Floristanism

Floristanism is a religion based in the mushroom island of Hermonia, in the Razuni Sultanate, its main ideals are to keep the stability of the world by making sure all deities are known and that they have active worshippers. These deities are grouped into both pantheons and sub-pantheons, pantheons being groups of deities worshipped by the same culture or race, and sub-pantheon being deities that have organised themselves or been organised into groups to represent a theme of some sort that is not culture or race, deities can be in more than one sub-pantheon.

Religious Laws
As of now, there are three laws of the Floristanite faith as a whole, individual deities have other rules to follow.

1.    Thou shall not make it seem as if a deity’s portfolios are unimportant, no matter their divine rank.

2.    Thou shall not worship, promote, or help a being whose goal or purpose is to cause instability in the world or to kill deities.

3.    Thou shalt not break the rules of nature (SW rules).

Ranks
As of now, there are six ranks in the Floristanite faith as a whole, though individual deities may have specialized ranks for their worshippers. The six ranks are High Prophet, Prophet/Prophetess, Scriba, Zealot, Priest/Priestess, and the common worshipper.

High Prophet
The High Prophet is the religious leader of the Floristanite faith, and is the main authoritive figure under the deities themselves. They have mostly ultimate power over the religion, only limited by religious laws, morality, and a strong enough will of the people. The current one is High Prophet Zacata Felis.

Prophet/Prophetess
Prophets or Prophetesses represent individual deities of the Floristanite faith, they lead the worshippers of the deity they represent, and have great power over them, limited by religious laws, the orders of the High Prophet, morality, and a strong enough will of the people. The only prophet/prophetess at the moment is the prophet of Hyitlia; Zacata Felis, whom is also a high prophet.

Scriba
Scribas are documenters of the Floristanite faith, documenting things related to both Floristanism and the world. Being a scriba is a job in addition to being a priest or priestess, or a worshipper.

Zealot
Zealots are Floristanites that fight for the Floristanite faith, joining wars that the Floristanite faith is a part of. These warriors are skilled at what they do, and dedicated to fighting to preserve the religion.

Priest/Priestess
Priests or Priestesses are Floristanites that have dedicated to one deity, unlike common worshippers, but do not represent them, unlike prophets and prophetesses. They are usually worshippers that have both dedicated themselves and also completed a sort of trial. The trial can be a sort of ritual, or just an activity or habit that must be maintained or replaced by something else to remain a priest or priestess.

Common Followers
Common followers are Floristanites that have either are newly joined, have not done a priest/priestess initiation trial, or have not chosen exclusively one deity to worship. These are most of the Floristanites of the religion.

Kaitsja
Kaitsja is the god of crusades, man-made races, battle, of the protection of man-made races, and is known as a guardian to those created not naturally and abused, offering them revenge against their creators and a safe place in exchange for their worship of him, he also is often called to help crusades through divine intervention.

Kaitsja often takes the form of either a masculine, green-coloured slime-cat with any sort of clothing, a feminine half-ender with any sort of clothing, or an undiscernibly gendered metal humanoid, again with any sort of clothing.

Legends of his creation include him having been created by mortals himself and ascending to godhood through unknown means to save others of his kind from abuse, this legend led to him being most associated with slime-cats, because of Zacata Felis

His worshippers are often those that have been created, like slime-cats, golems, or half-enders, or those looking to protect manmade races.

The trials that Kaitsja worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess are either be one of a man-made race that has and wants to protect others of their kin, or a one of a natural race to protect in anyway any individual of a man-made race for a period of time longer than a week, and must continuously do so to remain a priest or priestess.

Hyitlia
Hyitlia is the goddess of mushrooms, mushroom-based creatures, mycelium, security, and safety, and is known as the guardian of those abused or needing safety, offering them safety on the nearest mushroom island, sometimes magically moving that person to get them there.

Hyitlia usually takes the form of a humanoid woman made of purple fungal material, with the legs replaced by a single fungal stem as wide as her waist, and moved along by many fungal tendrils. This form also has mushrooms of many sizes growing on her arms and torso, a large mushroom cap on her head, fused to it, as well as a mycelium like cloth going over her chest, and shoulder-length “hair” that come from under the cap.

Legends associated with her include having made the island of Hermonia to save a group of ancient Razunis and Oceanumites from the sea after having escaped a destructive event, and has since then magically drawn those lost at sea to the island.

Her worshippers are usually mushroom-based creatures, those that enjoy being with mushrooms, and those that wish for safety.

The trials that Hyitlia worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess are either to live off of mushrooms for at least a week, to become a mushroom-based creature, or to give abused creatures a sense of safety or security.

