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==NOTICE== | |||
This page exists as a historical reference to beliefs and taboos that existed in Chapter 5: The City of Rings. The beliefs here are obsolete, many of which have fallen out of fashion even in refugees arriving from that chapter, and certainly do not prevail in the Sands of Intrigue. No directory of the wiki should lead here. | |||
==The Lord & Lady== | ==The Lord & Lady== | ||
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'''Associated Domains: Nobility, Law, Sun, Travel, War, Protection''' | '''Associated Domains: Nobility, Law, Sun, Travel, War, Protection''' | ||
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'''Associated Domains: Sun | '''Associated Domains: Sun, Death, Repose, Darkness, Healing''' | ||
'''Focus: The Sun, Cycles, Redemption''' | '''Focus: The Sun, Cycles, Redemption''' | ||
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<big>''Although the cults following these creeds are rare and small, they stubbornly endure in the remote places of the City.''</big> | <big>''Although the cults following these creeds are rare and small, they stubbornly endure in the remote places of the City.''</big> | ||
==The Renunciation== | ==The Renunciation== | ||
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[[File:Pumpkin.jpg]] | [[File:Pumpkin.jpg]] | ||
'''Associated Domains: | '''Associated Domains: Earth, Undeath, Fungus, Plant, Repose''' | ||
'''Focus: Necromancers, the Superstitious, Pragmatists''' | '''Focus: Necromancers, the Superstitious, Pragmatists''' | ||
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'''Special Requirements: Non-Good''' | '''Special Requirements: Non-Good''' | ||
Yevathax ( | Yevathax (sometimes "Yevethax;" the exact spelling is disputed) is a minor deity in the city. It is one of a small handful of gods of undeath that are worshipped in dark corners and dusty cellars. Its faith is spread through rumours of exhausted planar prospectors having survived stumbling onto its plane of vast dry crop fields of pumpkin, wheat and corn that mature into terrible undead creatures that relentlessly attack the would-be explorers. | ||
Sometimes called "the Pumpkin Tree" the planar explorers who come across Yevathax often report a similar pattern of battling through a terrible number of undead creatures to finally make their way to a vast tree covered in pumpkins that sweeps down to give them an offering, as if it is surrendering to their prowess. If any have refused this gift and attacked the tree, they are not around to tell of it. | Sometimes called "the Pumpkin Tree" the planar explorers who come across Yevathax often report a similar pattern of battling through a terrible number of undead creatures to finally make their way to a vast tree covered in pumpkins that sweeps down to give them an offering, as if it is surrendering to their prowess. If any have refused this gift and attacked the tree, they are not around to tell of it. | ||
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'''Focus: Corruption, Slaughter, Madness, Doom''' | '''Focus: Corruption, Slaughter, Madness, Doom''' | ||
'''Special Requirements: Evil''' | '''Special Requirements: Evil, Application''' | ||
The "faith" of Tchun the Sleeper | The "faith" of Tchun the Sleeper was best described not as a formal religion, but rather instead almost as a kind of sickness. Tchunism could strike without warning: it began with gloomy dreams of a sleeping giant locked in ice; gradually these dreams increased in intensity and terror until even waking life was a frenzied affliction of haunted visions. Tchunites, once they fully succumbed to their dreadful faith, became obsessed with performing acts of extreme wickedness in pursuit of the seemingly impossible task of awakening "Tchun the Sleeper." Merely hearing the name of Tchun could sow the seeds of madness in the weak-minded. It was one of the City's greatest horrors. | ||
The plague of Tchunism eventually culminated in great cataclysm wherein which Tchun the Sleeper arose at last. The streets ran red with blood. Gentle hearts grew hard and vicious. Cruel madness scythed through every level of society. But as the world teetered on collapse, brave heroes rose to unseat this ancient evil and (at great cost) returned the Sleeper to his slumber. Their efforts sent Tchun's icy prison hurling toward the darkest, farthest edges of reality, as a dread comet streaking across the night sky. As a consequence of this banishment, Tchunism has widely faded from the world, with only a few scattered holdouts remaining. | |||
Although no new infections of Tchunism are known to occur, if you would like to play a surviving slave of Tchun, feel welcome to send '''DM whyemmdee''' a message on the EFU forum to discuss your potential character, or otherwise file a formal application for your concept through '''[[EFUSL2]]'''. | |||
==The Imitation Goddess== | ==The Imitation Goddess== | ||
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==The Divine Alphabet== | ==The Divine Alphabet== | ||
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'''Associated Domains: Knowledge, Protection, Rune, Spell, Travel''' | '''Associated Domains: Knowledge, Protection, Rune, Spell, Travel''' |
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