership and sponsored their own Judged congregations - which were then often loyal to them. This triggered a series of wars which devastated the Flannish Cities - and ultimately paved the way for the conquests of Negroth the Doombringer.