Cult of the Flame

=The Flame= ''Those who have seen the fire go out, and have seen the ashes move, know that at some point the flame will reignite, to give us heat once more. (The Flame Chapter 3).'' The cult of the flame is a technically new religion in the world of eldham, but it has existed for centuries further north of it, but due to political events, and internal conflicts of the religion, several faithful have gone south to the lands of eldham, to continue with their ancient rituals, and to build with effort a new sanctuary, for the believers of the flame that is reborn every time it goes out.



Summary
The cult of the flame is a spiritualist belief : we believe that the flame (or its energy) is a cyclical energy instead of eternal, and as the flame or energy at some point will end, it is always reborn in another form, just like some fires. So what do we believe in : well, the flame is clearly the main entity of the religion but we also have those touched by the flame saints who were so devoted or needed the help of the flame that this gave them a blessing, the sample that they were headdresses is a burn with flame symbols

Beginnigs
The beginnings of the cult are confusing, although we know where it began in the cold mountains of north eldham and in the swamps near them, with the passage of time it ended up becoming the most popular religion in the region, competing with other more herarchical religions, even though this would not go unnoticed

Conflicts
In the territories where the cult was conformed, there were small kingdoms, they did not give much importance to the cult since it was found in places far from the main cities, but this changed when the large churches achieved sufficient economic power to force the kingdoms to announce some Religions such as parts of the kingdom and others such as heregies or pagan, this started a small-scale war where groups of religious fanatics of different faiths fought villages, plains, holy places, and cities, the cult of the flame was not indifferent in this matter and had to fight back before the provocations of the zealots

Fragmentation
There were many ways to face the mini war, some villages decided to migrate to avoid it, others decided to get together and form self-defense groups, but those that were closer to the cities tried to unite and form a herarchized church of the llama thing that was in total opposition to the teachings of this, which caused a civil war within the cult between those who wanted to herarchize it and those who did not, this fragmentation of the flame caused other religions to take advantage and attack them on all possible fronts

Aftermath and Reconstruction
After the battle of the nieszczelny swamp in which it was a victory for the faithful of the flame, (against a coalition of the church of the sun and those who parted ways from the ancient path of the flame which is now known as the church of the flame and the sun,) although it has been a victory, many faithful perished in the battle, the total forces of the flame were overwhelmed, and few shelters were left, a meeting was called for the elders and faithful who remained, where it was decided to leave the lands where the cult was born and formed and travels to different distant lands.

The arrival at eldham was silent but the faithful who remained were optimistic, ''now what remains is to rebuild the old faith that was lost between blood and betrayal, so that the cycle of fire is incessant and the next one does not extinguish so abruptly. ''

Doctrine
The doctrines of the flame are broad, and depend a lot on the lifestyle that one wants to lead, how the flame wants you to fulfill your role will depend exclusively on your feelings and your abilities, the flame can only guide you in your first steps

Preventive Fire:
All brother and sister of the flame must have basic combat skills in any field can be, warrior, archer, alchemist, blacksmith, rogue, etc. they must bear in mind that eldham is a dangerous world and that it is full of bandits and kingdoms with Expansionist religions that do not respect others, although you should not call for violence either since you must strictly attack defensively, always first appeal to diplomacy.

Warm The Route:
Building posts for travelers or signaling routes is a fundamental job for the faithful since it symbolizes our journey like smoke that travels with the wind expanding and reaching every corner and then falling and starting once more although you have to take into account that bandits can destroy these places so you just have to build simple but comfortable resting spaces.

Virtues

 * empathic
 * brave
 * honest
 * respectful
 * humble
 * more to add

Sins

 * envy
 * selfishness
 * intolerance
 * imprudence
 * treason
 * violence
 * more to add

Organization
The idea of ​​the flame is that it brings people together in a space of community and support among its members, so the idea would be that in different places where there are believers they get together and discuss the ideas they have and problems that See to organize themselves in the principles and virtues of our religion in short there are no Popes or high priests only believers.

That said, the best way, and the way of the flame is in your community, village, city, or shared house that you have, perform the rituals and doctrines in a democratic way with your peers, now if they are already a considerable number of people who worship to the flame there are roles that should be common among the different communities of believers these are

¿What do we believers do?
I want to be part of the cult but what does a cult member do? Well there are different activities and formalities as a member of the cult that you can do now I will name some:


 * You can have a bonfire near your house with chairs around to talk with the people around you, this is known as: the communal bonfire.
 * build huts or mini passenger rest posts along some roads this takes work and can be exhausting but the flame will know that we care about the most deprived people and as the flame says: all at some point we will travel with the wind like a fire unleashed and like a good fire we would like to have a place to leave our ashes and regain strength to reap sparks(the flame chapter 3)
 * Thanking the flame for the joys and sorrows is simple, it is to thank the flame for the good weather or thank it for teaching us that we did not have to try to enter an underwater cave to die drowned, the flame could give and take away and how the cycle of life there are good and bad moments
 * always carry a lighter with you, to get rid of what does not serve us, to light the dark nights, a way of saying that we will always carry the heat of the flame with us
 * more to recover and create

Temples and Holy sites
The followers of the llama aim to rebuild and preserve the ancient faith of the llama how this is done by building different temples, sanctuaries, places where other believers or travelers can stay for a while here we will leave examples of constructions and some important to which hold in respect as a sacred place

TEMPLES:
The temples are the favorite area to worship the flame in this place, different communities come together and socialize in festivities and rituals, of different events, etc.

"The Hariq temple is one of the first temples of the flame built in the lands of eldham is on the border of CoAC and Yunria and is planned to house sacred objects and various celebrations (builder: Algos Uwu)"

SHRINES:
These places are small villages where different members of the cult of the flame come together to live in the principles of the ancient texts of the faith, their activities are decided by the members of this and can be modified to fit with the local culture of the people to seem closer

STILL TO ADD

 * Rituals
 * Delve into beliefes
 * What to do as a believer
 * All this will come soon and I repeat if you want to contribute constructively join