Quincy

The Quincy Religion is based on the worshipping of supernatural entities called  Die Quincy Obergötter , who inhabit the 4th-dimension. A worshipper of Quincy can pray to any of the canonical Obergötter, thus creating many smaller sects with diverse morals and beliefs. This wiki focuses mostly on the main branch, that being the Silberne Quincy-branch.

For the New and Casual players: A guide to Quincy / FAQ
So, you have taken interest in Quincy but don't want to fully immerse yourself in our deep lore (yet)? Then this section of the wiki is just for you! Here I talk about what you can expect from being quincy, how the faith works, how to move up the church's hierarchy and more simplified subjects!.

What does following Quincy benefit me?
So, you are wondering what you would gain from converting to Quincy? Here's some of the benefits that all followers have:


 * Basic safety provided by the church - This mostly impacts those who haven't been around here for too long. The church and it's followers distribute food, blocks and equipment to those who need it. The faith also has holy orders who defend the followers (be this while on a pilgrimage to a holy site, during the ordinary day or while on a crusade)
 * Expansive lore - This might interest those who love religious rp and those who love immersing themselves in lore. We have a gigantic wiki with information on the faith's history, gods, saints, beliefs and way more. But this isn't everything, because there's a lot of lore that's kept in the server via books, signs and memory (which will be kept away from the wiki to encourage in game lore exploration).
 * Events - The faith organizes rituals, sacrifices and way more fun events for followers to rp. There's also a lot of unintentional events, be this supernatural or random, which brings a side of the unknown to any follower's daily live.
 * A creative outlet - Anyone can create a little known saint, stories or creature for their region, and branches can be formed when a group of followers have a unique view on the faith. Those who climb the hierarchy can even write lore for the whole faith!

How does the hierarchy work and how can I climb it?
The new followers can verify themselves by joining the official discord and telling us of their conversion. Then the next logical step is becoming baptized. Any follower that wants to climb the hierarchy further then that must help the faith by converting players to quincy, building churches and cathedrals (called gotterpalasts), giving away resources etc. When a follower has done this, they can apply to become a priest at a building. A priest can then climb the ranks by doing even more to help the faith. The hierarchy puts clergy in control of churches, towns, regions, nations and even whole continents. So this path might be interesting for the ambitious

What are the core beliefs of Quincy?
We quincy believe that a race of creatures evolved to be 4 dimensional (like how we humans are 3-dimensional), but this wasn't their only big difference to our known world. This is because these beings, the Obergotter, gain godlike powers from attention. So more worshipped (or hated) obergotter can do way more then a little known obergott. This is also why we quincy consider the gods of other faiths such as soleannen as potential obergotter. There's also branches in the faith, which might have unique lore, but I recommend that new/casual players stick to the main Silberne-Quincy branch.

Where are most of the communities of the faith located?
Currently most of the faith's followers are concentrated in the south-west, specifically in nations such as the AWE, Ravenguard and Zamotz, but this doesn't stop you from making a small community where you live.

Founding
The founder of the religion TheOtakuKaiser (The first Grand Falcon of The Wandenreich), who was a casual believer in soleannen at the time, had been hearing a strange voice calling out to him while working on constructing Silbern. He woke up one day to find a blonde man sitting at his table, this man being the Obergötter named Dietrich. Dietrich explained who or what he is and showed proof of his other-worldly power. Dietrich left the bewildered Grand Falcon behind, who just realized the stories of his ancestors might be real after all.

