It is solemn. There are candles lit everywhere and the although the temple is full, no one is speaking and all you can hear are muted scuffling feet.  There is an eerie shadow cast on the walls that look like there are ghosts moving from this realm to the next.
Inside Temple, Inside Temple
parishioner
deity
It is my duty as a higher being to help lesser ones along the path. Guide them like a shepherd with his flock. Compassion, love and light are my creed.
My child, why have you come to me? What is it that you require? I have been waiting for somebody from your village for a long time. My village is poor and people are sick. We are suffering a plague and the king isn't helping. You do not need to give me anything, and you will need the light from this candle to find your way home. I know of this plague, it has taken many of my children already. Have you spoken to the King? I would expect you to visit him before disturbing me. Thank you for your thoughtfulness, oh great deity. The King would not hear from me. What with the war brewing on his southern border, all of his time and energy is focused there. Simply put, a plague is the least of his concerns. I understand. Sometimes my attention is far from here, and I'm sorry I've allowed this to continue. But... what is this? I cannot see your village, my vision is blocked, a black wall covers the houses from my sight. Quickly! Tell me more of this plague? I've spent so long watching the Southern border I hadn't even realised... The plague seems to have arisen from a nearby cavern. We sent warriors into its depths for there were strange noises and eerie lights that would spill from it's entrance. The warriors went in with vigor and were not heard from for days. Then, a full moon later, they emerged. They would not speak of what they saw, only said the deed was done, but gave no explanation. They seemed pale and weak and bruised at the lightest touch. We did not send them off, and now everyone is like them, but the symptoms worsen daily. I thought this threat had been extinguished with it's burial, so long ago. Clearly however it stirs once more. Much will need to be done to defeat this evil, however first you need to understand that those brave men are no longer the people you sent into the cavern. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to save your village and country? I will do whatever you ask, my deity. You have always looked after us even when others have not. Though I might be but a farmer, I will do whatever I can to accomplish what you ask. Must we send the warriors away? Seal up the cavern? We surely will do anything to end this plague. They, and those afflicted by this curse are no longer human, but imposters. In the dead of night your kith and kin stole into the cavern, possessed by the evil that lay within. Your first task is to strike at the imposters. Do you trust in me? Do you believe? If you do, you must have faith, and you must remove these imposters before anything more can be done. Once this is completed return to me and I will tell you what must be done next.   I do believe and trust in you, oh great one. This sounds very frightful and terrible. A great evil taking over our town was the last of our concerns, but it seems we have let it come to be. Must we strike to kill the impostors? Are they not humans worthy of grace and forgiveness? I have never raised a hand at another human and I wish not now, but will do it if you command. They are not human. Trust me, at the end of your travails your friends and family will return to you. Strike tonight. It will be done. The townspeople and I thank you for your guidance, my deity. You have never failed us and we trust in you to return our loved ones to us.