Mehocism

= Mehocism =

Mehocism was founded by player qwtt, a week after his arrival on rathnir. The religion's holy city is the city of Cremerth-bod-Rathnir(shortened to Cromerth), where the vast majority of it's followers reside. All aspects of Mehocist theology is handled by the religious bureacracy of Cromerth-bod-Rathnir. Additionally, the Goik/Goika(King/Queen) of Cromerth-bod-Rathnir is also seen as a leader of the Mehocist people in both a religious and political way.

Creation
This section deals with the creation myths of the Mehocists

First World
Mehocists beleive that before the creation of the world, there was no one but the Creator God, Albi living in his abode, Cremerth. It is beleived that Albi's boredom of being alone in the world lead him to create a new world. This was the first world, Paxia, where he first created a massive expansive ocean and then created mountains of rock which created land. He then sprinkled soil on this land where grass and trees were to grow. However, not being content with watching still and unmoving objects, he created sheep, wolves and all kinds of other animals to roam in this land. Still not impressed, he wanted to create something that could think for itself and build like he had. Hence, he created Man, and gave it Blood which the Mehocists consider the Elixir of life. Paxia was also the world where the Old Alphabet was created. It is said it was created by Albi himself as a language of the Gods.

Second World
After being content with how Paxia turned out. Albi decided to end Paxia and start another one. This was the Second World, Jagdas. Mehocist Theology states that Jagdas was the world in which the other Gods came to be. After seeing how the Humans were showing affection to each other, Albi desired for love. For this, he created he created Eksyn out of Fire. Eksyn was made the Goddess of love and accordingly Albi's wife. After seeing how the humans were quickly overgrowing the world and overpopulating Jagdas. Albi created Fodite out of Water. Fodite was made the Goddess of Life and Death. After seeing how the humans held court discussed and debated, Albi wanted an Advisor. Hence, Maenar was created out of Air. Maenar was made the God of Logic.

Later on, Albi and Eksyn had a son named Ozoas. While Ozoas is considered a God, his domain and composition are ambiguous and heavily debated. Some beleive that Ozoas is made of Fire like Eksyn(Agnists) while some beleive that Ozoas has no composition like Albi(Kudaists)

[NOTE- While the Agnists beleive Ozoas is made of Fire, they beleive that it's not the same fire as Eksyn]

Initially almost all beleived that Ozoas did not have a domain. However, one incident caused a rift in the Mehocist community. This world was later destroyed by albi due to over population and humans driving a lot of animals to extinction due to food issuses.

Third World
We are currently living in the third world of Rathnir. We know little about the happenings in Cremerth

Theories of Life and Death
The Mehocists believe the following types of people will be sent to Fodite's realm of peace and prosperity:

People who have committed seppuku and people who have devoted their lives to the Mehocist ways

The Mehocists believe the following types of people will be sent to Fodite's realm of ever lasting pain and suffering:

Those who betray the Mehocist way and people who have talked bad about Mehocism

Importance of Blood
Like discussed above, Mehocists beleive that blood is the primary defining characteristic that separates Man from the rest. They beleive blood is what gives man it's intelligence and domination over all creations of Albi. Therefore, the art of Seppuku is (while not mandatory) common but only if absolutely NO ONE else is watching.

Rituals
As discussed above the art of Seppuku to the gods is very common in the Mehocist religion: First the one willing to do seppuku must ensure NO ONE is watching. Secondly they must kneel down and hold their head up to the sky/roof. Thirdly they must grab a short sword and slash it through their abdomen. Albi shall then come down and feast on your blood. (This is a great honour.)

Language
Unlike most other religions, Mehocism has it's own Language and Alphabet. The Mehocist's call it the Old Language and the Old Alphabet. While most Mehocists use the Old Alphabet, the Old Language is only know to the Goiks/Goikas of Cromerth-bod-Rathnir and a few select Bishops. How the language works is a closely guarded secret of the Mehocist elite. In it's modern form, it's indeciferable. However we know a few token facts through the few secrets that the Mehocist bureacracy has let out-


 * The Old Language is not one but many languages and their many pronounciations preserved as they were spoken originally


 * It has a minimum of 50 different words for each concept, each word used when appropriate


 * Only those who have been blessed by the Gods can know it and still it takes 25 years to achieve full mastery of the language