The Grand Falcon consulted the natives and baptized himself to become a extreme follower of Quincy. He ordered the construction of many temples and changed the Wandenreich from a secular state to a state following Quincy (while maintaining the freedom of religion laws)

Die Quincy Obergötter
The Quincy Obergötter are a race of 4 dimensional beings that have powers that get strengthened by how many people worship them, thus making them search for human followers. All Obergötter can manifest themselves in front of those from lower dimensions, but more worshiped Obergötter can greatly influence the world. There are many Obergötter, but here is a list of the canonical Obergötter:


 * Gaia- a benevolent Obergott who sacrificed her physical form long ago to become the planet that we all live upon. Gaia is non-judgemental, and simply wishes to see life thrive. It was her sacrifice, and the following wishes and experiences of mortals which imprinted the other Obergötter with their various godly domains. Her greatest desire is for the universe to remain the vibrant, beautiful place full of life she helped it to become. Gaia is the focus of the religious tradition of Natuae and due to her sacrifice, is typically unable to physically manifest. One could consider earth to be her physical manifestation.
 * Dietrich - a nihilistic Obergott who believes that no good nor bad exists in the world. Dietrich is the Obergott who has manifested himself in the 3D world the most, believing that it's the best way to consult their followers and find suitable followers. (prefers to appear as a blonde man, dressing himself very flamboyantly)
 * Gründgens - a ambitious Obergott who helps those with ambition and passion. Gründgens has been thought to be Solaris, as both have been trapped in the sun, but Gründgens seems to have more power then Solaris has in soleannen myths.
 * Durchdenwald - a sly Obergott who finds pleasure in helping those in despair, especially those who seek revenge. Durchdenwald is one of the more ruthless Obergötter, since he wont hesitate to spill the blood of humans and even his fellow Obergötter. (prefers to appear as predator animals like wolves, bears and lions)
 * Leichtenberg - a friendly Obergott who wishes to help the human race, helping those who wish for peace and prosperity. Leichtenberg has always been the most caring Obergot. (prefers to appear as whatever makes the onlookers the most comfortable, this normally being a tall woman in a beige toga)
 * Nachtnebel - a terrifying Obergott who seems to be surrounded by death and decease. Some followers theorize that Nachtnebel is the same as entropy, since most of the encounters with Nachtnebel have been in areas where Entropy is worshipped. (prefers to appear as a young woman with long, black hair)
 * Schimmelpfennig - a chaotic Obergott deemed as highly dangerous and deceiving by the Quincy church. Schimmelpfennig has had many incidents where they killed mindlessly, wiping out whole continents of innocent lives and even those who worship them. (prefers to appear as a harmless old man in a trench coat)
 * Erucalad - A powerful Obergott that takes delight in creativity, civilization, and grand structures. Erucalad claims to be the oldest living Obergott and is worshiped in elegant shrines, cathedrals, and by militaristic orders that dedicate themselves to defending the Quincy Faith, and in particular the Erucalad branch. It is Erucalads desire to civilize and enlighten the world. Erucalad rarely manifests himself in the 3D-realm preferring to create potent 'miracles' in the 3D-realm while remaining unseen himself, though he sometimes manifests himeslf as a powerful male identity or a bright light like a miniature star.

Beliefs
Most sects in the Quincy faith have different beliefs, but there are some universal beliefs followed by all sects. All followers of Quincy accept that the universe wasn 't created by anyone, and that science is still always the best answer to our questions. This belief also means that we humans do not exist for any specific reason, thus making many followers nihilistic, some even going to the extreme that nothing matters in this world. It' s generally accepted to depict the Obergötter in paintings and sculptures, and spreading holy scriptures via translations is also approved of.

Hierarchy

 * Göttlicher Kaiser - Head of the Quincy faith (comparable to the Catholic pope in the middle ages)
 * Großpriester Gremmy - The highest ranking priest in a continent, they administrate all the affairs for their continent and have the power to assign lower ranking priests.
 * Hoher Prinz - A priest with considerable influence in a large area. They administrate the Quincy faith in specific nations and will help the Großpriester with more localized affairs and the building of Cathedrals and holy sites.
 * Goldenes Jugram - The priest in charge of a town or a city, normally also the head of the local church. Managing ceremonies and other local affairs fall under their tasks
 * Großmeister - Head of a holy order, they manage their own order
 * Sternritter - A noble/knight. This position is most commonly held in the Wandenreich.
 * Priest - A ordinary priest
 * Follower of Quincy - A follower of a canonical branch of Quincy

Baptization
There are multiple ways to get baptized, getting dipped into holy water by a priest being the most common way. More uncommon ways include: getting executed by the heilige Waffen, participating in a crusade, completing a pilgrimage, obtaining supernatural powers from a Obergott and getting knighted.