Inxna
Inxna is the goddess of jetilians, crusades, battles, victory, and nationalism, and is often called into crusades by jetilianoids and those that worship her. She encompasses the death before dishonour mindset, her worshippers sometimes only winning fights because of their near infinite morale and will to fight.

Inxna usually takes the form of a jetilian woman with grey skin, eyes, and hair, wearing heavy armour on her torso, upper arms, upper legs, and head. Also, over her upper legs and lower torso is a sort of ragged green skirt, though it goes over her armour.

Legends associated with Inxna include her having defeated a colossal, primordial creature to protect jetiliankind from extinction, wounding herself greatly in the process, thus becoming weaker until she was able to heal.

Inxna’s worshippers are usually jetilians or zealous warriors never willing to surrender and want to protect those they care about or get vengeance against those that wronged them.

The trials that Inxna worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess are to either win about five duels, to win battles gloriously, to get vengeance, or to teach others how to defend oneself.

Cloaker
Cloaker is the deity of death, the dead, funeral rites, knowledge, and balance, and is often called the “Grim Reaper,” or the “Death’s Judge.” They judge souls that have entered their realm in the process of going to the afterlife, transporting them to either their deity’s realm, or a realm that encompasses their general alignment.

Cloaker usually takes the form of a dark grey blanketh, looking like a black mist draped with a cloth in the vague shape of a cloaked humanoid, with two lighter grey patches seemingly stitched onto it that look to function as eyes.

Legends associated with Cloaker include them having become attracted to a mortal woman, resulting in the woman being cursed by the other deities for interacting in such a way with a deity, allegedly, the mortal was given godhood by Cloaker to help the mortal woman, becoming Selitea, though this is all myth.

Cloaker’s worshippers include blankeths, half-blankeths, and those that wish to either preserve the balance of the world or help souls get to the afterlife.

The trials that Cloaker worshippers have to complete to become a priest of priestess are to either help a soul move onto the afterlife, to have a collection of books for the purpose of knowledge, to write down info about topics of any sort; thus, also becoming a scriba, or to complete a number of actions related to preserving the world’s balance.

Selitea
Selitea is the goddess of redemption, redeemed fiends, curses and oni, and is known as a merciful goddess, always giving people a second chance to fix what they have done wrong, and trying to show those corrupted what they have done wrong and a way to fix it should they try to redeem themselves.

Selitea usually takes the form of a feminine fiendish humanoid, having horns resembling that of a ram, draconic, digitigrade legs that end in claws, bat-like wings, clawed hands, scarlet-red skin, and eyes, and long, dark-red hair. She is also often depicted with a white, knee-high dress.

Legends associated with Selitea include her having been created from a mortal woman cursed for having a relationship with Cloaker, given godhood by them to lessen the pain of the curse, which had scarred her into what Selitea is often depicted as.

Selitea’s worshippers include individuals that have redeemed themselves, onis, and those that wish to give others redemption.

The trials that Selitea worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include either redeeming oneself, being a redeemed oni or fiend, a cursed individual, or anyone who wishes to give others redemption.

Seasonal
All goddesses of the seasonal pantheon represent a season, and have each got a legend referencing each of them being cursed to have the form they do, as well as some behaviour that to some degree represents the season they are and to most often be on a mortal plane. Each also look similar to the goddess Selitea, likely having been cursed by her. They each have bat-like wings, draconic, digitigrade legs ending in claws, and clawed hands, though they each have different coloured skin, hair and eyes, and a feature that represents their season.

Summer
Summer is the goddess of summer and justice, and is known to go to the mortal plane to battle those who commit evil, whether or not her actions are willing are known only by the deities above.

She has yellowy-orange skin, eyes, and hair, each of differing shades, and a radiant heat around her, those that get close to her mortal planar avatar often either get heatstroke, or burns on their skin, even going up into flames should they go close enough to her for long enough.

Legends associated with Summer include her having been cursed by Selitea or Cloaker for committing great evils thinking she was doing good, such as burning down a village that had a cult based in it, or killing a king that had unknowingly done evil things. The curse made her very zealous and self-righteous, perhaps to a fault.

Summer’s worshippers include individuals that are self-righteous and individuals that have been influenced by her enough to change them physically and behaviourally; called summer touched.

The trials that Summer worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include either voluntarily turning themselves into summer-touched, or to swear an oath to her to fight for her, thus also being a zealot.

Autumn
Autumn is the goddess of autumn and manipulation, and is known to go to the mortal plane to change the course of nations and people by manipulating them into doing things they usually would not do, either good, bad, or in between.

