Sylváromi Táltosság

Origin
This religion originated from the Nákota and Nörmáger tribes of the Táltos nomads. It formed during the Great Collapse, and is a mix of old Gonfist ideals, and new ideals gained during these nomadic people's migrations from their original homeland. It's greatest influencing object of worship was what they call the Great-Tree or World-tree, which is an anomalous life-form that resides in an unknown location North-west of the continent Syltör.

It's discovery is only know from the tales of the nomads, who vividly remember and tell the story of it.

Their General Beliefs
The Sylváromi religion is the shared belief of the Táltos Nomads. It's other names are the Worship of the Great-Tree and Sylváromi Shamanism, it is a mostly nature worshiping one, due to the encounter with the World-tree. They believe that nature should be considered like a precious tool, It shall not be destroyed, but it should be used. Most of their beliefs are based on what they say 'The World-tree told them'.

Their beliefs also include a lot of information regarding the Great Collapse, which they gained from the World-tree.

The Gonfist ideals also pop up, since they are mostly pacifist, following the teachings of G0NF, but with one addition, they believe that G0NF was given his wisdom by the World-tree, some time before G0NF arrived to Jagdas.

The World-tree
It is commonly believed by the Sylváromi táltos people, that the World-tree is not a god, but a special being that knows more than humans do, and can share great wisdom. By their telling, it is a strange conscious tree, that produces sap that pools around it's base and white roots.

The consciousness:
It is a sort of a hive-mind organism, that was created by an event that later indirectly cause the Great Collapse. The Tree itself understands It's existence, but has very low amounts of information on how it came to be, due to it being only capable to comprehend sophisticated details about a few days after it's formation.

The specific cause that made it was 'A monumental rupture of strange energy' that seemed to have one of it's concentration points right at the tree's location, which is supposedly North-west of the continent Syltör. There is no information on where the main concentration point was located. This strange energy forced a rapid mutation in the tree which led to it's consciousness forming.

The consciousness seems to expand and grow itself in its sophistication and it's sight every time one of it's seeds is planted and grows to a full tree. This effect is only reached if the seeds are planted, and then they receive a droplet of the Father tree's sap.

The Sap:
The other change this rapid mutation caused is an ability for the tree to produce sap that is extremely hallucinogenic. The sap is a golden color and it is very runny, somewhere in between milk and honey in consistency. It pools around the base of the tree, in small ponds, and holes formed by it's roots. The ponds release fumes almost all the time, and they are constantly at a close to hot temperature, thus they cannot freeze in the winter. It is not safe to directly consume the pure sap, as consumption will result in usually either of these three symptoms:

Insanity from the strength of the connection, or a heart attack, which is often survivable, but leaves no recollection of drinking the sap, or Immediate death caused by the drinker slowly bleeding sap-like substance from their pores, their skin turning orange-ish for a few minutes, then after their skin is covered in sap, spontaneously igniting, due to the insanely flammable nature of the produced sap-like substance. These symptoms only occur if the drinker consumed sap from the Father tree, and not the sap of the offsprings.

Inhaling the fumes from the Father tree's sap causes an immediate telepathic connection to be made with the Tree, during which the person who is in the trance can directly communicate with the tree. The same effect can be achieved by drinking the offspring's sap, which is safe for consumption.

The Seeds:
The seeds appear to be less of a seed, and more of a fruit. They are approximately the size of a larger pear, bearing holes on their outside, and covered in a thick and hard layer of white wooden scales that are similar to the bark of the Father tree. Their planting is a highly sacred ritual, and can be only done in locations that the Father tree shows in the vision and deems fit for it's offspring. A pattern can be noticed between the different sites. They usually are on high-ground, and the Tree prefers either extreme hot zones like the Deserts, Canyons, and Jungles, or it prefers moderately cold zones, like the Taiga, and the Mega-taiga.

The Soul Vision:
One of the minor visions that the world tree showed to it's discoverers, it consisted of a mostly non-verbal, idea and image based exchange, that was one sided, with the Tree being the active "speaker". It showed what appeared to be a soul, but two at once. It told that those are the same person, but know, that "one is two at the same time", one of the souls is a  'corporeal one'  the other is a  'free one' , and the  'free one' does not reside with the corporeal at all times.

G0NF and The Tree:
The Tree tells of a man who first discovered it, and was the first to be granted wisdom through knowledge. This man was none other than G0NF, who was the first to encounter the world tree during his journey into Jagdas. At the time the tree was still in it's primal form, as it had not gained any offspring yet, and was still at the early stages after becoming conscious. The Tree though still in this early form, granted G0NF a Vision, that showed him the world, and he saw many truths hidden in the fold of time.

The Tree on the Events of the Great Collapse
Most of our information about the cause of the great collapse is from the Tree.

Read More Details about this event in the Great Collapse article.