The Lizard Rite

The lizards’ geographic isolation in the New World kept them separate from the ecosystem of religious thought which gave birth to standard Octarchism in the Old World. As a result, their religious system is quite different from the mainstream, and is even considered heretical by some purists.

Like the peoples of the Old World, the lizardmen arrived at knowledge of the true gods through empirical study of the universe. However, they know the gods by different names, characterize them differently, and ascribe them different symbology and portfolios. Ramos, for example, is known to the lizardmen as Actezar and is worshiped as a god of war and kingship, rather than a god of light. The lizard names and portfolios of each member of the Eight are detailed on their respective pages.

The religious practices and rituals of the lizardmen differ even more significantly from their old world counterparts than their religious ideology. For one, the lizardfolk engage in humanoid sacrifice as a regular part of their religious worship, a practice which mainstream Octarchism holds to be an abomination fit only for the cults of the Thirteen and the servants of the Archenemy. Some groups of lizardmen also engage in ritual cannibalism, both as a funerary rite for the honored dead and as a form of ritual humiliation for vanquished enemies. The religious institutions of the Old World likewise abhor this practice, considering it a mortal sin and a crime against the gods.