The New Crusade

Last week on the 23rd of December, GONFist followers noted a figure in the trees. A blue, distorted figure began to fly, and soon that figure's visage would live in infamy.

The Anti-GONF is a being who appeared recently in locations around Abexilas, primarily in the Crusader Empire, causing havoc and ending lives. He is based on a mirror image of the prophet GONF, who descended on Stoneworks 400 years ago in the ancient world of Jagdas to spread goodness and truth. The GONFist faith has come far since then, but now faces a great threat in the form of this Anti-GONF. It appears to have a wide array of powers, including flight, magic attacks, and the ability to create bedrock. He has been slain numerous times, notably once with an axe blessed by GONF and once by GONF himself in a great battle. In this battle, Pope Florentia herself battled cult followers of the Anti-GONF using blessed powers bestowed by the Maker (Cog). However, she was slain by a chief follower twice, before GONF and Anti-GONF appeared and fought each other.

While Anti-GONF has been killed before, he keeps coming back to menace towns and churches. Currently, the core GONFist Church is leading a Crusade against the Anti-GONF, joined by the Crusader Empire who also seeks to destroy the menace themselves. Other nations have professed support in the Second Crusade, and the freshly-made Holy GONFist State is slowly growing and building up infrastructure in order to create power for the Church. Additionally, other faiths such as the Potatoist GONFist sect, the Sunite Sect, and the Cubists have also supported the Crusade.

It is not yet clear the end result, but one of two things will likely end this conflict. The first is that the Crusade is successful, the followers are eliminated, and Anti-GONF vanishes from the world. The second is the end of everything. It is the hope of all that the Crusade is successful.