Olhi

History Summary
Olhi is a polytheistic religion that follows its two prominent onmelhi. Onmelhi is the word for god in the ancient language of Tlong-Makewani. These Onmelhi, Musuloskus and Afitizer, represent the core beliefs and foundation of the people who originated Olhi. The religion is derived from the aforementioned ancient people of the Basime archipelago. In modern history, such an archipelago is non-existent. This is due to, well, Olhi.

Musuloskus was the first onmelhi of the world. In the Attika Mythos, he was said to have created the world as we know it, alongside all that walks upon it. The Attika Mythos is the holy script of Olhi, lost to time it has yet to be restored.

"Musuloskus crafted the earth with passion, akin to a potter molding his grand work. The world was born of dirt and water, the core ingredients to life."

He created creatures of many forms, life to behold his works. To him, all that he created was entertainment in an endless void of his own creation. He toyed with these creatures as time passed, unsatisfied with their simplicity. As a result, he took the creatures he'd created and changed them. He shaped them into more prevalent beings. As such, he'd created sentient life in the form of the Makewani people. These beings thrived as Musuloskus observed. He was endlessly wise, and in accordance, he trapped his children. A sort of lock on their sentience; their freedom. The people were capable of many things up until they reached this barrier engraved in their minds. Musuloskus feared his creation becoming stronger than himself. But again, as time passed, these limited beings bored him. He allowed them miniscule amounts of intelligence to feed his hunger for entertainment. Unfortunately for Musuloskus, he was too enamored with his play things to see what he'd allowed to brew.

Afitizer was the second onmelhi of the world. The difference between him and Musuloskus was conception. While Musuloskus was the almighty and all powerful god of the world, Afitizer was a figment, a figment of revolution.

In their growing sentience, the Makewani people began to realize their limits more. Veiled in secrecy, many revolutionaries hid in the dark, spreading their conspiracies of Musuloskus; recruiting. A time came for at which the Makewani deemed their freedom enough to disobey Musuloskus. The revolt was unsurprisingly short lived. Revolutionary forces cowered before Musuloskus, and Musuloskus didn't see reason in fighting fair. An eventual surrender marked the fall of the revolution. As punishment for high treason, Musuloskus banished the offenders from his realm. In this instance, Musuloskus created another realm; the land. His loyal subjects lived at the floor of the sea while those that transgressed him rose to the surface. These banished people found refuge on the Basime archipelago, and progressed separated from Musuloskus. Many times they attempted to leave the islands, but as soon as their boats touched the sea; Musuloskus punished them heavily. The people of the surface took their rage and created Afitizer. Afitizer, born of rage, governed his subjects with an iron fist. As a result, the surface dwellers thrived. Afitizer improved everything, although his methods were questionable; they always succeeded. And as his people grew stronger, their faith in him did as well. You see, as a figment of the people's rage, Afitizer only grew in power in tandem to his people's successes. Time passed and the Basime people devised a revenge plot, to attack and siege the capital of the sea: Omsomloskus. And so the great Lapregas war began.

This war was devastating for both sides and spanned many decades. The destruction wrought from pure rage tore through each civilization. So much so that the war only concluded when, in a final clash, Afitizer and Musuloskus killed each other. The resulting catastrophe caused the Basime archipelago to sink into the ocean alongside all of its inhabitants. Those that resided on the sea floor perished as well without Musuloskus; puppets without their puppetmaster.