Friday, 10 June 2016

Religion in Dascapus

In every world (almost), there are Gods, Deities or religion of some kind. All of the lore in the Players Handbook and Dungeon Masters Guide is absolutely brilliant; properly detailed with nearly everything you could ask for.

Me? I'm just awkward, and if I'm building the world, the countries, the kingdoms, etc, why not create the religion while I'm at it?

In Dascapus, the creation story is generally believed by most people, but there are 3 different religious sects; Dynism (named after Dygnera), Titanism (named after the Titans) and the Order of Lumen Velios (named after the god Lumen and his wife Velios).

Sects

Dynism focuses on worship of the Old Gods - the believed creators of the world and those responsible for everything they see around them.

Titanism is about the worship of what most people consider to be the evil gods, or at least the chaotic ones. Not everyone who worships these gods are evil, but it's very frowned upon to revere these beings.

The Order of Lumen Velios worship the new gods, believing that they rose up from the world to confront the Titans and banishing them, relieving the torment and chaos they'd left upon the world.

Creation Story

The same story is generally believed by all of the sects of religion is Dascapus, with a few exceptions and changes between them.

Firstly, the Old Gods came from other worlds where they were renowned heroes, adventures and other people of great influence and power who rose above the state of mortals and decided to create their own perfect, utopian world. They succeeded in creating a place where evil did not exist, even in human nature; Dascapus. However, a darkness had followed them from their native planes. This darkness banded together to become the Titans. Eventually, the Titans found Dascapus and subtly influenced the nature of humans, elves, dwarves, even going so far as to create tieflings and the dragonborn. Eventually, the Old Gods found out and confronted the Titans, but the Titans beat them and banished them from the world. Dascapus was plunged into chaos; death, and destruction now reigned supreme for hundreds of years. Eventually, a group of heroes found the power to rise up and face the Titans. An epic battle was fought, and the New Gods came out victorious. The Titans hadn't been slain, but their power was gone and their forms destroyed. However, the world had already been influenced and it was impossible for the New Gods to reverse the damage that had been done. They then took it upon themselves to watch over Dascapus while searching for the Old Gods, hoping their combined power would cleanse the world of sin and bring back the age of peace.

At least, that's what the Order of Lumen Velios believes. Worshippers of Dynism believe that the Old Gods never left, instead their power was stripped and became mortals once again, the New Gods being their ancestors eventually helped to push the Titans back. Some say Dygnera never left and that she still wanders the Unclaimed Lands, at the top of Limata Peak.

As I said, those who worship Titanism aren't always evil. Some of them believe that the Titans represent cultural diversity and destroyed the inherent racism and xenophobia that the Old Gods had created. However, there are also plenty of beings who lean towards evil and chaos and believe that the Titans were right to provide a more realistic view of the world, where not everything has a silver lining and is viewed through rose-tinted glasses.

The Gods

The Old Gods

Dyngnera - Goddess of Life 
Esdur - God of War 
Gohorr - God of Art
Hithena - Goddess of Nature
Vokona - Godess of Shadows
Xumos - God of Knowledge
Dymus - God of the Sun
Rumes - God of Travel
Romus - God of Luck
Axthar - God of Peace
Hutmera - Goddess of Serpents

The Titans

Brehnir - The Bloody Axe - God of War - Represents the slaughter
Trazex - The Ancient Shield - God of War -  Represents the insurmountable odds
Xylsha - The Shadow Keeper - Goddess of Knowledge - Represents lies, secrets and deceit
Carannar - The Waxing Moon - God of Darkness - Represents the abscence of light and hope
Suranath - The Motionless Sea - God of Luck - Represents nothing but bad luck
Lillnnys - The Raven Queen - Goddess of Death 

The New Gods

Lumen - God of Light
Velios - Goddess of Dark
Hydris - Goddess of Water
Scorch - God of Fire
Theran - God of the Earth
Murmus - God of Air 

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