Deus Helios



It is a religion revealed by the one True Sun God Deus Helios through a vision the prophet Chazarios received during a stroke from prolonged exposure to the sun. This religion rejects the lies of the heretics of Pillars of the Sun and Soleannen. Its main enemies are the worshippers of the Moon and all cults associated with it, which are the greatest evil for the Deus Helios believers.

History
The faith in Deus Helios was discovered by the prophet Chazarios, who while searching for the meaning of life in the holy city of Aten, suffered a serious stroke during which Deus Helios appeared to him in the form of a huge sun, which told him the history of the world and ordered him to start preaching faith in him. Since then, Chazarios has converted his first servant Kwan into his Right Hand man.

Lore
In the beginning, there was emptiness. Deus Helios, the pure emanation of light, arose from the universality that surrounded reality. For thousands of years in his existence, the Almighty felt lonely and decided to create his sons as companions who would accompany him in his existence. He created the Moon and Rathnir, who together decided to accompany their father on his cosmic journey. However, after some time Rathnir felt lonely and asked his Father for more companions to bear with him on his journey. The Father rejected his request as he did not want any more sons, he decided to give his earthly son the gift of life on his surface by creating a race of people and all kinds of life. When the Moon saw the gift that the Father had bestowed upon Rathnir, he asked him for a gift as well. Deus Helios decided to fulfill the request of his equally important son by giving him a part of his power and the ability to give light. This gift, in spite of its greatness, did not please the Moon, who desired power over life, and in an act of desperation challenged his earthly brother, killing him and creating on his decaying body his own life, which was all kinds of monsters. At that time, humanity suffered during the eternal night which only ended when he intervened to defeat the moon but he was not able to kill his own son so he limited himself to reduce his influence which divided the day on Rathnir into two seasons the day when people could see the greatness of Deus Helios and the night during which the moon did not divide and rule monsters and a handful of lunatics who were ready to worship him in exchange for his gifts. After these events mankind was locked in an eternal cycle of struggle between the father of the universe and his wayward son. Mankind received many gifts from their Sun God including gold which is his tears that he shed during the death of his son, all life that consumes him and light that protects his followers from the evil of the night. The same mankind, however, forgot about its Lord who, bored with waiting, chose for himself a prophet named Chazarios who was appoint to show again humanity the true path which they had long abandoned.

Practices
Every believer in the Only God is obliged to praise his power daily with the words "Laudate sole" at sunrises and to make at least one pilgrimage a month to the Holy City of Revelation, Aten, for rituals that are known only to the Sun Worshippers themselves.

All believers are advised to drink lots of water, as the sign of sweating due to warmth of sunlight is considered pleasing to Deus Helios. It is recommended to carry at least 4 full bottles of cleansed water in the equipment and consume it every day.

If it can be considered a practice, it is a duty for Sun Worshippers to stay away from shadows at all costs. It is advised to always carry 2 sets of flint and steel, in case one wanders too far away, loses track of time to realise it will be night soon, one should use the power of making fire and light his way to home. Also, a lantern should be carried in left hand, if possible.

Beliefs and traditions
The followers of Deus Helios believe in the all-embracing presence of their God in every thing surrounding them, for this reason the followers of the one God do not eat meat, which does not have the essence of Deus Helios. Instead, they eat all kinds of plants including the holiest of all, wheat, which has the most blessings from the God. A believer in the Only God, in relations between fellow worshippers and unbelievers, must be guided by a special code the content of which can be known only by a true believer.

It is believed, that inside all water reservoirs there's a seething corruption, as told by consul Kwan, it is caused by moonlight absorbed by water itself. It is not visible to human eye, unless detected with special kind of material proposed by Deus Helios himself in one of the stroke-induced prophecies. This given material changes its original orange color to complete opposite, to strikingly violet shade. The religion and its members have yet to figure out the long-term consequences of it and ways to fight it.

Death by fire is one of the most glorious of deaths. For it to be the most fulfilling, one must carry an item really important to the person and burn with it, the God always acknowledges it.