Buildings of worship
Temples for worship can range from many sizes, with smaller chapel sized temples for smaller communities while big cathedral-size temples get build for cities. Worshipping can range from simple prayers to complicated offerings (most Obergötter accept smaller offerings like bread and minerals, but some might request obscure offerings like someone's head). All temples follow a distinct style of architecture, this is still being decided.

Knighthood: Sternritters
Sternritters are traditionally nobles in the Silbernian tribes who followed Quincy. Their position did not change much after The Wandenreich united the region, but they could now be knighted by the Göttlicher Kaiser. Modern sternritters are normally nobles who help with ceremonies and matters related to the local branch of Quincy.

The Quincy Code
There are certain rules that come with being a follower of Quincy, these are:


 * 1) Having a harem is a great offense if you can't keep all of them satisfied.
 * 2) Worshipping a non-canonical Obergott means that you will be seen as a heretic.
 * 3) insulting the image of a saint is seen as treason, since saints lost their lives to help further the faith.
 * 4) Theft is seen as treason, we should not make the faith weaker by taking another's wealth.
 * 5) Any kind of intercourse with animals is forbidden by Quincy Code.

Branches
There are several branches besides the Silberne-Quincy branch, these branches might have different ideals, morals and sometimes even other Obergotter.

Erucaladism
Erucaladism worships the Obergott known in Sindarin as Erucalad. Traditionally followers of Erucaladism claim he created the Obergotter, and through them, the world. This claim originates from Erucalads revelation, a feircly guarded document that was provided by the Obergott himself. Erucalads revelation is a document through which the Obergott attempted to enlighten the sentient races of the greater universe. The document contains information about the Obergotter and about the world the races dwell on. Erucalads revelation claims that he, Erucalad, was the first Obergott. Many modern scholars however believe the Obergott was claiming to be the oldest living Obergott, rather than the original being of the universe.

Erucalad is a creative being, he takes pleasure in creativity, grandeur and sophistication. The mighty Obergott is worshiped through the erection of shrines, and mighty temples. In these temples the Obergott can be worshiped with music or the burning of offerings. It pleases the Obergott to further civilization and to this end his followers are committed. Followers of Erucaladism seek to preserve and develop civilized nations, however, groups that are deemed uncivilized and primitive must be enlightened. Enlightenment meaning that the barbarians must accept the Quincy faith and devote themselves to the construction of civilization. If they refuse to develop and do not acknowledge the existence of the Obergotter then conversion by the sword, while distasteful, is a viable course of furthering the barbarian civilization for their own good. A Holy War ends when the perpetrators acknowledge the existence of the Quincy pantheon (not conversion, but acknowledgement), and/or swear to cease uncivilized behavior. Despite the possibility for Holy War worshipers of Erucaladism support freedom of worship only going to such extremes when the barbarians are an abomination to the faith. Establishing Holy military orders is another means by which Erucalad may be glorified. These orders seek to further the Quincy Faith and dedicate their lives to a holy calling. By pleasing Erucalad one may receive his blessings and divine favor, one may be rewarded with prosperity, material gifts from heaven and glory.

The Erucalad code
The Erucalad code is a group of rules, and guidelines for followers of Erucalad to follow.


