Qzerism

Qzerism (pronounced Kew-Zear-Rism), is a religion centred around 1 God, Urnos, the God of Names. Followers of Qzerism believe that Urnos knows all creatures' true names, past, present, and future. To know one's true name would be to know how manage oneself. True names of Qzerism often follow Lo'ai speech patterns and use the Commonspeech alphabet.

Historians suggest that since Qzerism has existed for an estimated 3400 years, that there might've been some spillage of Commonspeak into Eldham from Rathnir long before Athaz had arrived on Eldham. The oldest evidence of Qzerism is from 2952 years ago, in a cave in the snowy mountains of Batu. Inside the cave are paintings of Urnos, and paintings of followers recieving their true names at the Naming Ceremony.

Urnos is portrayed as seven rings, with exactly 60 eyes on each, orbiting a giant eyeball. Compared to the followers shown in these drawings, Urnos is estimated to be about 10 meters tall, by 10 meters wide, and 10 meters across. These paintings are massive for the time, being about 5 meters tall by 10m long.

The reasons for these sightings of Urnos is attributed mostly to the fact that around that period, the brewing of hallucination-inducing drinks had just been invented. These sightings were most likely hallucinated, but this is contested by the fact that more than 50 people, all at the same time, experienced visions of Urnos at the same time is highly unlikely.

Ceremonies
The first of these ceremonies, and the most important of them all, is the Naming Ceremony. The naming ceremony takes place on the 4th day of the 6th month of each year, and is held in the religious city of Lucern (WIP). Here, the Unamed come from all over Eldham to be Named. Originally, the Naming Ceremony was held whenever Urnos decended to Eldham, but as Urnos has not been seen for a millenia, the ceremony recieved a fixed date and location.

At the break of dawn on that day, the Namer must enter the Cryzentine, and retrieve the Scroll of Names. They will look at the new names on the list from the previous year, and must remember each one. Then, at Midday, the Unamed will gather in the Courtyard of Names, and the Namer will emerge from the Cryzentine, having memorised the names. They will then pray to Urnos to inhibit their body.

It is not known whether or not Urnos is actually possesing the Namer, but scientific evidence says otherwise. The Namer will then select the first person they see after praying, and ask them to come to them. The person will come and the Namer will tell them their true name. The process repeats until every last person is Named, and the Namer will resign to the Cryzentine, and place the Scroll of Names back into place, to be held until the next Naming Ceremony.

The second of these ceremonies is the  Arrival Ceremony , which celebrates the Naming of the reincarnation of the Namer. The arrival ceremony is held whenever a Unamed who shows physical and mental likeness to the Namer, is Named. The current Namer will require the future Namer to enter the Cryzentine, and will teach that Namer the name of the Namer.

The new Namer will then be required to sacrifice the old Namer to Urnos, as a symbol of detachment and absolute, undying dedication to Urnos. Usually, this involves the new Namer strangling the old one, or another inhumane act, in order to prove themselves. They must then wash their bloodied hands in the Holy Water. This completes the transfer of the old Namer's spirit to the new one, as well as the ability to host Urnos and live.