She has golden-red skin, eyes, and hair, each of differing shades, and a slightly colder than room-temperature aura around her, those that get close to her at most start to shiver, though coming in contact with her can bring dark thoughts to that individual.

Legends associated with Autumn include her having been cursed by Selitea or Cloaker for manipulating many people into both dooming themselves and giving her items that she desired. The curse gave her an unsatiable urge to manipulate, even when unneeded, though it may be possible for her to temporarily ignore it.

Autumn’s worshippers include individuals that wish to gain things they want via unethical means, and individuals that have been influenced by her enough to change them physically and behaviourally; called autumn touched.

The trials that Autumn worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include either voluntarily turning themselves into autumn-touched, or to swear an oath to her to give her the things she wants via unethical means.

Winter
Winter is the goddess of winter and wrath, and is known to go to the mortal plane to indiscriminately kill anything or anyone that comes across their path, able to withstand many blows from anything not created by a deity, divinely healing her wounds unconsciously. Whether she does this willingly or not is known only to the deities above.

She has shades of light or dark blue skin, eyes and hair, and a freezing cold aura around her, those that get close to her, if they do not get killed by her, would have a chance to get frostbite or hypothermia, even freezing completely solid should they be close enough to her for long enough.

Legends associated with her include her having been cursed by Selitea or Cloaker for destroying a statue to an important deity. The curse gave her the unsatiable and unrelenting urge to destroy and kill, as well as an immense general anger, allegedly it can be kept back briefly to hold some conversation.

Winter’s worshippers include individuals that want to just cause destruction or violence, and individuals that have been influenced by her enough to change them physically and behaviourally, called winter touched.

The trials that Winter worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess are mostly lost to time, though the tamer methods still remain, these include either voluntarily turning themselves into a winter-touched, or living in a snowy area with little or no additional clothing other than what would be worn at room temperature.

Spring
Spring is the goddess of spring and entertainment, and is known to go to the mortal plane to have fun with any sentient being that will let her, those that have fun with her often have the best fun that they would have in their life.

She has green skin, eyes, and hair, each of differing shades, and a warm aura around her, those that get close to her will at most get a little hyperthermia, but otherwise will feel a joyful euphoria and have the urge to play with her.

Legends associated to her include her having been cursed by Selitea or Cloaker for causing the death of an important figure by distracting a guard to have fun with them. The curse gave her the unsatiable urge to have fun, and the general inability to be serious.

Spring’s worshippers include individuals that want to have fun and make others feel happy, and individuals that have been influenced by her to change them physically and behaviourally, called spring touched.

Trials that Spring worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include either voluntarily turning themselves into a spring-touched, or to bring happiness wherever they go.

Misc.
These are the deities not yet categorised.

Florista
Florista is the goddess of nature, the planet, growth of nature, ents, and is thought of to be the embodiment of the planet on which Eldham and Rathnir reside, she often goes onto the mortal plane to make sure the world is safe.

Florista often takes the form of a woman made entirely out of wood and plant matter, her skin being of bark, her eyes being of amber, and her hair of vines. She is often depicted having the abilities to both turn herself into a tree by burying her feet in the ground, and to feel when nature is harmed in some way.

Legends associated with Florista include her having been created by the god Aequalis, or some deity more powerful than him; too powerful for worship, to house the creatures that call Eldham and Rathnir home, and those that immigrate to either of them.

Florista’s worshippers include dryads, fae, druids, treants, plant-based creatures, and sentient wildlife.

Trials Florista worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include preserving a fairly large patch of wildlife, having a part of nature either fused onto oneself in some way or on oneself, or to be creature of nature.

Amaria
Amaria is the goddess of love, beauty, and any romance between two adults, and often goes onto the mortal plane to spark love or to make beauty in individuals. It is thought that she sparks love between individuals by squirting them with a type of perfume.

Amaria’s form varies a lot, always what an individual that views her would find the most attractive, though she is most likely depicted as a woman with fair skin, blue eyes, and brown hair, but even then, this form would be inaccurate to what she looks like, and is only a simplification as to the variety of forms she could take.

Legends associated with Amaria include her supposedly having sparked love between Cloaker and Selitea, though Cloaker denies this legend being true, and Cloaker’s worshippers see it as impossible for Amaria to have influenced Cloaker in that way.

Amaria’s worshippers include any individual that either wants love or to become beautiful in the eyes of those they want.

