Haroldicism

= Haroldicism (Religion) =

Haroldicism is a relatively new faith, created on the date of January 30th, 2022. The religion was founded, according to Kane, after Harold visited him in the hills of Montroig, and told him to revive the old faith. While at the moment very few support the Haroldicist religion, they have been shown to want to expand quickly, with the first 3 being Kane's close friends. The location of the Book of Harold and Harold's Grave are currently unknown.

Spiritual Beliefs
Followers of Harold believe in one, single god, Harold. They also believe that the world was first created in the Nether, or as they know it, the "Great Pasture". Along with the creation of the world, the first intelligent species according to them were the Pig ancestors.

According to the religion, Harold has supreme power over everything in the universe, and was birthed along with it.

Another core tenant of Haroldicism was the Original Sin, a great event where Humans began colonizing the Great Pasture 10k years ago. According to Harolicist scripture, eventually the great colonization led to a curse which brought the nether to the hellscape it seems to be today. They believe all Humanity must atone for the Original Sin, however, Harold has refused to release the path to Atonement until the first of the 3 tasks are complete, to be shown later.

The Piglins are said to be the ancestors of the first Pigs, while the Humans evacuated the cursed Nether. All who remained either became the Wither Skeletons, or the Ghasts, who have since gone mad and attack their fellow man on sight.

Moral Beliefs
Due to Harold's chronological releasing of the core morals, the ancient 9 Oinks of Haroldicism is all that we know of thus far. They are as follows:

"1. Thou shall not harm the living.

2. Thou shall not sacrifice the living.

3. Thou shall, if able, make a pilgrimage to Harold’s grave.

4. Thou shall only worship Harold.

5. Thou shall not eat the bodies of pigs.

6. Thou shall not steal, unless for basic survival.

7. Thou shall embrace, and enforce, modesty and equality.

8. Thou shall pray to Harold weekly.

9. Thou shall always seek atonement."

The Atonement refers to all humanity atoning for the Original Sin. The second most important part of the Haroldicist religion is the Three Tasks, which are as follows,

1. All human leaders must be United under Haroldicism, without bloodshed.

2. All humanity must atone for the First Sin.

3. The Great Pasture must be restored to before the curse.

The tasks are, visibly, very ambitious.

Mythology
New mythology is released for Haroldicism every 2 days, by Harold. There is only one so far, as told by Kane.

Part 1. The history of the Nether

"It started 10k years ago, before any written history. The great god, Harold, was birthed, and the Humans entered the Nether, or as it was known to the Pigs, The Great Pasture, and began a great colonization project. Initially, they co-existed and cooperated, until one day at what is now known as a Nether Fortress, or was then known as the Castle of the Carrot, a large army of 500 humans sieged and burned the city within down.

The ancient Pig ancestors responded in kind, and attacked many Human settlements, however, due to their reliance on gold, while the Humans had much more powerful iron and diamond, they were driven back to their Bastions, with the cities burned with no evidence of them ever existing. Eventually, our god Harold cursed the land to be a hellscape, eventually driving out, or killing, every Human within. The dead, however, became what is now known as the Wither Skeletons, while their leaders, and all who have died since the beginning curse, have either become the Wither Skeletons, or Ghasts, both of which had gone mad and blindly attack anyone who enters their domain.

In a last-ditch effort to wipe out the Pig enemies, the Humans spread a great plague. However, the Pigs managed to cope with the plague, eventually becoming the Zombie Piglins of the modern era. The remaining uninfected were taken with humans, eventually being domesticated to the point we see today. It is unknown what they formerly looked like, as the many nether lavalakes and large fires have wiped out nearly all history of the dimension."