Cult of the Serpent
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This is a political faction within the Clockwork Universe (Fiction)
Are recluse and obscure cult who worship the "eternal serpent". There beliefs are entwined with there world creation myth. They believe that under the world exists a great tree that infuses the earth with life force. The tree has always existed and wrapped around it is the 'great serpent'. At the beginning there was the potential for all things, not until the serpent struck the great tree releasing its deadly venom, did the circle of life begin. As the tree slowly dies from the venom it gives birth to the fruits of earthly life. Only when there is death may life truly exist.
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“It is through death that life is possible.” - Prophet Fillith Enlam