Trials Amaria worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include either to have others feel beautiful, or to provide others with someone to love, whether it is themselves or someone else (both individuals must be willing), platonically or not.

Luna
Luna is the deity of the moon, dreams, and the dream realm, and often goes to the mortal plane to give individuals good dreams and direct the moon; called Luna by Floristanites, through the sky.

Luna usually takes the form of an elven humanoid; mainly depicted as feminine, made entirely of a grey stone, but is also seen as the moon itself, observing all who sleep under them, and giving them dreams that would be enjoyed.

Legends associated with Luna include her having once had her moon avatar destroyed by a mortal on either Rathnir or Eldham, and another include a few times in which another deity-like entity; likely Chastaker or a deity corrupted by Chastaker, prevented that same avatar from going under the horizon, staying in the sky at around the midnight position, though Luna has eventually managed to get the moon moving again.

Luna’s worshippers include individuals that either do activities under the moon’s light in some way, or lycanthropes.

Trials that Luna worshippers must complete to become a priest or priestess include either spending most of one’s time awake at night, or to spend most of the time outside when it is night, and rarely going outside at day.

The Central Morales
The Central Morales is a sub-pantheon that contains deities that represent the basic alignments of morality: good, evil, law and chaos.

Already listed
·       Cloaker

Maith
Maith is the god of good, justice, and good master jetilians, he often influences people into doing actions for the good of the world, and to go against his antithesis Olc. He is a merciful and caring deity, but knows duty more than most others.

Maith usually takes the form of something similar to a dragon, though with a flat face and a sort of plumage that resembles shoulder-length hair, though with thicker strands of a cartilage-like substance, he also usually is depicted standing bipedally. His skin and plumage are a pearl-white, and his eyes a light red.

Legends associated with Maith include him supposedly being the brother of Olc, as well as a legend depicting him having created all of the races of good to eventually try to kill his antithesis; Olc, and end all evil in the world.

Maith’s worshippers include individuals that wish to end all evil, half-jetilians of his vague lineage; those that have been influenced physically and behaviourally by him.

Trials that Maith worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include doing fifty good deeds, and to remain humble about them, as well as to never hurt any individual unprovoked, and to never willingly assist evil beings.

Olc
Olc is the god of evil, injustice, and dragons, he often influences people in doing actions that spread his evil, corrupted influence, and to go against his antithesis Maith. He is a manipulative, egotistical, and intelligent deity, usually knowing which buttons to push to either corrupt or break people.

Olc usually takes the form of a large dragon with obsidian-black skin and green eyes. It is said that he chose the form of a dragon due to the master jetilians’ hatred of draconic creatures because of a long conflict between each other.

Legends associated with Olc include him supposedly being the brother of Maith, as well as a legend depicting him having created all of the races of evil to eventually try to kill his antithesis; Maith, and take over the world.

Olc’s worshippers include individuals corrupted by him, half-jetilians of his vague lineage; those that have been influenced physically and behaviourally by him.

Trials that Olc worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess are mostly forgotten, with only the tamer trials being remembered, those being either being a half-dragon of some sort, turning oneself into a half-dragon, or by going against Maith worshippers in most ways.

Aequalis
Aequalis is the god of law, and often goes to the mortal plane to enforce some divine law to a degree that Cloaker cannot. He is uncaring but fair and just, and would do anything to prevent chaos from ruling the world as it had done before.

Aequalis usually takes the form of creature like a dragon, like Maith, but with blue-grey skin, blue eyes, and a distinct lack of plumage, as well as a helm that covers all but his eyes. He is depicted wielding a war-hammer, a longsword, or a great-sword.

Legends associated with Aequalis include him having helped defeat a great, primordial embodiment of chaos and instability; Chastaker, as well as legends telling of him breaking up fights between Olc and Maith by killing the avatars they use to do so.

Aequalis worshippers include guards, judges, and individuals that have been influenced by him both physically and behaviourally.

Trials that Aequalis worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include either becoming an enforcer of law, or to go against both good, evil and chaos.

Chastaker
Chastaker is the deity of chaos, instability, and the void, and is only able to lightly influence the mortal plane, unlike the rest of the deities that exist in the world. They are unpredictable and chaotic, changing attitude at random intervals unable to be calculated even by the deities themselves.

Chastaker has no uniform form, given their nature, though they are most often depicted by non-Chastaker worshippers a purple mist of varying size and shape. Those that try to see their true form, whatever it may be, get corrupted by them and lose the ability to have uniform thought and the unsatiable urge to cause chaos, as well as being shifted physically to show some similarity to Chastaker’s theme.

