| Orthodox Abbey of Aureilia | |
|---|---|
| Flag of the Khadahari Hegemony | |
| Pontifex Maximus | Kharon Vizirov |
| Founder | Tarkhan Umarov |
| Founding Date | 1142 AC |
| Headquarters | Ealen, Tovakizar |
Gods[edit | edit source]
"The Father" Chrosis - The god of time and leader of the gods, basically the top dog of the pantheon who everyone prays to. He's responsible for the passage of time, he sees everything that ever was and everything that ever will be, but time is not a straight line.
"The Mother" Metriona - The goddess of space. She's the mother of the gods and is the one the planet is named after, she represents the earth, the heavens, other planets, all that is material in this world is her creation. She is prayed to by practically everyone for good fortunes. Her gift are considered to be the planet everybody lives on.
"The Son" Pandora - A magic user who is revered as a god after her death because of his powerful abilities and part in the last great war. His place in the pantheon is contested by splinter religious groups. Considered to be the god of humanity.
"The Raven Queen/King" Necrotrix - The goddess of the dead, people who see her see what they expect their cultural version of the grim reaper to look like. Sometimes she's a painted woman, other times a pale man or skeleton. Those who mourn pray to her to revive their dead, those wanting death pray to her as well, sometimes she listens and gives them what they wish for, but everything has a price.
"The Maiden" Femphilos - The goddess of love and lust. Prostitutes often pray to her and have statues of her in brothels or on necklaces as a sign of good fortune. Alternatively, she is also seen as a symbol of female fertility so is sometimes prayed to by women who want to be mothers.
"The Mermaid" Cydomer - The goddess of the sea and sailing. Sailors pray to her so that the seas might be kind to them. Sailors who are revived after drowning are considered to be given Cydomer's gift. Though some come back as mentally troubled madmen raving about a city under the sea full of men who look like fish.
"The Warrior" Minatorius - The god of war, and as you can guess from his name, he's a minotaur. Many soldiers pray to him to guide them to victory. There's a drug named after him that essentially makes the person feel no pain for a short period of time, soldiers use it when they need to but it can drive some men into berserker rages.
"The Centaur" Equuisicus - The god of male fertility, animals and the hunt. He is primarily prayed to by tribal horse lords on the outskirts of the empire. Men whose wives give birth to twins, triplets, quadruplets are considered to have been blessed with seed as potent as a centaur.
"The Healer" Medetrix - The goddess of health. Often prayed to by doctors. Not much to say about her other than that really, she's a bit of an obscure one that doesn't have too many legends about her. Those close to death and brought back to life are thought to have been saved by her.
"The Whisper" Voxculus - The god of knowledge. Often prayed to by scholars. He is essentially also the voice in your head that says "do this evil thing" or "do this good thing", so he likes to fuck with people a lot. He's basically a troll who also knows practically everything that could possibly be known. He'll give people information if you do something to show your devotion to him.
Burial[edit | edit source]
In the burial tradition of the Orthodox Abbey, the deceased are mummified and wrapped in a shroud with a funeral mask regardless of their social class or wealth. This is thanks to the expansive industry of Mortuary Guilds within Seres that cover everything from the mummification and mask making process to the burial. The masks are often commissioned from a mask maker by the deceased's family and such masks can be simple facial covers or elaborate, depending on the deceased's wealth. The deceased is then interred either in a graveyard with a grave marker, in a burial vault of a local temple or a family crypt.
The masks symbolically represent the deceased's identity and memory, and thus it is considered extremely disrespectful and offensive to take the mask from a corpse; the implication is that any corpse without a mask is someone who deserves to be forgotten.
In areas with a large Asharan population, grave robbing is a common crime mostly in part to the Asharan faith's belief that burials should be forbidden.