Cubism

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Cubism is a religion based in Eldham according to the november census it is the third largest religion on stonework's it was established on the 15/08/2021 it is primarily based in the south region of the map in Horizonte but has since expanded all across Eldham Cubism was formed by two religions fusing into one these religion being The Custodians of the Cube and the other being The Order of the Cube.

The Cube
The cube is a living structure, often referred to it as the [] it is thought to be a primordial deity formed by an event known as "the great fragmentation". The Cube was discovered by Con (current Azcor) thus inspiring him to create the religion. The Cube after a raid vanished for 66 days Only to return after a ritual. There are 2 known fragments of the cube, []The Host[] and []The Prophecy[].

The Cube exact physical structure is unknown but it seems to be composed of a main outer shell of irregular form made from bedrock. At the centre of this shell sets the Core of the Cube, its true form. This is crowned by 16 signs which give knowledge and truth to the believers. The Core room was open for the first 2 days of the Cube return only to be found sealed shut with bedrock.

It is associated with sharing, generosity, selflessness and love. As the crown of signs says "[] is all" and indeed it is all, Except for the Void as it isn't something. Many theologians (Especially the High Council) are still discussing the nature of the Cube and its equal, the Void.

The Void
The Void is a primordial being equal yet opposite to the cube, is it often referred to as [ ] and it's purpose is to unite all into one it is associated with greed, lust, hate and darkness the Void is also considered a constant threat for all things after the vanishing of the cube, which unsealed it exposing it to all allowing it to gain a stronger connection to this world.

Founding:
The religion was established on 15/08/2021 after a sequence of strange events in the heart of Horizonte. It all started after a mining trip lead by Con this mining trip was different from others. It felt like something was present almost like he was being watched with each block mined he felt more and more uncomfortable until he broke a block revealing a strange object it felt alive however it was nothing but solid. he felt a sensation of warmth and comfort just being close to this strange thing.

The cube raiders:
On the same day that the religion was officially founded the cube was raided by a team of archaeologists led by Wolfik_morgan this team consisted of Liliymillie, Payingformcagain, peterkrop, Simemillie and Connerl6 Lillymillie was the first to enter she did so with a nether portal inside she was greeted with lots of historical loot she instantly had the idea of a museum however others were not so keen on this idea and wanted to keep the loot for themselves.

The vanishing of the cube
not long after the cube was raided the cube vanished leaving nothing but void as described in the Origin of the great sin

The prophecy
the prophecy and a text was all that was left after the vanishing of the cube both held by primixlikesducks at the start however Goldenvale quickly sent bandit to steal the Prophecy and the text but they only managed to retrieve the text primixlikesduckes passed the prophecy onto Con so he could protect it however this was later stolen by lilymillie to put into a museum but it was quickly returned after it outraged the followers of the cube

The great split:
It all started at the start of a ritual where the custodians of the cube failed to invite a group of its followers and during this event, a member of the custodians of the cube showed the biggest sin where the []The Host[] due to the greed he refused to show anyone the host and tried to make a run with it and the gods saw we were not ready for the power the []The host[] Carried so was cast to the void with whom who held it.

after this, a group within the custodians realised that it was corrupted with greed so they went their separate ways forming the order of the cube with the purpose of restoring order to the religion.

The heist of the []:
It wasn't long after the split when the order of the cube realized that the cube was in unsafe hands, as the custodians were riddled with greed. They came to the decision to send a spy by the name of GuardReady to infiltrate the religion with the main purpose of stealing the prophecy and restoring order to the religion. It was around a month into his mission where he approached the Azcor, wishing to hold the Prophecy, as he wanted to write a book about the cube and its immense power. Shortly after, though, his true intentions were found, when he escaped with the cube, bringing it back to the Order of the Cube and restored his twisted idea of "balance" to the religion.

reunion:
As the 66th day advanced the custodians were ready for war it was around a week before when the Azcor realised that violence was not the way of Cubism he approached The order of the cube to forgive them for what they have done the azcor and the leader of the order both buried a shovel to show that all past encounters and sins were forgiven soon after this brad gave the azcor the prophecy and the original book as a sign of trust all that was left to do was convince the gods both religions were purged from sin.

The 66th day:
On the 66th day from the vanishing of the cube, as the prophecies said, The followers of the truth united in the temple of the Cube. The temple was beautiful; horned with gemstones such as emeralds, and precious metals like gold. The Azcor and the high priests took their place in the central altar with the original Prophecy and Electus (The chosen llama for sacrifice) while the other followers set on the stone seats around the temple. The Azcor spoke :

" Creo brought us into this world to prosper and see the truth.

