Cult of Norok

The Cult of Norok is a secretive group in Helsia who worships the dark lord Norok

Beliefs and practices
The cult of Norok follows the belief that there are 3 dimensions the dimension of light ruled by Akalia the dimension of darkness ruled by Norok and the material universe where we are, and it was there for eons that the deities of light and darkness were in an endless cycle of battle, birth, death, and rebirth. Akalia is the deity of creation, light, hope, and love, and Norok, the deity of the void, death, famine, and destruction Each deity represents what can be categorized as forces of nature so for as long as our universe has existed there has been a give and take between Norok and Akalia where they vie for dominance. But because they both are representations of light and darkness one could not exist without the other.

Sacrifices
The cult of Norok typically does sacrifices instead of rituals the types of sacrifices typically involves something living like animals or captives or just something that can be categorized as living like plant life for Norok needs to consume life force to sustain himself the rarer the creature the better the best type of creatures/items to sacrifice to Norok is souls for souls are much more filled with life.

Where worshiping can be done
Worshiping can be done in every place as long as it is dark for Norok is the god of pure darkness and in his weakened state can not show himself in the light.

Skulls in worshipping
Skulls are an important part of sacrifices and all the other types of worshiping, The best types of skulls are the ones of the cult's enemies, it is not required to sacrifice skulls but it is highly encouraged, but in any major sacrifices and rituals it is mandatory to at least sacrifice 1 player head.

Afterlife
The cult of Norok believes that people in the material og 1 of 2 ways those who have been good and have not done any major evil will go to the dimension of light where they will dwell for eternity in happiness and peace, but those who have done evil in their life will be cast down beyond the void into the great dark dimension where they soon will be devoured by Norok and join the evergrowing chorus of tortured souls.

Benefits of Norok
Norok offers many things as gifts for serving typically these gifts are suited to what the person getting them wants riches fame glory but his typical gift for his servants is immortality at the cost of Norok claiming your soul.

Sacrifice ritual
Sacrifice ritual can be done in groups or alone individually the sacrifice is thrown into the void of a dark pit (preferably the void) by each person in the group or by the person with the greatest connection to Norok, And then each person in the group will praise Norok, The person with the highest religious rank may the request for something from Norok that would help the cult, even though it does not happen always, it not mandatory to request for something but it is mandatory to thank for something in the sacrifice ritual or you may incur Noroks wrath.

Death ritual
When someone truly dies and cannot be resurrected their head along with many other heads of the deceased will be thrown into the void as a sacrifice for Norok.

Dimensions
there are 3 dimensions the dimension of light, darkness, and the material universe.

Dimension of Light
The dimension of light is where everything positive and peaceful resides, it is ruled by Akalia who is the deity of creation, light, hope, love, and overall everything positive, The dimension of light is also where all those who have been good in there life goes to live peacefully and happily till the end of time.

Dimension of darkness
The dimension of darkness is the home of all the negatives in the world and it is where all evil is from,The dark dimension is ruled by Norok deity of the void, death, famine, destruction, and overall all negatives, it is also the place where people who have done enough evil in their life are sent to be punished for eternity by being devoured by Norok.

Dimension of materialism
The dimension of materialism is the middleground between the light and dark, it is the battleground between Akalia and Norok but it is also where all living things exist, all you know exists in this middleground between dark and light, the void is located in the material realm aswell as the sky the void is just closer to the dark dimension and gets affected more but it and the same goes with the sky but its just light instead.

Clergy
The cult of Norok is headed by a High priest/Priestess who is appointed by the Pharaoh of Nazarath Once appointed, they keep their position for life. The High Priest/Priestess is the ultimate voice on religious matters, even higher than the Pharaoh. They may make other members of the religion a priest or revoke it at their discretion. Priests have the ability to marry couples and divorce them.

The currently clergy members are:

Hierarchy of the clergy
Achlahan, Champion: a person that is that leader of the cult of Norok with the ability to make big lore changes and many other things.

Sarpe, Head Priest: The head priest is in charge of running a temple and organizing the current priests into what jobs they have to do.

Ulak, Priest: A member of the clergy who has many duties from doing rituals to writing and recruiting.

Simo, Initiate: A member that has ongoing training to be a Priest.

The eternal night
The cult of Norok partakes in an important ritual known as the eternal night, which happens every 2 months, the day is celebrated with some rotten flesh after that the ritusl will end with the current leader of the cult jumping in the void.

The keeping of heads
Player heads have a huge importance within Nazarath as we believe that player heads are shards of peoples souls, the leader of the cult of Norok also has a big collection of playerheads in a giant collection hidden away in a secret compartment in the temple of Nazarath.