Sírthe

= Sírthe = Sírthe or Templum Sírthe is a religion dedicated to the worship of the Great Creator known as Sírthe, maker of all things along with Sírthe's Díofäb established in. It is monotheistic, with only one god and was established in Eldham, within the nation of Swardia, but quickly expanded into Rathnir as well, becolming the dominant religion of the Province of Fearg.

Basic Beliefs
Sírthites believe that there are three realms in the universe, The realm of Sírthe, The Realm of Mortals, and The Realm of the Void. The beings of the Mortal Realm can not traverse between the Void and Sírthe's Realm in phyiscal form, and only upon death may they explore the other realms, however beings from Sírthe's Realm and the Void travel freely.

The Void
The Void is a realm that heavily influences Sírthism, it is believed that through time, holes to the void will form within the Mortal Realm and from these Void Beings are able to influence beings within the Mortal Realm, corrupting them to do evil acts, certain actions one may partake in risk corrupting mortal beings faster, and damns their soul to be claimed by the Void Beings such actions include:


 * Acts of Greed
 * Acts of Malice
 * Acts of Dishonor
 * Acts of Unjust Destruction
 * And Acts of Violence

Void Beings
When a corrupted soul dies, their soul is claimed by The Void, it is unkown and esoteric as to how, but these souls turn into Void Beings. Attempting to find how this proccess happens will result in madness and invite corruption into your soul. In extreamily rare cases however, a Void Holes may be large enough for extreamily powerful Void Beings to be able to escape the Void and infiltrate the Mortal Realm in a pysical form, these special voidbeings are able to posses pysical form unlike their lesser counterparts and often times claim to be gods. These are not gods however, the Sírthite faith believe these false gods to be more akin to Void parasites, feeding off the worship of their corrupted followers. it is claimed within the Sírthite faith that examples of such beings can include the likes of Lux, Entropy and Segra. Void Holes usualy only close by actions taken on by those chosen by Sírthite or by the actions of Sírthe's Díofäb.

Symptoms of Corruption
Lesser Voidbeings are not able to be present in the Mortal Realm with a pysical form. They instead are only able to influence Mortal conscious to feel compelled to perform certain acts or hear a void encouraging these acts that can degrade the integrety of ones soul. If a mortals soul degrades enough it is even possible for lesser voidbeings to posses the mortal, these possesions usually end in death if not stopped early enough.

Díofäb
Díofäb are holy beings hand created by Sírthe. Each one in their own right is extremely powerful and shares an aspect of Sírthe. Díofäb posses many important task delegated to them by Sírthe. Such task include the guiding of the pius souls to the afterlife, the sealing of Void Holes, and the giving of revelations and oracles to the prophets. Díofäb only choose to reveal themselves when needed and as a result the number and names of all Díofäb are unkown, known Díofäb however include:


 * Taiscealai, The Great Protector, embodies Sírthe's sense of honor and chivalry
 * Seol, The Explorer, embodies Sírthe's wonder and wish for exploration
 * Deantoir, The Craftsman, embodies Sírthe's pasion of creation

Clergy, Prophets and reconized holy sites.
it is reconized within Sírthism that there are several religous officials and religous towns. Active religous towns include


 * Templum Sírthe
 * Fearg
 * Kalmar

Religous officals include:

Forms of Worship
Forms of Sírthite Worship can be performed by several ways. However do not worship in expection of returns. If you treat prayer as a transaction, you will never recieve any blessings from Sírthe.

Sacrificing: You can choose to make sacrafices to Sírthe in a form of worship, you can choose to do this by creating an offerings chest in your temple for the Díofäb to deliver to Sírthe. Monetary donations to your local Sírthite Temple will also be accepted as a sacrifical offering. The only form of living sacrifice accepted is the sacrifice of corrupted beings.

Festivals: One of the greatest sources of joy for Sírthe is when he sees his creations enjoying the wonders and gifts of life he has given upon his creations. This is best demonstrated via festivals that bring celebration and joy to communities and allow comerce to flow through otherwise struggiling towns.

Group Prayer: Group Prayer is also accepted as a form of worship by Sírthe, he enjoys seeing his creations bond over shared faith and thus enjoys his creations praying together.

Book of the Sírthites
The Book of the Sírthites is a collection of storys told from the perspective of several different religous officials and Prophets. a complete collection of the Sírthite, their tales go hand and hand with historic writings of the religions history. A full copy of the Book can be found here.

Early History
The Early History as described in the Book of the Sírthites states that the founder, EpicZomby was ordered to find the ruins of a great city in. These ruins were found in Southern Swardia and from there EpicZomby met with the Emperor of Swardia, however during this a blessed Díofäb came down and accepted the First Offering and in return left at the makeshift alter erected in the ruins a holy sigil, this sigil would become the mark of Sírthe.

And later that month, still in the, The Sírthite friendly candiate, The Doctor, won the Swardian general election. This saw the opening up of the Sírthites faith to outsiders and began the spread of the Sírthite faith.