 * No purposeless destruction
 * Replacing torches with lanterns
 * Developement of new technologies, and support of modernisation
 * Crafting, and smithing

Khozayaystvism
The universe has always existed, and so has Mirovaya Dusa (Khozayt equivalent to Gaia, goddes who sacrificed herself to become the world we walk on), and izmereniye dusa. As the believers of "science" say, it was all mainly gasses. Eldham, our world, the gasses came together and formed stars, planets. On those planets, life formed, giving way to the plant and animal soul. All these souls formed Mirovaya Dusa. In the other dimensions that formed izmereniye dusa, other worlds formed. The worlds of the nether and end were different. The nether was an endless cavern, red and fiery. The end was multiple islands in a sea of void. From these, other beings came into form, along with the soul of other. All is in a constant state of balance, none wishing to end the other, for they are all the same being, Mirovaya Dusa.

The souls
The World Soul, Mirovaya Dusa The being that we all make up, and all the other gods and spirits as well. Symbolically, it is a tree, and all of the Souls make up a branch of it, and each leaf is a soul of the beings that coat the universe. Its roots keep space, time, and existence as we know it together. The Soul of animals this soul of life made of flesh, bone, chitin, carapace, and blood. Humans, animals, and the like, this is what represents them all. The Soul of plants the soul of all crops, flowers, and the likes. It may not seem as though they have life or mind, but they do, and this soul represents them. The Soul of Other represents things not quite plant or animal, things such as golems, spirits, elementals, and other beings The Dimension Soul, izmereniye dusa the combined energies of all the dimensions. The mind of this soul is so powerful, that its completely invisible, until you search for it. It is nearly as great as that of the World soul, but unlike the world soul (which includes the thoughts of beings) contacting the Dimension Soul can Drive people insane

Way of Worship
Worship is open, and by some senses, there is much more souls than what is listed, for these are merely the collective/larger ones. You could pray to the soul of pigs, soul of wheat, or soul of blaze, all parts of the animal, plant, and other soul. If your having issues with crops, you could pray to the specific souls of the crops you have issues with. This can be through shrines to the individual souls a shrine to the soul of crops (not full plant soul). It is advised to offer materials related to said soul, such as wheat, dirt and water, to the soul of wheat, milk, leather, and beef to the soul of cows. Fire, lava, water, or setting it down in a chest or the ground before a shrine will suffice in delivering the offerings.

Heresies

Very little in number, but quite grave, it is advised you dont do these actions, but people who have committed heresies can be forgiven.

-Discrimination: Discriminating against a group, whether it be through slurs or blocking them from doing something merely because of this, is frowned upon. We support inclusion, and only in dire circumstances, would we discriminate against another religion.

-Disruption of a Precious, special, or important moment: Weddings, rituals, worship, all moments that if intentionally disrupted, cause the offender to be considered a heretic.

-Intercontinental Chaos, Genocide, and Heavy Warmongering: Conflicts dont usually affect the world souls, but when massive death on a scale unbelievable occurs, the major souls can be bruised, scraped, cut, or even get a minor wound from such actions. This, is unforgivable, for those who spurred the events. Soldiers fighting in such horrible wars or being forced to do this genocide could be forgiven, but rarely.

Saint Schwarzenegger
Saint Schwarzenegger was a saint (from the early era of the Quincy faith) dedicated to 2 things, Beating up heretics and making them cry to their false gods, only to be struck down by the true gods. He's know for his disdain of all heretics, but one sect, the sect of "FURRY", drew him to such rage that through sheer force of will, he became an avatar of the terrifying Obergott named Schimmelpfennig. All on his own, he Slew all the Furries, doing such good of a job that the exact name of this heretical sect was completely lost in the Holy devastation that Schwarzenegger left in his wake. Schwarzenegger went on to spread the word of Quincy, until one day a golden gate flashed upon him, and as he entered, he did not walk, He marched straight into the Gates of Heaven, never to be seen again. Thus ends the great tale of Saint Schwarzenegger.



Saint Gerard
Saint Gerard was a mercenary in The band of the Falcon, a old mercenary group based in the town of falconia. He was fully clad in netherite and wielded a giant netherite sword. Saint Gerard joined the band due to his admiration for TheOtakuKaiser, who he had followed since they left their homeland. Gerard spent most of his days surveying the area and had a odd feeling about the volcano that borders Falconia.