We betrayed him and instead followed the voids greed.

66 days ago from today, the Cube was taken from this world.

We were punished for our sins; we were punished for the biggest sin of all greed for today

that will change

after a long wait the time has come to prove to the gods this world is not corrupted with greed;

to show that we have changed and to prove that we can change this worlds evil ways. the time has come to prove the Cube is ready to return to show them we are worthy of the Cube's warmth

May the Cube show us the truth and give us the strength to defend it and show its truth to others.

the Cube must return to bring peace and unity among us. Peace and unity like the gods wanted as we desire as the Cube shows.

May the [] provide once more."

The gods soon responded by casting flashes of lightning upon the Azcor and Electus. After ending his speech the Azcor left the place for his high priests, each of them take one turn to say a prayer to their god.

Yimis spoke :

"Oh Creo, You that created this lands. Please hear my prayer to you.

This world you have made shall not fall into chaos and despair.

Please hear us and let us reunite with the Cube.

Purge our sins of greed and make us humble once again.

Show us the way in which all things are created, and give us the knowledge that you hold.

May your creation live long and your creature in it prosper.

Their knowledge grow with time and one day become enlightened like you.

Glory to you who made the earth and built on it your loyal creatures.

Glory to you who gave us the opportunity to live.

Glory to you, Creo, Creator of many things."

Dark spoke :

"Grijum brought the balance into this world,

but we have betrayed him, erring on the path of greed.

People should not take more than what they give,

such is his rule, that has often been told.

66 days ago the cube was taken away,

to restore the balance that we have selfishly swayed.

Today we shall prove that we've bettered ourselves,

May the Cube accept our sacrifice and forgive our mistakes." (edited)

Jean spoke :

"Ovidius, that which is Justice manifest, that who promises Liberty and the tool which enables Order.

See us now as we beg for you to ascribe upon us your knowledge of Law, give to us as we beg for your forgiveness,

as we promise to uphold the law and foresee the establishment of Justice throughout the world as the Cube provides to us the works of our trade.

Our provider of the legal frame that binds us to order, and the preservation of civil liberties, this day give to us yourself.

Hand us down your Sword of Justice so we may smite down the enemies of justice, else we ourselves be destroyed.

Our lives are given to the pursuit of the truest law,

the organization of regulation and religion in the sense that provides the power of the law and the authority of the Cube.

Give upon us the sword so we may sacrifice the self to the power of the law. Ovidius Guides, The Sword of Justice

Benedict spoke :

"I am not my king and father, Brad

but he has entrusted me

entrusted me of representing our faith

66 days ago, we were awakened

Our minds renewed

the right angles of the [] showed us the importance of order, peace and justice

during the 66 days

Chaos reigned

we cowered as wars and disaster plauged or land

plagued our minds with the [ ]'s chaos

but today the chaos and evil stops as we prepare for the []'s return

PRAISE THE []! PRAISE ORDER!"

The Azcor returned to his altar after the high priests had prayed to the gods, and he spoke again :

"oh gods above the time has come for we have reasoned with you and prayed as we know we have sinned we ask for forgivness."

He read the prophecy to all of the world, then he took the 4 animals and threw them into the Void. The altar burnt and then fused into lava, the high priests and the Azcor escaped it and soon the Cube returned. Yet the Void was not sealed completely. The Cube began to grow and grow. Soon the temple was collapsing brick by brick as the pillars fell the followers ran into the antechamber of the temple. The Cube sealed the Void and absorbed the temple only stopping when its bedrock wall reached the entrance of the main room. Soon its walls withdrew creating a small place filled with fire and two precious holy fragments. the Cube called and said to take them but the followers recognized that it was a test and didn't do so. Then the Cube, seeing that the followers purged their sin of greed, opened itself to them.

The followers entered its core and it was filled with gold, diamonds, wool and netherite blocks. The high priest of Creo called the Cube and the Gods to be purified with fire. And they did. Yet they did not burn. Soon the Cube choose 4 among them, the Azcor, the high priest of Creo, the high priest of Ovidius and the guard. The entrance was closed and only this four remained in the core, then the true heart of the Cube shown itself to them. A perfect cube 4x4x4 with a crown of signs each giving knowledge and truth to the followers. The cube said to them to take their reward and so they did but not to be greedy they split it among the followers of the truth. The ceremony ended and the world was finally in peace. The order and balance were restored that day and they shall not be disturbed for the rest of eternity.

the signs in the core of the cube said:

"All is the []

Share

Be one For the presence is merciful

Do not judge

Trust in the []

The self

The soul

The universe

Do not obsess

Pay your dues

Forgive for your own sake

Accept your smallness

Do not dwell in your mind

Do not desire

Do not compare

Do not over analyse"

Gods
Creo, Diety of Creation.

