Bazsmaal

The Bazsmaal is an extremist cult bent on world domination, featured in the serial the Finite Earth. They worship the Sun, and operate under a government-like structure called the Supreme.

Beliefs
The Bazsmaal worship the Sun, as they believe it is the manifestation of the soul of the universe, and each human's soul is one of the Sun's offspring, making each human a child of the Sun. The main goal of the Bazsmaal faith is for the world to be returned to what they believed was its original state: a dry, vast desert spanning the planet, where the Sun is the dominant force. However, the Bazsmaal have tried in the past and present to reach their goal by declaring war upon the rest of the world, and fighting in the name of the Sun. This extremism led to their prosecution, and eventual downfall in the early Fourth Age.

History
The Bazsmaal as a religion itself is suspected to be the result of several early belief systems melded together, mainly worshipping the Elder Gods. The end result was a murderous cult. The Bazsmaal numbers grew steadily throughout the Second Age, reaching their highest point around the time of the murder of Zaros. As with all other religions, the Bazsmaal saw heir chance, now that half the world had been loosened from the Zarosian grip, to spread their beliefs around the world. The Bazsmaal fought steadily throughout the God Wars, praising the return of the sun. By the mid Third Age they had controlled about one quarter of the world, stretching from Ooglog to what is now Ardougne. This led to the creation of the Supreme to govern the lands. By the late Third Age, war had ravaged the kingdom, and it was standing at its knees at the forces of Bandos and Saradomin, who banished the Bazmaal to forever sail the seas. With great pain, the Bazsmaal left the area on huge ships, going exactly against their own beliefs. They sailed the Southern Sea until they reached Varrock, where the final stand took place between the two sides. In the battle, thee Bazsmaal were crushed and went into hiding across Gielinor, keeping the flame alive by telling the stories down generations.