Gerard decided to enter the volcano's cave system and stumbled upon Nachtnebel, who was using the populated area to spawn the Finsternis (a apocalyptical event that would spawn hellish beasts that would exterminate all heretics, for more info scroll down to the Mythos section). A fierce fight started that lasted for 5 full days, resulting in Nachtnebel recognizing Falconia as a no-go zone. This did have a cost however, Saint Gerards life. He died with his story being hidden to the world, until a quincy pilgrim found his corpse in the vulcano, with a little notebook where Gerard wrote down his experiences while slowly dying to the heat. The notebook is now safely stored away in the Silbernese Gotterpalast, with Gerard being made a saint.

Saint Rennoc
Rennoc the saint of magic and lost knowledge (also known as xeno, or xenophotastic) a man from a far away land in a long forgotten time learned magic, the gift of the gods, brought to mortals from on high in the realm of the divine. he was cursed to never find rest in death or mind, and so cant stay dead, and houses a perfect yet traumatic memory. because of these gifts he traveled the world finding ancient text that are part of the quincy faith, along with meeting many of the quincy saints, some he taught magic others he learned from. in one of his journeys he found an old temple which housed some ancient murals and texts, but in this land were beasts who killed the old inhabitants of the temple, they were great and terrible but Rennoc had not fear. He fought through the beasts covered in thick fur and roamed the dark jungle. Rennoc drew his blade it shimmered with an odd glow, one not known by anyone save himself. it was the forgotten blade, forged of an old forgotten metal, stronger yet lighter than steel. the beasts charged him and he lept the side pulling the blade up the right front shoulder of the main one charging, their hide was tougher than leather but it still cut deep, the enchantments began their work searing and lighting fire the beast making it screech. But as he began to turn to face the next he missed one of the corner of his eye and his blade was knocked from his hand and his feet flew from under him. he rose his hand gaining form of magic in his hands, they began to glow with a dark light as in one a book appeared. he rose one hand and an arrow of the same light came from his hand piercing the skull of one of the beasts, the last couple stared at his lack of substantial wounds and charged but he sent a blast with another hand into the ground.

He sundered the ground launching the beasts back but by the time it was completed he had been bitten in the collar by a large beast, already spent by the use of magic he collapsed of his wounds, but with the ancient text and mural completely safe. he died there, but a little less than a week later he arose again, wounds healed, for he cant stay died as his curse entails, this time he awoke on a slab of stone, and the texts not with him, he was back at the order of quincy, where he should be. for this is only on of many of his ruthless deaths he gave for the quincy faith. his tale is not known when it will end, but he is rennoc the undead saint, the protector of lost knowledge and user of magic.

