Children of the Black Rain Maiden

Maiden of the Black Rain
The Children are lead by their goddess the being only know as the Maiden of the Black Rain.

Netherite is said to be her blood that she spilled when failed gods tried to kill her to harvest it for them selfs, but she escaped to the nether, but her wounds being fatal she became a spirit & in the prosses assended to a true god with her remains becoming the squids of the overworld in the prossess of rising to the golden skies.

Traditions of the Children
Due to the fact that squids are the remains of her body with small parts of her blood still inside them killing squids is one of the most important missions of her followers. Followers are required to kill squids if they ever find them with a gold weapon to make sure that her souls missing parts get released.

Helping the sinless is the most importand tenent of the followers.

On the 14 day of may is the celebrations of the maidens assencion to higher godhood where its tradition to give gifts to the Maiden & other followers.

The followers are required to once a year to inflict pain to their whole body (usualy by swimming in lava) to cleanse their body of sins.

Showing or describing the maiden as beutiful is sinfull. For this reason her depictions are usualy very alien/eldrich.

The followers believe that working for a reward is sinful as such usualy the followers pay comes as a "gift" or they are not paid at all.

The traditiom for marriage is for the couple to cut them self & bleed into a bowl then let their closest friends drink it usualy in the front of a stastue of the Maiden.

The Tale of a Tear
The Tale of a Tear is the holy book of the Children of the Black Rain Maiden that tells the story of a young girl finding herself in the sky.

The book was originaly in a ancient language & lost for 500 years, but it was found & translated by elderaata & his parents during a 47 year long period. Before it was translated many of the traditions where carried from generation to generation inside small community.

Some historians believe that the book was writen as just a book by a struggling writer then 20 years later a random person started a religion around it. The followers of the religion claim this to be untrue.