Legends associated with Chastaker include him having been trapped in a prison plane long ago, before Eldham and Rathnir existed as they did today, Chastaker having prevented it from happening with their influence, it supposedly took most; if not all deities that exist, to trap them. Should Chastaker be freed, it will spell the end of Eldham and Rathnir as we know it. Another legend tells that both Entropy and Segra are actually Chastaker in a different avatar, or deities corrupted by Chastaker.

Chastaker worshippers can include anyone, should they be at the wrong place at the wrong time, or if they intentionally do so, but are often easy to find, having a magically aura that if identified, would look and feel chaotic to the observer.

It is considered heresy to follow Chastaker, worshippers being either exiled, executed, or forced to worship a different deity.

The Four Seasons
·       Summer

·       Autumn

·       Winter

·       Spring

Already listed
·       Cloaker

Nialeef
Nialeef is the goddess of life, birth, and fertility, and often goes onto the mortal plane to bring life through her influence, those that are near her avatar usually feel a sense of health in them, making them happier. She is a caring, but aloof deity, making sure no creature or person dies, unless it is too late.

Nialeef usually takes the form of an elven or human woman, with brown hair and eyes, and either dark or fair skin, depending on how she feels. She also wears an ankle-length dress made of vines and flowers.

Legends associated with Nialeef include her having created or allowed the creation of all life on Eldham and Rathnir, and tries tooth and claw to prevent Cloaker from killing off life before she sees it as too late, often approving of resurrections by her followers.

Nialeef’s worshippers include druids, dryads, fae, parents, and those that wish to make life happen.

Trials that Nialeef worshippers have to complete to become a priest or priestess include either making a lot of life, either by planting seeds, having children, or reviving the dead, or by preventing death from happening when it is preventable, such as healing injured creatures.

Prophet Investiture
A resolute and skilled priest or priestess can become a prophet or prophetess by the high prophet themself. The ceremony is similar to a monarch’s coronation, except that it is the high prophet that “coronates” the prophet, and the only other people in the ceremony would be the close friends and family of the to-be-prophet.

Priest or Priestess Initiation
When a worshipper completes a trial to become a priest or priestess of the deity they chose to worship, they are to attend an initiation, which formally makes that individual a priest. The initiation is usually similar to what a graduation looks like, with either the prophet of that deity; or the high prophet, as well as other worshippers to be initiated; if there are others at that moment, and sometimes an avatar of that deity.

Divine Avatar Summoning
This ritual is a group of rituals that can summon the avatar of a deity depending on a secondary ingredient added to the ritual. The ritual normally is a magic circle of either string or redstone, and in the middle, a valuable item and a secondary item are put in a chest. The words to start the ritual are “To my god/goddess/deity X, I give you these items to summon you to guide us through our faith and life,” with “X” being replaced by the deity to be summoned. The avatar will then be summoned, whether the avatar is visible, or just a voice, is not predictable, but the latter is to be expected.

The secondary item is usually something similar to what the summoned deity, such as a mushroom to summon Hyitlia, or a piece of cloth or leather to summon Cloaker.

The Creation of Hermonia
Long ago, there was a great disaster or group of disasters that happened within the disunited tribes of the now Razuni Sultanate and Consulate of Oceanum, and a few groups of people from those lands escaped it by going to the sea. Hyitlia saw those groups and out of pity and mercy since those individuals would have died due to the environment without help, decided to make an island with mushrooms growing on it come from out of the sea, and directed the refugees to the island by manipulating the sea currents.

It took some time for the refugees to get used to living on the mushroom island, but eventually did, and named the island Hermonia.

The Investiture of Zacata Felis
At least a few years before Rathnirian colonisation, the slime cat Zacata fled from the Razuni mainland to escape his then evil mother; known now as “V,” he came across the island of Hermonia, directed unknowingly by Hyitlia. There, he eventually became the leader of the island, a prophet of Hyitlia, and High Prophet of the Floristanite faith through work and a determination for revenge.

High Prophet Zacata of House Felis
Zacata Felis is a slime cat that is the prophet of Hyitlia and the High Prophet, he is known by many to be smart and funny, but socially inept and arrogant, as well as often holding grudges much longer than necessary.

He came to Hermonia; the current centre of Floristanism, after fleeing from his mother, who became part of an evil cult with the sole mission of reviving a long dead being called Cree. Later earning the titles of leader of Hermonia, prophet of Hyitlia, and High Prophet.

Role-playing Opportunities
The role-playing opportunities for worshippers of different deities are near limitless, and some of them can be listed here at a latter point in time should people request it hard, for long, and often enough.