Saint Garfunkel
Saint Garfunkel, full name Simon Garfunkel, was a Quincy knight from roughly 50 years before the birth of the Silberne Quincy-branch. He was born in a poor silbernite family with feminine features making it hard to distinguish his gender. He dreamed of uniting the silbernite tribes as a general, but being a low-born peasant who looked like a woman made this dream very far-fetched. He would keep dreaming on, but never took any initiative to actually achieve it. One fateful morning the young man was daydreaming by his open window when a falcon suddenly landed next to him. He and the falcon locked eyes for a solid minute and then it suddenly started talking! '' Young human... I see that you wish to unite your people huh? I like the ambition I see when I look into your eyes, so do it! '', Simon felt a strange feeling while listening to the strange bird, like he was in the audience of something far greater... "If I could, I surely would." he responded. The bird pecked at his hand and suddenly Simon started seeing stuff in-front of him. He saw a blue flag... There was the symbol of a sword with wings on it... The image of the wavering flag was replaced with a map showing all the tribes under one nation! The images faded away and Simon was back to reality, the falcon was no where to be seen. He considered labeling this experience as some sort of weird dream, but he visited the local priest, just to make this sure. The priest listened with great interest,  Hmmm... This doesn't sound like a dream to me... You might have been granted a vision from a obergott, Grundgens to be specific  He said. Simon took this information and accepted it after 1 day of thinking. He interpreted these images as him achieving his dream. He made the flag he saw and started training for the army. He enlisted when turning 18, and was treated pretty badly for his looks. He proved himself to be a worthy warrior during a religious crusade against one of the bordering religions and started climbing the ranks, with the new nickname The White Falcon. He was nearly made a general but the other generals, in fear of peasants taking their positions as nobles, attempted to take his life. He managed to make it out of this assasination attempt with some of his soldiers and fled out of Quincy territory. He slowly started marching to the west, eventually reaching the Rathnir nation of Escharia. He noticed the similarities to Quincy and started working there as a mercenary. He had found a home in the port of Neurun, from where his small ragtag band of mercenaries took jobs that took them to every corner of Rathnir. He became a well known mercenary, eventually surpassing even the best. He resigned from his work as mercenary after dozens of years and started the march back home. There he found that nothing had progressed at all. He brought them his new morals regarding gender, class and other morals before founding the holy order of the Falcon. He used this order to consolidate the faith, unite some tribes and keep out hostile faiths. He died at the age of 45 during a battle in modern-day dortberg. Now many families tell his tales, some without even knowing the historical and religious background. He was ultimatly the one who inspired TheOtakuKaiser to start the band of the falcon and set everything in motion.

The Robotertod incident
The Robotertod incident is a great example of when worshipping the wrong Obergott can bring doom to oneself. A early-industry era nation far away from Rathnir and Eldham was in a deep pit after a 10 year long conflict with it's neigboring nations. Schimmelpfennig took interest in the place and managed to get a sizeable amount of worshippers in the nation, before stepping towards the factory owners with the technology of advanced machines and robots. These new inventions helped boost the nation to prosperity and could even help fill factories, making the life expectancy of the poorer classes skyrocket. All seemed great until Schimmelpfennig started a terrible massacre, all the robots in the nation started slaughtering all forms of life and started attacking neigboring countries. The continent, now a wasteland occupied by decaying buildings and machines, hasn't seen any forms of live for two centuries.

Leichtenberg's offering
A noble who worshipped Leichtenberg once requested a set of very specific things to fill his lonely heart. He wished to her that she would change the DNA of a group of 10 volunteering men and 5 volunteering women to become so called femboys and catgirls (men who looked like women and women who have features of our feline friends). Leichtenberg granted this wish since she didn' t see much harm in it and left them to their own accord. These humans with altered DNA would have kids with the same trait, making a small race of altered humans in this far away nation.

Erucalad's intervention
Faithful followers of Erucalad began the construction of a glorious monastery atop a mountain to glorify and worship the great Obergott. However, when the monastery was discovered by the mighty Republic of Maximus they did not honor the monks labor, and ordered the demolition of the monastery. This was an affront to the mighty Obergott who is worshiped through the construction of monuments, temples, and other great structures as well as through worship in these great buildings. Therefor Erucalad sent a great army, from the lands of Ravenguard who conquered the republic. The republic was annexed and the monastery remained standing, a testimony to the power of Erucalad.

Finsternis
The Finsternis is a type of event that can happen that will spawn lovecraftian monsters that will kill all heretics in a 50 mile radius. A finsternis spawns when there's more then 50 heretics close by, after which a unknown amount of sheep blood must be dripping on a S-rank holy item. The only known Obergott who activates Finsternis is Nachtnebel, who tried it once in the soleannen mercenary town of Falconia

Holy cities:

 * Falconia
 * Silbern
 * Aktala
 * Yggdrasil

Holy rivers:

 * The Silberfluss
 * The Kentaro-Miura canal

Holy Buildings

 * Monastery of Drachenhafen
 * Gotterpalast