Boaterism

Boaterism (sometimes referred to as the Followers of the Boat) is a religion that believes boats are the reincarnated spirits of the dead. It originated in Magnus Enithica, a province in the nation of Cymru. It is one of the biggest religions in the province. It spans from Babwall (formerly Greenwall) to Hierapolis, although the majority of followers live in Fjörgyien.

Main Beliefs
In Boaterism, there are no gods. Instead, they have a sort of ancestor worship, where the spirits of the dead are reincarnated as boats. The six types of boat symbolize different things. The Spruce boat represents Priests and Heroes, the Oak Boat represents the common people, the Acacia Boat represents the animals, the Dark Oak Boat represents monsters/mobs, the Jungle Boat represents plants, and the Birch Boat represents criminals.

Holy sites
The Boat tower in Fjörgyien, is regarded as a very important place for Boaterism, due to the sheer amount of boats there. The Boat tower is regarded as a symbol of restoration, as it frequently gets destroyed and rebuilt. It is the main place of worship.

The portion of the Enithcia River in Hierapolis is also regarded as important place for Boaterism because one of its founders found an extremely large amount of treasure there. As he says, "What is the boat without the water underneath?"

History
The Followers began when Saunic Spud and Harold Ad Alendir noticed a type of importance in the boat tower. Saunic and Harold decided to look into this, and by doing some experiments, discovered the spirits that lived inside the boat tower. Upon further inspection, Saunic and Harold found that every single boat had spirits inside them. When they were experimenting, they both heard a voice inside their heads. The voice said "Finally, someone recognized our existence. We have been guiding the people for many years, even though they did not know. Please, give us the recognition we deserve. Spread our word across the lands, for we deserve to be praised! Oh, yeah. Here's a book of all the stuff we do." After that, a book ascended down, containing everything related to the Boat Spirits, and what they wanted Saunic and Harold to spread. On 6/11/2023, Harold resigned from the position of High Priest.

Toppling of the Boat Tower and Rebuilding
On 6/20/2023, Zelphyr Rosaê toppled down the boat tower. This has happened many times in the past, usually caused by Zelphyr Rosaê or Lachs, such as the time when the boat tower reached around one hundred blocks into the air, but this time, Saunic lurking just around the corner. After it fell down, Saunic attacked Zelphyr in revenge for the boat tower. Zelphyr was okay after this, though. Ten days later, Saunic started reconstructing the Boat Tower.

Peace
After he rebuilt the boat tower, Zelphyr was fine with the Boat Tower, as it was not ridiculously tall. Around this time, the Followers hired Kinni Babs, a member of House Babs, to build a church in Vidona for the Boaterists. This is because House Babs was known for being good at building. Later, the church was completed. After the church was completed, many church services were held. There wasn't much conflict at this time. Later, Saunic got a permit to build a Boaterist church in Elmon.

Upwards Trend
On 8/11/2023, a lot of things happened. Saunic Spud was walking around Fjörgyien, he started a conversation with a person, and managed to get them to join Boaterism. After this, he went over to the Boaterist church in Vidona, but then some other person just showed up, so Saunic just started talking, and also managed to get him to join as well. He called both of the new followers to the Boaterist Church, along with Harold. Saunic said "Stand up. Now, say 'boat' if you want to join us and put boats above all else." The two new recruits said "Boat."

Everyone in the religion then went to visit the boat tower, when suddenly, three skeleton horses appeared, along with skeletons riding them! Harold killed the Skeletons, leaving three skeleton horses. Saunic grabbed a saddle, and put in on a skeleton horse. He named the skeleton horse "Harold", after Harold, the priest. They went over to the church and locked it in the basement, before returning to Fjörgyien.

After this, Saunic showed them around all the places related to Boaterism, excluding the Hierapolis section of the Enithica River. They started talking about expanding Boaterism. Eventually, they went to Babwall (formerly named Greenwall), and started planning to take over the Empty church over there. The group kind of dispersed from there, but the two new recruits were given the role of "Lower Priest" for helping, and Harold was promoted back to High Priest.

Titles
There are titles awarded to notable people to people involved with Boaterism upon death. There are three titles, the Spruce Boat Award, the Oak Boat Person, and the Birch Boat Guy. The Spruce Boat award is given to people who did very important things for the Followers, the Oak Boat Person title goes to a person who was involved with Boaterism but didn't do anything extraordinary, and the Birch Boat Guy title goes to someone who ended up being an enemy of Boaterism.

Notable People
Saunic Spud is one of the founders of Boaterism. Harold Ad Alendir is another founder of Boaterism. People who follow Boaterism jokingly refer to Xavier Vulidion-ad Alendir as the "Boat Messiah" due to his grandfather, Slid Zane Teutonicus Babs-ad Alendir, being the previous Boat Messiah. Ateus Cassian Von Lucius is a local boat enthusiast, and often helps the Boaterists, even though he does not necessarily follow the religion.

Enemies/Rivals
Zelphyr Rosaê has destroyed the boat tower, the symbol of the religion, multiple times, so he is considered an enemy of Boaterism. Lachs has also destroyed the boat tower once or twice. Ironically, Lachs has a statue on the fountain underneath the boat tower, due to the fountain underneath the boat tower being built first. Although they are still opposed to Boaterism, Zelphyr and Lachs have stopped trying to attack the Boaterists.