I restarted my Gotland republic run, this time rolled 3 learning/intrigue, cruel, and greedy. So I went satanist. Fun, but Sweden is Catholic in 1066, so I couldn't go raiding for captives. Hm, but Erik the heathen was still Norse, and owed me a favor...
So when my liege discontented the council, I started a faction to put Erik on the throne. Despite hating the king, Erik didn't deign to join, so I called in my favor. Together we had ~140% of the liege's power. I pressed the demand, the king was a baby about it, we won.
Now under King Erik the Heathen, I tried to switch to Norse. But the only option I saw was to *pretend* to switch. Pretty sure it doesn't matter, my interface changed and I was able to replace my chaplain with a Norse priest. Pretty sure I can raid now.
But to summarize: I'm a Satanist pretending to be a Catholic pretending to be Norse. My patricians keep plotting, so I keep imprisoning and sacrificing them to "". Yeah, the game can't figure out who the hell I'm sacrificing to. But to be fair, my 3 learning character probably doesn't know either.
"", the Nameless One, cares not from where the blood comes.
And then my power went out. Whatever's out there can only tolerate so much inane heresy-for-the-sake-of-heresy