Order of Alzar'agnatus

The Order of Alzar'agnatus, or just Alzar'agnatus, was the national religion of Alzaria and remains the prominent religion in the current city of Alzaria, located in Sylvania.

The religion is heavily tied to the history of Alzaria, with the city being the main holy site for prayer and rituals. The faith focuses on the worship of the great Alzar - the incarnation of light itself, who came down to the mortal plane and founded Alzaria - as well as Alzar's kin known as The Elder Dragons.

The name comes from the phrase "Alzar et agnatus" which translates to "Alzar and his relatives". This shows both the importance of Alzar and how he has become the main focus and figurehead of the religion, but also that there is more to the faith than just him.

Omnia / The Ur-Dragon
Omnia refers to the consciousness that embodies all of existence. In fact, the name "Omnia" directly translates to the word "all". It is said, at the beginning of everything, when there was only Absence, the lack of anything created infinite Potential - all that could be, and all that would be. This intense force of endless possibility was so powerful that it became aware of itself, and thus this created the mind of Omnia.

Omnia was born with the innate desire to create. This desire led them to unleash the infinite potentials that lay within them upon the universe, which at the time was just a void. They watched as all that energy condensed into matter, and monitored its evolution into stars and galaxies. Since everything originates from Omnia, people often refer to them as the creator and the universe itself interchangeably. The Ur-Dragon is the name given to Omnia's physical form, which takes the shape of a colossal dragon. The Ur-Dragon exists in the physical world and has the strength to contain a powerful consciousness, such as Omnia. In fact, the purpose of The Ur-Dragon is to be a vessel that accommodates Omnia's mind, providing a means for them to exist in space and time, and interact with the physical world at the same level of existence. The Ur-Dragon is the progenitor to all of dragon kind, starting with their direct descendants, The Elder Dragons, which then in turn create the race of mortal dragons, of which humans are more familiar with.

When Omnia does not take the form of The Ur-Dragon, they exist in a higher plane, somewhere outside of the cosmos, where they observe all of space and time simultaneously.

The Elder Dragons
One of Omnia's early creations was their children - The Elder Dragons. Though they are smaller in scale to The Ur-Dragon, The Elder Dragons remain the next mightiest beings in existence, with each of them having contributed to the creation of our world, and controlling a key aspect of the universe through possessing a portion of Omnia's divine essence.

Atyra
Perhaps the most influential of The Elder Dragons is Atyra - The Emerald Wyvern. She played an important role in ending The Great Dragon War, though she was not aware of it at the time. Atyra and The Ur-Dragon were the only few dragons that resisted the call to fight one another during the horrendous battle. Over time, their mutual agreement not to fight brought the two gods closer, as they protected each other from the other hostile dragons that sought to invade their peace. Their relationship grew stronger and stronger and their optimism remained undying, eventually manifesting into the aspects of Love and Hope. During this time, The Ur-Dragon gifted Atyra their own personal realm which consisted of an infinite forest under perpetual night, in hopes that it would keep her safe from the chaos that ensued. Atyra would remain here for the rest of the war, while The Ur-Dragon periodically altered between visiting her and attempting to alleviate the conflict. Eventually, the love and hope that bonded these two deities formed into a force known as The Light of Sol, which was thus followed by the birth of Sol himself - a being of pure light, that would later be known as Alzar. Much like how Omnia spontaneously came into existence, originating from the aspect of Potential, so too did Sol, who spontaneously came into being from the shared love and hope between Atyra and The Ur-Dragon. Sol would then go on to cleanse the rest of the brawling dragons of the Darkness that had been driving this barbaric war for millennia, finally ending it by uniting The Elder Dragons under a common cause - the construction of the world.

During the creation of the world, Atyra's most notable contribution was populating the lands with an abundance of different plant and tree species, which is said to have been inspired by the forest realm that was given to her by The Ur-Dragon. She would go on to become closely connected with nature, admiring its beauty and serenity, with some believing her to be Mother Nature itself.

The flag of Alzaria features Atyra surrounded by a dark navy background, representing her forest of eternal night. Some might wonder why the flag does not include Alzar instead, since he founded the city. The reasoning for this is that Alzar wanted the flag to feature something important to him, as well as his people, that wasn't himself, to show that Alzaria stands for more than just Alzar.

The original design is still incorporated in today's flag of Alzaria, with the addition of Sylvania's signature purple and a lower white portion to represent the Light of Sol.

The Not-there and The Hidden
At the beginning of everything, there was only Absence. A void without size that prolonged for eternities. No here, no there. No start, no end. No is, no was. Just nothing.

Yet the lack of existence ironically caused an entirely new concept to be created. The fact that there was nothing gave rise to an unimaginable amount of boundless, infinite Potential - the idea that things could be. The moment Potential became actualised into the universe, the twin concepts were able to be defined as the adverse of the other. Thus the two concepts existed, and having now fabricated existence, the void was no longer empty.

Eternity was henceforth an idea made up of two parts: The Is-not and The Could-be, The Not-there and The Hidden, Absence and Potential.

Omnia and The Cosmos
Potential was a powerful force - all that ever could, and all that ever would. Billions of incomplete ideas danced around in the blackness of the abyss, their presence oh so potent in the endless void. So vigorous and so determined to be born; to become free. The power was so strong that even the concept of Potential itself began to form its own awareness and sense of identity. Eventually, an entity, with a consciousness so mighty it could hold all of eternity, was formed. This was Omnia, who's name directly translates to "all".

Omnia was determined to create; to manifest the infinite potentials that swam around in their mind and fill the universe around them. This great ambition began as Omnia let go and released all the unbridled power from within their very being, letting loose all the endless potentials of what could be and what would be. The abundance of energy condensed into tiny packets, later named Matter. Omnia watched as various particles and atoms formed; their very own building blocks of creation. Over thousands of years, Omnia gazed upon their first creation, rarely interfering and mostly allowing Matter to find its own way, forming into beautiful stars and galaxies. This was the beginnings of the Cosmos.

The Ur-Dragon
There came a time when Omnia decided to venture away from their plane of omnipotence, with the hope of being able to exist amongst the wonders of the cosmos. They wanted to experience their creations at the same level of existence, rather than observing all of Space simultaneously. And so, Omnia's consciousness descended from their higher plane, beginning to manifest into the physical world. Their mind was so vast that a powerful form was needed to accommodate it. A body of insane magnitude towered over the early proto-stars of the universe. All across its surface, hundreds of gleaming scales, representing endurance and immortality, reflected the light of the stars that surrounded. Atop its broad neck stood a great skull with mighty jaws, representing power and strength, as the back of its throat expelled a turbulent ball of fire between its teeth. Extraordinary wings, representing freedom and grace, rose from its back, enveloping the cosmos with divine affection. This was Omnia's physical form - the first of the dragons, the embodiment of all the potentials and eventualities of the universe, a being whose mind held eternity. In the holy texts of Alzar'agnatus, the ancient monks named it The Ur-Dragon.

History
A large portion of the faith's history, during modern day Eldham, is documented on Alzaria's wiki page.