The god of the smile

== basic breakdown ==
The god of the smile is one of the oldest and most obscure gods of rathnir. There is no evidence that the religion that he aligned himself existed, or if he even aligned himself with one, since there was only one record that survived. It appears that the god demanded sacrifices in the form of flesh, mainly flesh from animals, in exchange for passage along a road.
== The surviving record ==
The following record reads: 
The god waited in his temple for travelers, as he was hungry, and they were willing to provide to him. One day a nomad passed by. The nomad had no animals on him, so he took a knife and cut off his finger for the god. And the god smiled. A small, considerate smile. He thanked the nomad and allowed him to pass. The next day, a trader passed by. The trader had 2 sheep, and the god asked for one. The trader cut the animal open and threw it into the pit. The god smiled a wide, toothy smile and thanked the trader. The trader passed and took his remaining sheep. One day, an army passed through the temple. The god demanded a sacrifice, such as a sheep or a cow. The general laughed, and spat into the blood stained pit. The god became angry, and for the first time in a long time, he frowned. Suddenly every solider in the army melted into a puddle of flesh and blood, which flowed into the pit, forever staining it red. The god did not smile this time, and he would never smile again. 
== Breakdown of the record ==
The record was found next to a destroyed temple somewhere along a highway. the temple did contain traces of organic matter, although not in the quantities that were suggested in the record above.
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