New Religion for the Ministry of Religions

[Drakeero]

I hope for the Ministry of Religions to become the most RP-intensive ministry in Zormite. As such, I would encourage members of the ministry to come up with individual religious practices and rites unique to their favorite game god (Bile being mine) and to submit these to Mirar Elocasso the current leader of the Ministry of Religions.

What I'm doing here though, is to lay down a basic framework of "Zormite" beliefs and cosmology. This is an attempt to explain cosmology and the gods from a Zormitian point of view.

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I have walked the deep oceans around the world and have found a great number of sacred tomes among the lost Zormi ruins. Listen to the wisdom they contain:

The metaphysical world consists of a great mountain, higher then any concievable height. This mountain is Mount Zora-mit'an. It is from this name of power and strength that the name of Zormite is derived.

This mountain is surrounded by the near limitless plains of Zormi where our meager material realm exists. Here sea and land cover our world and hold all the life we know.

Beyond the plains of Zormi are the great seas of Zormus. As the Zormi is physical reality, the Zormus is spiritual reality. Here lurks the deepest recesses of all thought and soul, eventually fading to the furthest reaches of the abyssal universe.

Far beneath the surface of the plains is Zaru-kazar. This is known only as the place of terrors... it is known as hell.

On the peak of his great mountain DianCecht himself rules the heavens in the clouds above. His eternal and positive radiance showers down the slopes and enlightens our realms with rightousness and hope. His angels and archangels populate the upper slopes of Zora-mit'an.

On the lower slopes of Zora-mit'an are rocky tundra and great forests. Here the gods Leucetious and Aengus dwell. Leucetious of the windtorn tundra sends his mightly lightning down into the plains below while Aengus dwells in forests of elven beauty and power too magnificent for the mortal realm to contain. These lands are populated by titans, jealous of the priviledged existance of the angels above.

Brigid, Govannon, and Ogma dwell upon the plains of Zormi. Brigid is omnipresent, an etheral pulse in all living things. She is wherever there is life and her flora and fauna permeate every corner of Zormi. Ogma dwells in the rotten crevasses and dank corners of Zormi. He is the force behind all disease and plagues upon the land. He is the imperfection and blight of Zormi that keeps the mighty forests of Aengus at bay. Govannon lives deep within the bowels of Zora-mit'an, but never on its slopes. He is the strength and willpower behind all life. His hands have crafted the palaces of all the gods. The humans, the plants, the animals, the elves, the dwarves, the drow, and all other mortal species dwell here with the gods.

Deep in the seas of Zormus lurks an unknown god. No diviners have ever seen her since recent times. No alters are dedicated to her. Some say that she has simply ceased to exist. She is many tentacled goddess of the collective subconscious of all life. She is the goddess of hidden knowledge and alchemy, but no priest can incur her blessing, no diviner can catch glimpse of her. Within Zormu exist the formless entities of thought and mind.

Lurking just beneath the surface of Zormi and Zormu is the dark god of death Bile. His servants, the hungry ghosts permeate the worlds above from the subterranean depths of his realm. This is where the dead go, and undead come from.

Deeper still beneath even Bile's icy grip lays Zaru-kazar. The putrid souls of sinners too evil even for Bile seep down into this hell. Balor reigns supreme over these endless chasms of pain and violence. The dead become demons, and he sends forth his demons to Zormi to do battle against Zora-mit'an. Unholy power, violence, anger, hopelessness, and delusion rises like fire from Zaru-kazar and seeks to burn the plains above. Here in Zormi is where the auras of DianCecht and Balor struggle eternally.

These are the words contained within the sacred texts that I have found.

[Ravenblade1979]

All hail Bile.

[OasaTor_PK]

LOLRP!!!

Silence sets upon the air of the Altar, I sense that storms approach. I lay upon the rugged Tundra of my god. A tingling sensation erupts within my body. I continue to pray. As I continue, I feel the negative charge building on my finger tips, I can feel the electricity within myself. Suddenly, a lightning bolt erupts from my palms, and streaks into the distance. Tornado's howl, I cannot hold the energy within my body no longer. I close my eyes, chant "Zi estel Leucetious, release me from your electric chains!" Within seconds I am free, my electrical presence has been returned...

[smirt362]

The nameless god sounds like Cthulhu

[Drakeero]

Yeah, I know it kinda sounds like Cthulhu. I always thought there was a water/ice themed god missing, and for all his creativity Govannon didn't seem like the alchemist type to me. And... since water is usually the magic of change anyway, I was thinking of a water/ice female goddess of wisdom and alchemy.

THEN someone tells me about Crossfire and go sniffing around there and I find out there IS a many tentacled female water goddess of sorts (I think) lurking around there.

Sooo.... put two and two together and added in the mystery god that no one can get in touch with. Who knows, Bjorn willing we might get a water/ice, alchemist/wisdom goddess. You know I'll be switching right on over.

[Maharu]

It looks nice =) Except I'm a little confused. Last I remember, Okiara with the goddess the Zormites worshipped. I have the story saved in a text document, I think it was written by Chaokir Sutekh Abydos. Should I forget it and endeaver to learn this new one? Just as the Celestus I'd like to be an expert =)

This was it;

We all know of the 8 gods of Graal. But before their time, lived a Goddess much greater. Okiara, she was the mother of all of life. She was what everything on Graal was born from. In the early times, there was nothing. nd it remained like this for generations. Then, from the vast nothingness, came a great something. This something would change the entire existence of Graal. This something took a form which suited it well. It became a stunningly beautiful woman with flowing blue hair, and eyes the color of ocean mist. Again, the world went into stagnation, and Okiara was by herself. One day, she was inspired to create herself a companion. From her , sprang a parrot , one with plumage of gold and blue hues, which would put all who gazed upon it in a state of awe. One more, the state of nothing big happened began. Okiara was happy with herself, and with her companion. After many millennia, the bird which Okiara created , as most creatures do, passed on. After seeing this, Okiara wept over the body of her poor dead companion. Okiara decided she should make a monument, a permanent remembrance of her friend. She dipped her hands into the nothingness, and brought up the land. She looked down at the land, and saw how plain it was. Taking the orb of land, she brought it to her lips, and breathed life into it. And all the creatures of Graal were born from this land. She so enjoyed the new creatures on this land, she longed to be with them. So, she became one with the land. Her Hair became the skies and her eyes the clouds, from which rains pour. He body, became the oceans , the rivers, the lakes, and the streams. And life flourished on this tiny planet for many years. But, soon people forgot about her, all the nations turned form her, except the nation of Zormite. Wanting to honor the Zormite, she gave them the ability to be with her, to breathe in the water, to live with their goddess. The Zormites traveled on land and water at will, some of the uneducated barbaric people assumed the Zormites to be Fish-people.

[Googi]

Originally Posted by Maharu

Okiara with the goddess the Zormites worshipped.

At one time or another Zormites have worshiped everything under the sun and also the sun.

[Maharu]

That's the only one I ever learned.