Phoenixism

Short Understanding
Phoenixism is a small religion followed by the people who live in the area of the short lived Empire of the Scarlet Islands. They worship the phoenix and sacrifice items to the phoenix. The people who worship the phoenix believe that millions of years ago, a phoenix entered the universe. When it entered, it disrupted the universe, so when the world of rathnir was born, the land around the entry point generated into floating islands, cliffs, mountains, trenches, caves, and more.

The Phoenixism Handbook
Inside of this handbook, you will be told how Phoenixism works. This is the only handbook and the official one.

Backstory
Millions of years ago, a phoenix flew through the universe in search of a fiery planet it could call home. Going through universe after universe, each universe it would assemble a little part of. One night, it flew through rathnir, hundreds of thousands of years before it was even created. It painted the mesa with its fiery talons, and shaped the desert with its breath. Then it was gone, in search of the planet it will call home, and the planet we call the sun. On its way into our universe, it created a hole to get in. This hole distorted shape and time. That's why the extreme hills biome exists. The phoenix would distort the universe with each hole, so when the world of rathnir generated, the areas where it flew became scattered with hills higher than the clouds, majestic floating islands stationed above trenches as deep as bedrock, and cliffs so high you cant see the top. One day, in hundreds of years, the phoenix will get tired of the sun, and go in search for another planet it can call home. And when that day comes, rathnir will come to an end too. But that is a story for another time, now, lets get on with the handbook.

How to Build a Phoenixism Temple
A phoenixism temple is what you need to be able to say prayers, worship, and give sacrifices to the phoenix. In this section of the handbook, we will tell what a temple must have in order to be a functioning phoenixism ground.

The first thing you must have is a desert or a mesa. If the temple is built anywhere else, it will not function. If it is built in a mesa biome, it must be made of terracotta. Any color of fire will work, but it must be just one color on the outside. If its in a desert, it must be made of sandstone.

The second thing you must take into consideration is size. Each temple must be atleast 20 by 20 blocks wide, but the larger the temple, the more the phoenix will appreciate your people. All the temples must go in 1 block and up 1 block each layer, just like a pyramid. In fact, temples of the phoenix must be in the shape of a pyramid.

Inside of the pyramid, there must be a glass floor with lava beneath it.

The rest of the temple is up to you, but it must have the feel of fire.

Sacrifices
Sacrifices must be held inside of the temple, and must go a certain way for them to be successful. In this section, we will look at how to hold a sacrifice and what to sacrifice.

How to Sacrifice
To begin a sacrifice, you must be inside of the temple. The lead of the sacrifice must be standing atleast 1 block above the people who are joining the sacrifice. There are a few specific words you must say before you offer the sacrifice, they go like this.

"Phoenix of the sun, we are offering to you a sacrifice. Come down to rathnir, the land of the painted mesa and the winding desert, for in this chest lays items of fire."

After you say those words, you may offer the sacrifice, but you must say each thing that you put in the chest out loud, sort of like this.

"Phoenix of the sun, a/an *insert item name here*"

For example, if you are offering a lava bucket, you would say.

"Phoenix of the sun, a lava bucket"

Or if you are offering an apple, you would say.

"Phoenix of the sun, an apple"

If you are offering multiple of the same item, you would replace the "a/an" with the amount of that item being offered, like this.

"Phoenix of the sun, 4 gold ingots"

You must say out loud everything that you are offering to the phoenix, so that the phoenix knows what he has at the land of rathnir.

Sacrificing an Animal
Animals can be sacrificed to keep the phoenix happy, but they must be sacrificed in a certain way.

To sacrifice an animal, there must be a 4x4 lava pit surrounded by netherbrick fence. There should be 1 netherbrick gate to get the animal into the sacrifice area. If possible, there should be pistons that push the animal into the lava from the flick of a lever. If not, the person who is leading the sacrifice can do the honors, and either lure the animal into the lava or hit it into the lava.

The saying for sacrificing an animal is different from an offering. They go along the lines of this.

"Phoenix of the sun, we have a sacrifice for you. Your stomach burns with fire, and hungry for more. We are sending you a/an *animal name here*. We hope you enjoy your sacrifice"

After that is said, you will either flick the lever to push the animal in, or you will do it manually.

What to Sacrifice
You can sacrifice almost anything, but the phoenix enjoys some stuff more than others. Here is a list of stuff the phoenix enjoys. It will be ranked on a scale of 1-10. 10 being the phoenix enjoys it the most.

- Netherite Scrap, Block, or Ancient Debris 9

- Netherite Ingot 10

- Gold 6

- Lava Bucket 8

- Netherbrick 7

- Ghast Tear 9

- Wither skeleton skull 7

What NOT to Sacrifice
Although the phoenix enjoys almost everything, there are a few things the phoenix hates. Legend says that if you sacrifice these things, he will not accept another sacrifice from you again.

- Water Bucket

- Raw Food

- Corals

- Anything that comes from the ocean, other than cooked fish