Thursday, 28 August 2008

Dubulla

Religion in the Savage Lands of Yore
With a name like Theosophy Conundrum religion and gods will pay a large part of the game background. My intention is not to offend any real religion and any similarity between my workings here and any real world religion are purely coincidental.

In general the peoples of Yore, be they Human, Dwarf, Orc or Elf worship the same gods the ones that can be found in the Dubulla. Temples in general are not dedicated to one god, but all of the gods of one faction; Light or Darkness.

Priests are the caretakers of the temples, they also minister to the needs of the worshippers. They are a hub of the community because they help the community to thrive, getting people to work together for their own mutual benefit. Find the Temple of Light and the priest there will be able to tell you the best place to get a bed for the night, where to find exotic goods and who may need help from a strong arm. The priest of a Temple of Darkness will be able to satisfy your deepest and darkest vices and desires, be they pleasures of the flesh or murder.

The Devoted
Priests do not dedicate their lives to one of the gods, if anything they dedicate their lives to aiding the community. It is the Devoted that dedicate their lives to just one god and for that dedication they gain mystical powers to forward that gods goals.

The Dubulla
The Dubulla is the religious text which describes how the universe came into existence and how the world, Yore, came to be. It describes the forces of Light and Darkness and their relationship with each other. It tells of how the universe can come to an end by speaking aloud the true name of the Dark Lord.

The Dubulla names the Gods of Light and Darkness as follows:

Gods of Light
Aski - God of Love & Secrets

Bal - God of Fire and Ice

Dnig - Goddess of Woods & Beasts
Progenitor of the Elves. Worshiped by the humans as the nature goddess.

Giszu - Goddess of Magic & Moon

Kam - Son of Kuretal, God of the Sun
Progenitor of the Humans.

Kraku - God of Earth and Blood
Progenitor of the Dwarves. Worshiped by the humans of Kalderia.

Kuretal - Lord of the Everlife
The creator of the universe is the opposite of the Dark Lord. Where the Dark Lord represents the darkness of the deepest void, Kuretal represents creation unbound and unfettered. Where the Dark Lord desires nothing, Kuretal desires all things filling the universe.

Sze - Goddess of Sea and Storms
Worshiped by the humans of Kalderia.

Gods of Darkness
Kisi - Goddess of Lust and Greed
Where Muszmar is a force for destruction, Kisi is a force for corruption. Kisi's aim is to turn people from 'good' deeds and twist them into performing dark deeds. Kisi is the progenitor of the Daemons, they began as her offspring twisted by the powerful negative emotions of the people she corrupted.

Muszmar - Spawn of the Dark Lord, God of Darkness and Murder
Born of the pure hatred which the Dark Lord has of Kuretal, Muszmar has just one aim, to destroy life.

Muszruakal - Dark Lord, The Devourer, He who shall not be named.
This being has no aspect, it is not male or female. The letters that form the name are not accurate "Muszruakal" is not the name of the Devourer for it is said that if any being utter the Dark Lord's true name it will bring about the end of the universe. The Dark Lord is the darkness of nothing, the whole of entropy and this being desires nothing. More accurately this being desires that all things be unmade and returned to the darkness of nothing.

This is the final list of the gods that I shall be using, I'll add more detail when I get time.

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