Red Faced God

Worship of the Red Faced God is commonly practiced in the South below the Neck. He is not a god who is prayed to out of love, but out of fear. To religious Southerners, the Red Faced God is the one who takes away unworthy and unprotected souls to his realm where he engorges himself on them them like one does upon flesh. As a result, goodluck charms and sigils are a common sight below the neck.

In order to prevent their souls from being eaten, pious Southerners refrain from his temptations such as greed and murder and to protect themselves after death, they are buried with their hands folded over their hearts, shielding it from the Red Faced God to steal.

While religion in the South isn't as uniformly worshipped by all or used in politics like in the North, it still plays a big role in the daily lives of regular people.

Festivals mocking the Red Face God happen a few times a year and people go wild, all the fear gone from their hearts for just three days. People color their faces bright red and roam the streets, beating drums and playing sitars for all to hear as people chant, sing, pray, drink, dance and sell food.

Worshippers sometimes leave shrines in their homes such as a small stone skull painted red surrounded by burning incense and flowers to keep the Red Faced God out of their homes.

The Red Faced God has multiple depictions, the two most popular ones  being a red skull with an emaciated black cloaked body and the other being a completely hairless face with bright red skin.