PugJesusIf I had a nickel for every time this happened...
rockerface 🇺🇦See also: The Wheel of Time books by Robert Jordan. They also have a warmongering desert tribe that worships water, covers their faces in combat and has weird rituals nobody else understands
UnderpantsWeevilBut the Messiah in WoT brings them back from the brink of jihad rather than flinging them off the cliff (as the Aiel False Dragon attempts to do).
Its a subversion of the trope.