The Ivory Hollow

OVERVEIW

A religion brought forth by Silk the Aracne. The religion seems to worship both bones and web. Needing to gather a large amount for their nether related rituals which are conducted at the shrine.

THE GODS

Grandmother spider and the cave dweller.

Vows of the gods

the vows are what the gods believe in and have a close connection to


 * Night
 * Family
 * The deep

Grandmother spider: her followers are known as spiderlings, as are those that follow both her and the dweller.


 * Faith
 * Hope
 * Charity

The Cave dweller: his followers are know as a Rapine


 * Deception
 * Thievery
 * Chaos

 

The holy verdict


 * Loyalty: all must follow no matter what. It is the unbroken rule and to betray family is to be banished forever

The 4 cardinal laws


 * Sworn Oaths
 * Justice: following the law of the land
 * Honesty: always being truthful
 * Passive: sworn to non violence
 * Humility: being humble in what you do and what you have
 * Divine Fiction
 * Anarchy: causing disruption
 * Deceit: lying in any ways the suits you
 * confrontation: having aggression and the will to do and take what you see fit
 * Pride: parading around your valuables and boasting of your deeds


 * Someone bound to both does the following
 * They follow only their law
 * They lie when needed but more often they tell half truths, hiding or bending things
 * They are peace keepers only attacking when first confronted, always trying to deescalate the situation
 * They have their deeds shown only in their private areas and only talk to few about them rather then proclaiming to the world or hiding it

Rituals


 * For protection each shrine must have an offering of bone and web. Before and after any ritual, all participants must spin the bone or web 3 times of each of their God’s vows.
 * Renewal of Vows
 * Visiting the shrines at night once a month to give a simple offering(tax)
 * A Court of worth
 * Being judged by the brood mother and head priest of both the dweller and the grandmother
 * Battle prayers
 * Sacrifice prayers
 * The sacrifice: a man and a woman must be present in the lowest point of the hollow on a moonless night, one casting their offering into the fires in bone shrine of the dweller, the other casting their offering into the darkness of the spider’s web
 * The sacrifice: a man and a woman must be present in the lowest point of the hollow on a moonless night, one casting their offering into the fires in bone shrine of the dweller, the other casting their offering into the darkness of the spider’s web
 * The sacrifice: a man and a woman must be present in the lowest point of the hollow on a moonless night, one casting their offering into the fires in bone shrine of the dweller, the other casting their offering into the darkness of the spider’s web

RANKS


 * Brood Mother/ Father(The head of the religion, the arch bishop that follows both gods)
 * Arch priest/priestess(there are two, one that follows each god)
 * Bishop
 * Priest
 * Deacon
 * Acolyte

Lore


 * The dweller and grandmother spider are the creators of all spiders, including the Aracne species. Winged creatures being their sworn enemy.
 * Bone to please the dweller
 * Web to please our grandmother