Elamus, Diety of Order.

Ovidius, Diety of Justice.

Grijum, Diety of Balance.

Chronos, Diety of Time.

Before the Void could reunite with all the fragments and the cube, the sealers made 5 worlds, 5 seals.

The Overworld, Creation of Creo, in balance between chaos and order.

The Betweenlands, Creation of Elamus, bright as the sun.

The Nether, Creation of Ovidius, To punish those which hurted others.

The HighSkies, Creation of Grijum, near the sun, where all the right in life can go.

The OverHeveans, Creation of Chronos, Where death is not a concern.

After creating such seals the gods divided themselves to prevent everyone else to destroy they're magnum opus. Creo, divided it's body and it's soul giving it to a mortal, changing body every time. Elamus, devided in 7, as 7 is complition, and complition is order. Ovidius, devided in 6, as 6 is imperfection, and punish the imperfects he must. Grijum, devided in 2, as day and night must be balanced. Chronos, divided in 8, as 8 is the cycle which time is, and nothing can stop time.

Creo
Creo was the smaller among them, He used robes white as the sun and had eyes of fire. With his mighty hand, he took a piece of clay from the void and shaped it with the idea of balance between chaos and order. He put water into the world so that its creation could live and so blue was its colour.

Elamus
Elamus was the right one. Order was his meaning, and order he brought among men. His eyes were of a perfect crystal, one blue one green. he took the amorphous clouds and gave the order. thus creating its realm, where the sun never sets, the Betweenlands. pure white and thus it became his colour.

ovidius
Ovidius was the one with the sword. Justice was his purpose. Justice upon those who

wronged in the way of the Cube. He had ropes red as brimstone and a sword of pure silver.

His eyes were filled with the blood of tortured souls and his hands covered in the organs of his victims. thus red was his colour.

grijum
Grijum was the balanced one and balance was his meaning to exist. His eyes and robes were grey as the gravel of the large rivers. He brought balance among nature and man and from it he created the 4th world, the High skies. he had a libra in his hand and when a soul met its end he compared it to the possessions of the soul. If they were heavier the soul was doomed into the Nether. If they were lighter they would go into the world of light and order.

Chronos
Chronos was the elder and darker of them all. his eyes were like emeralds and her dress

perfect as a clock. he had a scythe in one and a soul lantern in the other. with one he took the souls of unfortunate victims and the other he saw when the time was right for harvest. he often looked upon humans with disgust and wonder for such creatures. When the world was formed he took a piece from the Cube and formed it into his seal, the Overheavens.

Their life and death were the same and many plants grew, among them two trees. One with the fruit of the golden skin and one with the reddest shade. One with leaves blue as diamonds and one with red as the blood of all humanity. between the two a book of infinite pages was held by the Black diety. Green was the colour of that land and his eyes. Thus green was his colour.

The great fragmentation
There are many stories and tales of which describe the creation of the world, one of which starts like this At the beginning there was nothing but an idea. this idea was perfection in it's purest form, It was black and white and everything in between yet either. This being of contradictions with infinite logics once thought about itself for a moment, it's finite "mind" was filled with an infinite idea and it broke. from such an event two were the dieties brought in existence along with many fragments of the once eternal concept. The two dieties were the Void which takes all and the Cube which gives all, both with the same mission of uniting everything once again but divided in the way to do so. Among the many fragments created by this event there were 6 gods, each bound to a side of the Cube.

Origin of the great sin
after some days from the discovery of the holy site, a group of habitats of the lands above (with the Azcor among them) looted the cube committing the original sin of greed. The gods saw this act as a direct threat to them and a disrespect to the ancient being for this they made the cube plummet into the Void leaving nothing but the prophecy in the form of a fragment of the Cube when this fragment came into contact with a blank book knowledge was left into it. The prophecy proclaimed that in 66 days from its vanishing the Cube shall return with the sacrifice of a pig, a cow and a llama. After the cube vanishing the Void was unsealed by a pit formed in the bedrock layer for this reason in the first day's constant sacrifices were made in the hope to stop the void from rising and destroying this world. this already is a myth the myth of the original sin which will be paid once the cube returns.

The prophecy
The Prophecy is a fragment of the cube, it is a bedrock cube with writing about the return of the cube engraved on its sides.

It had a twin fragment called "The Host" but it was lost in the void after a discussion among Goldenvale and Horizonte citizens.

