Extremists and what they practice
Have you invented any groups of extremists and their beliefs for your world? This is not necessarily just about terrorist groups.
Extremism: the holding of extreme political or religious views; fanaticism.
My world is an eco-authoritarian setting. A Godking (who i STILL haven’t named i really needa get to that) controls the sapients of the world with things like restricted reproductive rights, divine predators that Cannot Be Killed and only certain medicines are allowed (vaccines stop families from popping out 10 kids but no chemo). This of course leads to many different interpretations and opinions of his rules.
Theres a tribe of humans who Do Not Set Fires, they take the Godkings instructions of ‘be good shepherds to the land you live on’ Very Seriously and believe that humans cannot be trusted to handle fire. Most will actually use fires started from natural causes, like lightning strikes. Their temple houses a perpetual flame that they use for religious and judicial purposes. Their concerns mostly lie within Man Made fires. Which they define as ‘fires that are STARTED by humans, handling does not change the property of the fire’
Ok now we’re getting to the extremists.
These guys, dubbed Raws, do not use fire in any capacity, they eat raw meat (hence their name) read by moonlight if thats the time and have squads patrol the grasslands and forest around them whenever theres storms, beating any Fire Priest they find to stop them touching naturally occurring sparks. They also have a role among them similar to a Victorian Sin Cake Eater, a job that is viewed as quite important, but because the job itself is sinning, they must be shunned. They’ll have one guy whose job it is to extinguish fires they find, but getting so close and potentially even touching it, which, to them, then makes it Man Made, leaves this person in the quite the spiritual purgatory. And finally, their symbol is of a raindrop.
Tell me about your extremists!
Posted Mar 5, 2026, 11:31 AM UTC