The distinctive robotic missionaries of the Forgist religion, those who believed in the Forge Mother as the bringer of all life (From the forge we are born, and to the forge we shall return), were still a common sight until relatively recently in the most far-flung areas of the colonised universe. Founded by the robotic settlers of the great fiery cities of Io, Forgist missionaries were easily distinguished by their perpetually burning iron stovepipe hats, and the ceremonial anvil and hammer which they carried at all times. Though Forgism was a robotic religion, there was the occasional human convert; as, however, the conversion ritual involved bathing in liquid flame before having one's head beaten with the ceremonial hammer, they didn't have to wait long for their return to the Forge Mother.
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