Domus (Symbolum Kastollis)

The Kastollian Creed, also called the Symbolum Kastollis in Domian, is the official and religion of the Kastollian Dominate. It is devoted to the worship of the Domus and its inhabitant as the ascended divinity and the Shepherds of Mankind.

Those who believe in the creed's teachings hold that the Domus is a living spiritual entity and the only true God of Mankind. The Religion is led by the Proconsular Church known as the Archeia Fondatorum, also called the "Archiarchy," whose priests devote their lives to serving Humanity, spreading the Word of the Domus and doing His will. Almost all variants on the Symbolum Kastollis are tolerated by the Archiarchy's priests, but all worship of the Domus must comply with certain religious values including, but not limited to: unquestioning political loyalty to the Domini of Kastollia and Domia and the various agencies of the Archae Kastollikon's diligence in carrying out the Domus' will, belief in the Domus' ultimate divinity, and conscious contributions to Kastollia's overall well-being, even if this means nothing.

More than helping to improve one's own nation or even just home city or town. The Symbolum Kastollis is Kastillia's state religion, and in many ways the faith is the state itself since it is the chain that ties its populace together in the service of the Domus and Mankind. The precepts of the Symbolum Kastollis, called the Creed of Meteora, include the belief that all of Humanity must be brought into Kastollia wherever in Rathnir Humans still live outside its bounds, the absolute abhorrence of non humans  as dangers to Humanity's rightful domination of Rathnir, and the realisation that the existence of unsanctioned magical powers and non human pressence are a dire threat to the Human species which must be controlled or defeated.

The principles of the Symbolum Kastollis, known as the Creed of Meteora, are actually highly flexible and are enacted by the Missionalis Dominis' Missionaries to fit the native culture, existing religion, and cultural practices of whatever nation it exists upon. As such, Creed of Meteora practices adhered to on one city within the Dominate may be held as abhorrent on another.

The Missionalis Dominis tolerates this vast range of practices and beliefs as it would be impossible to maintain the faith by a rigid adherence to a standardised orthodoxy across the more than one million worlds that comprise the Kastollian Proconsulate. However, the Archiarchy does enforce several basic tenets of the Creed of Meteora, deviation from which is considered heresy.

These principles include the following beliefs:

-That the Domus and its inhabitant once walked among men in their physical form and that He is and always has been the true God of Humanity.

-That the Domus the one true God of Mankind, regardless of the previous beliefs held by any man or woman.

-It is the duty of the faithful to remove the Heretic, beware the wizard and demon, and triumph over the non human.

-Every Human being has a place within the Domus' divine order.

-It is the duty of the faithful to unquestionably obey the authority of the Imperial government and their superiors, who speak in the divine Domus' name.

-The Domus' mercy is endless, but can reach its limits. Upon encounter, heretics will be given one chance to convert to the True Faith. Should they refuse punishment will be imposed on them.

-To kill another is to deny them of their service to Mankind. Should an act of murder be uncovered, its consequences will be long and severe.

The Domus and his inhabitant, often referred to by their faithful as the the "Shepherds of humanity," or simply "the Domus" is the deity and higher power who serves as the reigning guide of the Dominus of Kastollia, and is described by the Archiarchy and the Creed of Meteora as the Guide, Guardian and God of Humanity. The Non-human Pantheons and the heretical deities refer to Him as "the Pariah" for He is the greatest embodiment of order and authority in the Kastollian Dominate today and the most potent foe of Non-human gods in existence, especially elven deities. He was, and remains, the most powerful existence to have ever been created. He has sat immobile, in the dimension above the sky of Rathnir  for over 100,000,000 standard years. Although once a living man, His divinity can no longer support physical life, and it is kept intact only by the sheer will projected by his inhabitant and a potent mind itself sustained by the daily sacrifice of thousands of heretics and non humans.

The Domus chose to sacrifice His immortal life at the end of the Tarrus(Tempesh) overlordship in the service and protection of Mankind residing in the once kingdom of Daelyria. To Humanity's countless across Varandoy, He is nothing less than a God. Through now some His domain, a formidable percentage of Humanity is united and remains one of the most powerful intelligent species in Rathnir as well as its most dominant in terms of both population, engineering and military strenght. United under one government, under one Dominus and under one God, Mankind is able to survive the myriad deadly threats it faces from elves, Demons and the Traitors, Heretics and goblins that lie within Rathnir's boundaries. The Kastollian Dominate's rule, carried on in the Domus' name since the end of the Tarrus Overlordship by the Archiae Kastollikon of Domia and Meteora and a multitude of State controlled organisations, has been long, oppressive and necessarily harsh.

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