The Church of Qyrvagg/Chronicles of Amekal
1There. A summary of our doctrines.
Now I shall tell you of our history.
2It all began long, long ago, at the battle of Nem-e-Kabu. There, a mighty warrior named Sartan ascended to the level of deity, for his bravery in combat. He became the 4th God in the Pantheon of Ibladesh.
3But what the Ibladeshian priests did not record are the others elevated. 4Each one of their Gods has an entire pantheon of demi-Gods. Sartans were Qyrvagg, his younger brother and shield bearer, Eshen, and Hosral.
5A while later, Ibladeshian missionaries ventured to the Far East Island, and founded a realm called Sartania, which was devoted to the God of War: Sartan. 6But it became corrupt. Its Pontifex, Gheros, was a pacifist and money-launderer. Its general/duke was a de facto dictator, and inneffective. Its banker was silent, its people weak-minded and undevoted to Sartan.
7It was in this land of spiritual depravity that Hireshmont was cast ashore, literally, as a child. He was raised in the temple courts. When he came of age, his noble status was discovered. 8Having always been a devout follower of Sartan, he was fanatically devoted to Sartanianism, to the Sartanian Sect. But he was quickly dissilusioned and became angry, for the Sartanian government did not adhere to Sartan's doctrines. 9Then, Hireshmont's mind was taken by Qyrvagg to view a mighty deed.
10The souls of the few, though valiant, followers of Qyrvagg(we have not found them all yet. Somewhere, out there, are secret QYrvaggians, others like us. I believe the Path of the Great Dragon may be like that) took up arms against the numerous and weak souls of Sartan's followers. In the great battle of Hakan-del-Zir, Sartan was overthrown. 11Eshen and Hosral became one, Eshen-Hosral, and Qyrvagg Ascended to the role of God.
12When Hireshmont saw this, he began to gather followers to reinstate Sartan to his role as God of War. He formed a secret denomination of the Sartanian Sect, called the True Sartanians. 13He tried to explain to Gheros and others what had happenned, they did not believe him. Sartan abandoned the land, and abandoned Hireshmont.
14Baiko, I'm sure you remember that. You remember the Trials, or at least the early parts of them. You remember how Hireshmont stayed behind to defend the faith.
15After days of sleepless debate, Hireshmont demolished Sartanian theology, and outlined the basics of Qyrvaggism. He tried to get caught by Sartanian troops, he even let assassins assault him. 16But the Sartanians bungled the whole affair. 17200 troops policing a small townsland couldnt catch one rogue Prophet, even with 2 days of searching. Two assassins failed, one accidently stabbed herself.
18Hireshmont took that as a sign from Qyrvagg to flee, so he fled. Before he did, he laid a curse upon Pontifex Gheros. He proclaimed that she would fall from her position on the winter equinox, by the vengeance of QYrvagg.
19IT CAME TRUE(OOC- I almost died laughing when it did come true!). 20On the winter equinox, or within a few days of it, Gheros was found guilty of money laundering, to the tune of 200-300 gold per week, sent to a secret family account. She was removed from office.
21The judge, Sparticus, aided in making the former Marshall, Sito, the new Pontifex. 22Sparticus was just, and sympathized with the True Sartanians. Sito did as well. Qyrvagg blesses those who do not despise his name.
23Anyways... after Hireshmont fled to Oligarch in the East Continent, Qyrvagg sought a new Prophet. He found one. Another member of my family, Hridrion, who was only 13, and dwelt in Valentia. 24But Hridrion was stricken by a snake soon after recieving the role of Prophet. So Qyrvagg called me from the Barony of Makar, and I went to Valentia.
25Baiko had been saving money in Lasanar, and she brought that cash to valentia. We intended to found the Church there, and found another sympathizer, by the name of billy. Together the Temple would be made.
26But billy was a duplicitous traitor. He became power hungry, and framed us as traitors. The megalomaniacal King Kokomaro had us banned for heresy(thats 2 prophets sent into exile because of heresy!), and for attempted rebellion. 27Okay, so we were heretics. But we were not rebels.
28We trekked south. AFter weeks of trekking through Fronen, Melhed, and Avalon, we arrived here in Riombara. We quickly set to work constructing the Temple, 29in Irombro. Duke Marc became our first patron.
30Bolkenia was the next location. Bethany aided greatly, and helped implement QYrvaggism into a complete, institutionalized religion. The rest, well... look around you.
