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Practitioners of the old, 'orthodox' Pra'raj faith are scattered far and wide across the Ash Desert, and maintain secret mystery cults where they may follow their religion hidden from the authorities. They known as the Al'Yataar, or 'Old Truth'. | Practitioners of the old, 'orthodox' Pra'raj faith are scattered far and wide across the Ash Desert, and maintain secret mystery cults where they may follow their religion hidden from the authorities. They known as the Al'Yataar, or 'Old Truth'. | ||
The tenets of the Al'Yataar are as follows: | '''The tenets of the Al'Yataar are as follows:''' | ||
*Attain purity - both of mind and flesh. Abstain from vice, narcotics, and filth. Make a temple of yourself, for it is host to the God within. | |||
*Inquiry is sacred. Learn of science, mathematics, and other such pursuits as might better reveal the mysteries of the World-That-Is-Machine. | |||
*Observe Water-Fasting; deprive the flesh of B'aara's water, to free yourself from enslavement to her smothering control. This is an act of defiance against her priests. | |||
*Fight mental complacency in others. Defy any who make assumptions, or declare universal truths. There is only one certain truth, and that is that you are divine. | |||
*Do not let others subordinate you to false gods. Offer lip-service to protect the Temple of Self, but work always to undermine and defy their priests. | |||
The tenets of the Zojhiri Heresy are unknown, and must be discovered in-game. | The tenets of the Zojhiri Heresy are unknown, and must be discovered in-game. | ||
Players who choose this religion should be aware it is illegal in Baz'eel, and by extension Ephia's Well, and as such should expect a need to maintain secrecy about their beliefs. Your deity field should always be "Pra'raj," regardless of doctrine followed. | Players who choose this religion should be aware it is illegal in Baz'eel, and by extension Ephia's Well, and as such should expect a need to maintain secrecy about their beliefs. Your deity field should always be "Pra'raj," regardless of doctrine followed. | ||