Path of Dain

"From the insides of Ardat Lili we came, to her insides we will go again, because all souls of Rathnir plane are bound to her belly by an umbilical cord that can't ever be broken" - proverb of Dain Kemal.

The Path of Dain, known commonly as Daini or sometimes Ardatism (though this name is not accepted), is a dualistic religion originating from the continent of Ummarnu. Daini is mostly practiced by the Ardatian people and it is an organization of their traditional and aboriginal religious tradition.

Daini is centered around the teachings of the prophet Dain, and indeed the modern form of the faith is said to have been estsblished by him. Central to the faith is the belief in two gods named Ardat Lili and Astar Mor, who are personifications of the moon and the sun respectively. The world of Rathnir and Eldham as well as all the souls in it are taught to have been created by Ardat Lili and Astar Mor as parents.

The path of Dain or Daini (also called Ardatism) is an ancient religion original from the desert continent of Ummarnu and practiced by the Ardat people, Dainis pray the mothership, masculinity, passion, feminity, loving submision and opression and cunning. they also pray the night and the moon, They consider the night to be the true responsible for life, since it is at night when conceptions occur, when the sun goes down and stops beating the entire biome and when the family returns home to rest and sleep together, the Night is also the time when the secrets of love are best hidden.

Daini is also known (and sometimes criticized) for its reverence of masculinity and femininity as complementary sides of human nature, its emphasis on pleasure, and its libertarian values.



Ancient Ardatism
For the sake of clarity and consistency, this article will define Ardatism and Daini as two different concepts. The term "Ardatism" is usually intended to refer to the wider belief system of the ancient ardati culture. The term "Daini" will therefore refer to the reformed religion that developed later on.

Obviously, Ardatism developed first and foremost in Ardat.

The ancient tribal culture of the tribes around the Mesa of Ummarnu were highly mathriarchal and ruled by chieftains name "poligamic mothers", a woman in reproductive age to mate and leave descendants, normally the wisest and healthiest, to choose the strongest males of the village or conquered tribes, principally other lamiatrophs, but seeing the really short lifespan of male lamiatrophs, they eventually spreat the tradition to male humans and dune elves, the average lifespan of all the lamiatrophs got increased exponentially because of the miscegenation with other humanoids, it used to be even shorter. The heritage of poligamous mothers around the ardati tribes turned into aristocratic families that would normally have positions of power as their respective tribes started to form cities with growing population. The traditional belief of such cities normally talked about Aradat Lilithu, who gave birth to the 6 poligamous mothers, Xijot, Mamori, Aradat, Waka, Paleshi and Gesei of their respective tribes and gave birth to their theocratic noble descendants.

The Myths talk about a race of angelical beings name "Lamias" (the first poligamic mothers creations of Aradat Lilitu) who came down to earth and defeated the evil forces of Maturin not allowing them to destroy the living beings and then showed the old ardatian pre Mamori semi nomadic tribes of the mesa the truth of universe and the existence of Aradat Lilitu, the metallurgy of the gold, the importance of healthcare and hygiene and the morals of their common culture, from that ancestral moment, the Lamias would slowly evolve into the modern Lamiatroph people. the ardatism was adopted by the first caliphate of Manyira Nevaska of the Mamori, who unificated all the Mesa and founded the first caliphate. the vision of Ardatism addopted by the 1st caliphate after the bloody conquest of Manyira was stablished by all the Imans of the 6 tribes of the Mesa and oficially named "ardatismo" which means "the faith of beauty", in a council preceeded by the saint Rado the wise, a respected embassador from the Mamori who convinced the shamans (Imans) of all the tribes to merge together into the Monastery of Infinite Pleasure.

Life of Dain
Dain Kemal was an Iman from Ardat Nevaska (former name of the Mamori capital and current capital of Ardat, Ardat Mosul). part of a generation in which the ardatian church was having strong structural reforms, the second caliphate 4010 Before Jagdasian colonization.

Traditions and Practices
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Relations with other religions
Ardat Lili:

Ardat Lili, the moon lady, is hidden in the dark side of this, hidden from the sword of the sun demon, which has harassed her since the death of Astar Mor, her husband, at the hands of him in an unfair battle that destroyed several dimensions and turned his body into the nether, a rotten place in that is falling apart. Ardat Lili represents the love of creation and motherhood, her womb (Dain's chamber) contains all the souls of human beings who will be born in the future, and all those who died in the past, it is said that all women have a spiritual and physical connection with Ardat Lili, since the menstrual cycle of each one is generally linked to Ardat Lili's journey through the shadow of the moon during the lunar cycle. It is also said that it is her own reproductive cycle that controls the 4 seasons, During the spring she gives birth to all the souls that will be born into sentient beings on earth, after this period, her blood falls in the form of a miraculous rain to the soil and fertilizes all the plants so that they bloom, during the summer, she goes into heat and warms the whole world, during the autumn she lies lying on the moon next to the vigorous soul of Astar Mor, who has fertilized her (her menstrual cycle stops) During the winter she rests while the souls in her womb evolve and gain consciousness and desires and, finally, in the spring the cycle repeats again.

Daini in culture:

Normally the followers of the doctrine of the prophet Dain (most important male prophet of Ardatism) tend to have a tolerant, passionate vision of reality, Daini normally enhances the exciting process of courtship and lovers comfort, this religion also celebrates masculinity and the enjoyment of earthly pleasures and self-improvement, therefore, many of the Followers of his doctrines have a great sense of private property and protection of private capital (many of Rathnir's greatest economists have come from Ardat Mosul (holy city of worship). Ardatism is a religion for the most part matriarchal, due to the importance of the role of women in the family, education, healthcare and hygiene and how important births are to Ardatian society, since the average lifespan of a female Lamiatroph is 50 years, therefore, the mistreatment of the physical or emotional integrity of a woman in society is considered an abominable and vile crime that deserves capital punishment, this makes the majority of men in Ardatian society feel immense devotion to their mothers, sisters or wives.

Thieflings:

The Lamiatroph (also called succubi or thieflings) are a human race of women and men from the continent of Ummarnu that have identical features to humans with the difference that they have a bald, long and thick tail, sharp fangs and elven ears, they are considered the "older children of Ardat Lili ", because, according to Daini cosmology, the modern human race descends from the mixture between the lamias (a race of serpent-tailed women daughters of Ardat Lili) and the great pigs (ancestors of the piglin, sons of Astar Mor), is an increasingly less common race in Rathnir, because they have decided to mix with humans, but the last two caliphs of the Ardat Mosul caliphate were the succubi Xylapax bin Mosul and her daughter Dalatra Mosulia, former Sovereign of the caliphate.

enemity with the sun:

the classical heliolatric religions (that worship the sun) are not tolerated by the most traditionalist people of Ardat, since they consider the sun as a demon who murdered the father of all races (Astar Mor), stole the light from his hands, burned and dried the now infertile lands of Ardat and cursed Ardat Lili, that is why most Ardatian women tend to cover their bodies with veils, since they want to have as little contact as possible with the sun, the followers of the sun are not murdered, since Ardatism is a peaceful religion, but there is a general dislike for heliolatry