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The gods have their own religion. This is what I know. They believe just like us.
The Elhannai portray the gods all as superior or strange, like animals, when in fact they are more like the rest of us.
Sometimes they know. And sometimes they believe.
There are many ways to approach this, but I will present it from the Elhannai standpoint, in our gods - The Aogos.
The story of the Aogos is well recorded in the scrolls available in the shops and temples of the northern Holy Isles, so
I'll be brief.
Traditionally it is customary not to say where the Aogos came from. Unlike other religions with birth and mating and creation,
the Aogos are usually presented as one interconnected system from orgins unknown, like an idea that comes to you all at once.
For this reason, I believe they've always remained sexless as well, and some believe they are not separate gods, but one connected god with many bodies.
Or that they are simply connected with everything. A kind of all god. A very Elhannai kind of thought, isn't it? We call this Akktts.
The Aogos occupy a strange and devine temple in the heavens known as the Far Halled Chamber.
It is a circle of rooms connected by endless halls, allowing the gods to see one another's actions in the vaguest of forms but never reach one another.
They bind themselves in all different manners, as a way to prevent them going down the hall at all.
They are all in love, all apart, all connected, all trusting, believing that the others are doing what is right.
This sort of belief and trial is their nature, and it brings them joy for the most part. It is a sort of voluntary curse,
like a self-deprecating remark you might make to show your interest in another.
To have faith in one another. To still love one another. And in this is an immense sense of code, honor, and respect.
There is but one god who is allowed to travel to the seperate rooms or, most divine, stand in the cross section of all the long halls and observe
all members of The Aogos at once - Teurzg - but they do not. They are the god of prayer, and it is not their will to interrupt others.
Across from Teurgz is the chamber of Thysx. It has always remained empty, but sometimes stinks of beast. (Creator of the Rythmamthyr- allowing players to fill in the gaps there )
And so, with no one to watch, Teurzg is tested most of all. To love something that can return nothing. That is a prayer. That is a faith.
They say that Teurzg lays face down covered in heavy cloths - a powerful thing in near paralysis - like something dead that can never die.
There are many gods in the Far Halled Chamber, but only two others make much consequence: Zoaraeos & Akulmm - the speakers of the hall.
Teurzg trusts these two with doing the day to day operations of the hall. It is said that Teurzg may not even have a voice at all. There is no record of them speaking.
We presume they communicate everything in prayer and these gods will hear that.
And so the Elhannai pray. To them.
It is a mystery whether Teurzg listens to the prayers of others or not.
We have to assume they can and do, but there's no mention of it really.
Anyways, Akulmm sees that magic and material stay in good spirits with one another. And, i think, that gods stay in good spirits with one another.
They are the god of trust, honor, and the code. A kind of organizer and mediator.
Zoaraeos sees that the heavens, planets, and planes stay in good spirits. They are the god of miracles suspended in a pure water. It is said
there they suspend all that could be and then divine prophecies beyond the understanding of even the gods.
Together they entrust their work will lead the rest of the hall, balancing the good spirit of all through religion or moral or balance.
Magic Era Epilogue
It is said that the Aogos have always been.
I believe otherwise. To who does Teurzg pray? For every religion we accept holy beasts other than gods, things being born, titans, eras.
I believe the gods do too. They pray to something now dead perhaps. Or something we could not understand. A god's god.
Perhaps our beasts are their gods. Or perhaps they are like the Elahannai. Maybe they pray for everything, themselves included. Maybe everything is prayer.
Everything is god, even to them.
But Teurzig seems to mourn, don't they? And they all seem rather distracted with things already happening. A reason.
I sometimes ponder on what it is specifically they believe, but in the end it feels ludicrous.
I am just an elf. What do I know about godly prayer?
What I know for certain is they pray, they have faith, like us.
And why else would these gods stay in a temple of their own, practicing traditions of their own?
Certainly a god can act just to act, but if so, the code that drives them, is that not from somewhere?
Anyways, don't read this out loud inside the Holy Isles, if that wasn't obvious by now.
