Ocean's Children

Among Lagnia's followers there is dispute over how the Sea's Fury can be appeased or honored. Fallen out of favor is the approach of the Ocean's Children sect who advocate the sacrifice of those who displease her by drowning. The goddess of weather and storms is often portrayed as capricious and spiteful, and easily offended. It has not been unheard of for the opponents of the faithful to the Tempest in political or economic disputes to go missing and be later found washed ashore with brine filled lungs.
All branches of Lagnia's followers favor open air sites of worship near the sea, but the Ocean's Children prefer her strongholds and shrines to be reached by passing through her embrace. Placing their preferred altars on sea stacks and stumps puts these supplicants and their offerings within a few paces of the water, where they may be chained at low tide and allowed to succumb, or pinned down by the firm grip of a wave warden.
While most of Lagnia's followers are content to go about their trade watchful of threats but not hunting them, the Ocean's Children are more aggressive in the pursuit of cultists of Fostille the Dessiccating One and other Nightmakers. Not as militant as some other factions among the Sovereign Host's faithful, the Ocean's Children are more often sought for their espionage and ability to surveil through divination.
Captains of any type of seagoing vessel will rarely refuse passage to a priest of the Tempest, but further still they are likely to be afraid to refuse the requests of a herald of the Ocean's Children. Influential among Sea's Fury's adherents and generally among the Sovereign Host's faithful in ports, the Ocean's Children remains a small sect. The shifting and demanding expectations of the factions elders makes it difficult not just for outsiders to be deemed worthy, but also for new adherents to rise among its ranks.

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Originally written for 2024 Summer Camp challenge answering Organization A FACTION OF AN ORGANIZATION BUILT AROUND BELIEF