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the avarov religion, referred as avarovism, or the cult of the avarov, is the religion practiced by all members. not much is know about the religion, but there are certain obvious aspects. the avarov religion is monotheistic. avarovs believe in some sort of deity called avarov, who created reality. unlike the abrahamic views on god, however, in which their god is humanoid, avarov has no physical shape and is in fact the universe itself. avarovs believe that avarov gas was created by their god to keep order within human society. anybody who opposes the avarovs and their beliefs is a sinner.

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all new members joining the avarov are required to take a certain percentage of avarov gas. as members rank up, they will be provided with more and more avarov gas. the gas will increase muscle mass and strength in general.

## trivia

a possible source of inspiration for the avarov was the monolith[1] from stalker: shadow of chernobyl[2]. space axle films detailed why in the following interview:

"we thought it would be cool for there to be a faction of religiously insane weirdos just wandering around eating children. it just fit in really well with the other groups. think about it if you were anne; you're walking around, but then suddenly a bunch of crazy guys with rifles and gas masks come charging at you screaming in a made up language. it just worked. many of us had played stalker before, and I remember the monolith. they were the perfect mix of weird, creepy and religious."

it also seems that certain aspects of the avarov were inspired from the alien races of destiny 2[3]. *the following interview has been edited in order to incorporate external links.*

"originally, the avarov were just supposed to be mentally insane for no reason. we changed that because it felt like a weak backstory. we had been playing a lot of destiny 2 for weapon inspiration. in destiny 2, there are these creatures called the hive[4]. they were these pseudo-religious zombie alien things that looked badass. what was even more badass was they're ranking system. all their ranks had something to do with religious/biological positions within their hive. that was where we got the idea for naming the ranks after religious positions. the idea for avarov gas came from a different species, the fallen[5]. they used this substance called ether to makes themselves stronger or something. we were like 'hell yeah!' so we decided to make avarov gas. we just added in the additional brainwashing effect. we sorta just wrote into the lore and said 'this stuff makes you strong but also disfigured and brainwashed!'. toying around with lore is the best part of the job."

the interview also included information about how the avarovs behaved. *the following interview has been edited in order to incorporate external links.*

"we already had multiple raider factions at that point, so we decided that the avarovs should be more a fusion between a civilized, proper faction like the jupitovs, and weaker, freakier groups like the cnutov gangsters. that's also where we got the idea for the lower ranking bezerkers. the bottom rank is made up of brainwashed weirdos with a complete lack of self preservation who run at you and try to cause destruction.