Eretzism

Background

Eretzism is a religion founded by screndt2 Faracan in Fheuvenem. It is actually a millenia-old religion that had all its few followers wiped out. These followers lived in a village by the name of Khistray, just northeast of Fheuvenem city proper. They were wiped out by the forces of Old Grehk when they looted and killed everyone in the village.

After the village was wiped out, screndt2 was approached by a small child by the name of Ciriel when he returned to Fheuvenem after the lootings. Ciriel told him of a promise she made to her mother before her mother was dragged away by the Old Grehk forces. This promise was to have both herself and screndt2 say Kahl'a for the dead of the village. He agreed and was led to the small temple in a state of disrepair. He watched this small child in prayer and the strength she seemingly got from her faith in the aftermath of the destruction of her village.

After much time with Ciriel in the temple and reading old tomes, screndt2 realized that this was his calling. He returned to Fheuvenem to finish some tasks there before becoming a priest not only in action, but in name as well. He was there greeted by Ciriel. She turend out to not be a small child, but an avatar of the Forest and she told him he was worthy of becoming its next leader to once again spread Eretzism across the land.

Theology

Not much is known about the makeup of Eretzism's higher power(s). At times, avatars are sent to interact with the people but these avatars never explain the hierarchy of the higher power(s). They never even explain whether it is one god or multiple gods. They have been studied and philosophised over for millenia and many ideas have been put forth regarding it/them. There have been many tomes written about the different possibilities, one of the more interesting ideas is that they are separate entities whose thoughts are shared amongst each other at all times. This then raises the question of whether we would even consider them separate beings at all. Which then brings the question of the importance of the physical vs the mental to the forefront.

What is known about the higher power(s) is that they are protective of the World. Throughout the ages, they made their best attempt to save the World from the Cataclysms and gave their powers to the realms that agreed with their beliefs. The ones they thought would give the World its best chance at surviving, or even eliminating, the next Cataclysm.