The Stadveils

Who we are...
The Stadveils is the worldwide group of the believers who are convinced in the existence of the ancient spirits - Stadlests - and their close relation with the human souls.

What we believe in...
As mentioned above, we believe in the Stadlests.

These are the spirits that are born in the times unknown to man, who wander the lands of Rathmir and Eldham observing the world for centuries, watching the progression of the humanity. Each one of them strives to do one thing - it is to tether itself to the new human soul and, subsequently, to its body. Through them, they are able to feel, to interact with the world and to influence it in the ways that they so long after many years of omniscient observations.

Yet they cannot control the bodies directly - their tether is always secondary and too weak to compete with the one of the soul. Instead, they use their experience and knowledge and "whisper" to the soul in the languages so complex and abstract, our minds aren't able to comprehend them. So we only receive the tiniest pieces of information, in the prophetic dreams and intrusive thoughts, in the gut feelings and the instinctive desires. It is what some call "subconscious", yet in reality, these are the spirits of the old era, ever so silently soaring above our heads.

What we try to achieve...
The Stadlests come in all hearts and minds, and unfortunately, it means that some are worse than the others. Amidst the compassionate guides and advisors of conscience and justice, along with them the person may have a tether of the evil, hungry and lustful, of the greedy and insidious Stadlests that were sadly the first to attach themselves like leeches to the innocent new human soul. If left to its own devices, the evil stadveil may eventually sway the human to the worse paths in the pursuit of its own selfish desires, and doom the person to perish by what they thought was their own decision. And too many fell down this path...

And this is what we try to prevent.

We, The Stadveils, strive to separate the evil from our souls and at the same time let the good tether themselves to us. And to do this, you must nurture your own soul. The tether strengthens whenever you do what the Stadlest wants, and it weakens whenever you do the opposite. Eventually, the tether either grows to become inseparable and either the two merge into one, or the tether breaks, and the other Stadlests rush towards the now-free body. To grow better, you must do what your heart calls for, and avoid what hurts or numbs it. Help the strangers or take what your body needs, build the greatness that deserves to stand or collapse the one that does not, spare the enemy that is worth the mercy or be swift against the ones who are corrupt. Be a good person, and the bad tethers shall snap clean, and the good Stadlests shall join your side and lead you to the life you truly desire.

What we strive to become...
Sometimes, somewhere, a special human is born. This is a person whom the destiny had bestowed the Stadlest so pure and just or so evil and cruel, the soul and the spirit fuse at once. They are called the Chrysalises, and they are the people of the greatest spirit and talent the world will ever see. They are the doers, the rulers and the creators that shift the tides of history, and from the very birth, they possess the inhuman powers of the mind...

And yet, as long as they remain in their Chrysalis form, they never achieve their true potential.

Deep within the depths of the highest priests of The Stadveils' minds, there resides the knowledge of The Emergence - the hideous ritual of unimaginable suffering, which puts the frail, mortal body of the human through the harsh tests of endurance. In the process, the body begins to die, bleed and burn and blister. And in the end, nothing of the human remains... but the soul. The majority of the people merely perish under such an impossible burden, and the few lucky ones survive with the grievous wounds (who are the ones that are given a privilege of becoming the Stadveil Priests, as their tethers grow strong enough to hear the spirits), but the Chrysalises, thanks to the inseparable connection to their Stadlest, take the physical form.

Only twice had it happened that the true Chrysalises passed The Emergence, the embodiment of all the evil called The Vermin Who Ruled that held the world in darkness for a thousand years, and the mystical hero of this dark time whom we now thank as The Stranger Who Cared. He is the man to whom we owe this world, and let his wisdom be known through our lips, for we are grateful, and our tethers are pure and strong. Praise The Stranger Who Cared, the savior of the world, Love The Stadlests Of The Pure, the guidance in the dark, and Hate The Stadlests Of The Rot, and all its servants, for they deserve fire, and their souls let free.

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