The Elhannai portray the gods all as superior or strange, like animals, when in fact they are more like the rest of us.
Sometimes they know. And sometimes they believe.
There are many ways to approach this, but I will present it from the Elhannai standpoint, in our gods - The Aogos.
The story of the Aogos is well recorded in the scrolls available in the shops and temples of the northern Holy Isles, so
I'll be brief.
Traditionally it is customary not to say where the Aogos came from. Unlike other religions with birth and mating and creation,
the Aogos are usually presented as one interconnected system from orgins unknown, like an idea that comes to you all at once.
For this reason, I believe they've always remained sexless as well, and some believe they are not separate gods, but one connected god with many bodies.
Or that they are simply connected with everything. A kind of all god. A very Elhannai kind of thought, isn't it? We call this Akktts.
The Aogos occupy a strange and devine temple in the heavens known as the Far Halled Chamber.
It is a circle of rooms connected by endless halls, allowing the gods to see one another's actions in the vaguest of forms but never reach one another.
They bind themselves in all different manners, as a way to prevent them going down the hall at all.
They are all in love, all apart, all connected, all trusting, believing that the others are doing what is right.
This sort of belief and trial is their nature, and it brings them joy for the most part. It is a sort of voluntary curse,
like a self-deprecating remark you might make to show your interest in another.
To have faith in one another. To still love one another. And in this is an immense sense of code, honor, and respect.
There is but one god who is allowed to travel to the seperate rooms or, most divine, stand in the cross section of all the long halls and observe
all members of The Aogos at once - Teurzg - but they do not. They are the god of prayer, and it is not their will to interrupt others.
Across from Teurgz is the chamber of Thysx. It has always remained empty, but sometimes stinks of beast. (Creator of the Rythmamthyr- allowing players to fill in the gaps there )
And so, with no one to watch, Teurzg is tested most of all. To love something that can return nothing. That is a prayer. That is a faith.
They say that Teurzg lays face down covered in heavy cloths - a powerful thing in near paralysis - like something dead that can never die.
There are many gods in the Far Halled Chamber, but only two others make much consequence: Zoaraeos & Akulmm - the speakers of the hall.
Teurzg trusts these two with doing the day to day operations of the hall. It is said that Teurzg may not even have a voice at all. There is no record of them speaking.
We presume they communicate everything in prayer and these gods will hear that.
And so the Elhannai pray. To them.
It is a mystery whether Teurzg listens to the prayers of others or not.
We have to assume they can and do, but there's no mention of it really.
Anyways, Akulmm sees that magic and material stay in good spirits with one another. And, i think, that gods stay in good spirits with one another.
They are the god of trust, honor, and the code. A kind of organizer and mediator.
Zoaraeos sees that the heavens, planets, and planes stay in good spirits. They are the god of miracles suspended in a pure water. It is said
there they suspend all that could be and then divine prophecies beyond the understanding of even the gods.
Together they entrust their work will lead the rest of the hall, balancing the good spirit of all through religion or moral or balance.
Magic Era Epilogue
It is said that the Aogos have always been.
I believe otherwise. To who does Teurzg pray? For every religion we accept holy beasts other than gods, things being born, titans, eras.
I believe the gods do too. They pray to something now dead perhaps. Or something we could not understand. A god's god.
Perhaps our beasts are their gods. Or perhaps they are like the Elahannai. Maybe they pray for everything, themselves included. Maybe everything is prayer.
Everything is god, even to them.
But Teurzig seems to mourn, don't they? And they all seem rather distracted with things already happening. A reason.
I sometimes ponder on what it is specifically they believe, but in the end it feels ludicrous.
I am just an elf. What do I know about godly prayer?
What I know for certain is they pray, they have faith, like us.
And why else would these gods stay in a temple of their own, practicing traditions of their own?
Certainly a god can act just to act, but if so, the code that drives them, is that not from somewhere?
Anyways, don't read this out loud inside the Holy Isles, if that wasn't obvious by now.