For the Gods, secretly manipulating an affair and directly sending their priests and followers to take part were two different things.
The God of Death Naram had even sent out his own followers. That was as good as showing his hand and openly challenging the Gods! Most deities refused to accept undead as followers, while the God of Death Naram's favorite pastime was ending lives and raising the dead!
At least thirty percent of his followers were high-level undead, around fifty percent were partially undead monsters, and only the remaining ten or twenty percent were half-dead living people.
Naram was an unwavering supporter of those who committed evil for their own pleasure.
In Naram's cold worldview, everything was the same. To him, every living creature was a tremendous insult to him as the God of Death. Conversely, every dying life flickered with blue-black sparks of delight, and he loved those sparks. Some people prayed to Naram without genuine devotion, hoping to obtain his power, and most received death as their reward. Since few people tolerated Naram's priests, they generally operated secretly and independently. Outside places steeped in evil, organized churches of Naram were almost nonexistent. With no ecclesiastical hierarchy, independent congregations often fought among themselves. Moreover, the God of Death remained an object of fear here; even those who committed countless evils feared him. When Naram's priests did not need a disguise, they generally wore rust-red ceremonial robes. If their activities were discovered, they moved somewhere new and continued their "hunt." Some led itinerant lives, appearing in town after town disguised as good people. Naram's temples were generally concealed. Even in places steeped in evil, they were usually built underground, often as part of subterranean crypts.
Most temples kept undead and other creatures that spread or caused death, such as