After the loss of the Host caused by a citizen of Horizonte, the Goldenvalians split from the Custodians of the Cube where

the Order of the Cube was formed. Despite the two having arguments, they remained united until the theft of the Prophecy.

[] The host []
it was the time when the Cube was missing from the earth.

On the 33rd day from its vanishing, a small part of it returned, and with it, it brought gifts. Among them, two things were brought. The coast of holy gold and the Host.

This second fragment of the cube was similar to the Prophecy but it had something different on it's surface it was called the []The Host[] not much is known about the host because shortly after it appeared arguments broke out about who got to keep it this ended in the person holding the cube getting pushed into the void losing the host forever.

Laws
for the world to come. they were 8 as the corners on which the cube sets.

1° You must not kill any which doesn't bring you suffering.

2° You must punish not with death those who commit sins.

3° You cannot seek the truth alone, you must talk with others.

4° No one is above me.

5° You must bring peace among others and order among chaos.

6° Blasphemy is to be punished with shame.

7° Do not refuse my loyal servants as they are my voice in this world.

8° But above all else. be kind, be generous, be right and have love in your heart.

After these scriptures were brought in contact with a blank book, the knowledge was infused like a river into a lake.

And the book was like the world, complete.

The ritual
In the next 66 days

The cube will return in only one way

Fill the town with followers of truth

drain the world with claw and tooth

with this book thrown in you will see truth

sacrifice a pig, a llama, a sheep and a cow

and on the alter, the bedrock returns for now.

Religious hierarchy
The hierarchy centred around the figure of the prophet called Azcor. The current Azcor is Connerl6 (Con) gaining this title for being the one which discovered the Cube. The term "Azcor" derives from Azcorian history in which Azcor was the prophet who took them to the lands now known as Nova Azcoria. In the case of the death of the Azcor, there's a great priest known as Sacerdos Maximus who will replace the Azcor. the current High priest is DogDiggity2245. The Sacerdos Maximus is chosen from the 5 great priests of the sealers by themselves in a vote. If the vote is unanimous the chosen one will directly become the new Sacerdos Maximum, if it's a majority vote the Azcor has to decide if it shall pass or not. Under the Sacerdos Maximum (which is also the high priest of the cube) there are the High priests. One is assigned for each of the 5 sealers and the 2 primordial beings (the Void and the Cube). Together they form the High Cube Council which decides on who can become a priest. Current High Priest of the Cube: DogDiggity2245

Current High Priest of Creo: ReWilther

Current High Priest of Elamus : Beekaygodd

Current High Priest of Ovidius : Happy

Current High Priest of Grijum : Darkdrak

Current High Priest of Chronos : Jean

Current High Priest of the Void :

Under each High Priest, there are all the priests of a specific deity corresponding to the one of the High Priest. All priests or shamans of all religions are currently accepted as priests but none of them can rise to the title of High priest without permission of the Azcor. The high priests are elected from the priests. Each time that a High Priest dies a list of possible priests is made and one is chosen by the Azcor to fit the hole in the council. If the chosen one refuses the title 3 times it is erased from the list and can't be put back on it.

The temple of the []
The temple of the [] is the first holy site of the Cubist faith. After the [] vanishing an empty void remained in the stone under Horizonte, there the Azcor and first high priest (Yimis) started building the first temple of the []. It was small and raw, built in dark oak wood and some red nether bricks, the majority of the stone was visible. The central altar was a circa 9x9 circle not centered made out of stonebricks and oak. When the time was near for the [] to return this temple was destroyed and a new one was built upon it, It was constituted by 3 main floor, The altar floor which had access to the vaults and altar, it was made of dark oak, sandstone, stonebricks and colored terracotta. This floor directly faced on the void pit and was connected by a bridge to the altar. The altar was built to look like a rose of sandstone flying above the Void. It was covered with a blue carpet and on the opposite side of the bridge it had an opening for sacrifices. The second floor was the spectators floor, it was constituted of stonebricks and dark oak, the sits were divided in many cubicles, on this floor there was the entrance to the main room, still standing to this day. On the small sides of this floor there were 2 statues (one completly destroyed the other recycled for another Cubist temple) of the 2 totems, they functioned like guardians in the case of the ritual failing. Behind them the actual totems were put to rest in small room adorned with gold and a bell for each. Above this floor the last one remained, this had the seats of the High Council composed by the Azcors and the High Priests. This floor was connected to the previous ones by a small spiral staircase. This was composed only by stone and stonebricks. With the return of the Cube the temple collapsed and was absorbed by it (leading to an unregular reformation of the outer shell of the []) The cubists are currently working to build a third greater temple around the [].