The Forgotten Faith of Ayur

Origins
The Forgotten Faith of Ayur was found when the council members of Leveros started to do a mass excavation on their land to find minerals to support their economy. After digging for months, they have found a massive cavern with the remains of the Sea Serpent called Merzocious. Astonished at what they had discovered, they started to run towards the remains and examined it. They saw many broken bones on the skeletal remains and thought that it died from a fierce battle with a being capable of defeating a massive monster like Merzocious. One of the members of the excavation team decided to check the walls for mineral deposits. Instead of finding a mineral deposit, he found massive paintings of three beings named Verdus, Serene, and Aslaug. It is written on the walls that these three beings are guardians of the sea in the old world, and they slain Merzocious to stop his wrath upon the humans. Fascinated on what they saw, a member of the excavation team started to write the texts written on the walls and asked the leader of the excavation Elzaress, if they could make a religion out of this. Elzaress agreed on making a religion about it to preserve the knowledge and existence of these beings. They decided to go back to the surface to make plans on what they were going to do with the cavern. When they were about to leave, Noctis, a member of the excavation team touched the skull of Merzocious and saw Merzocious astral form. They started to talk to each other and Merzocious told Noctis to remove his fangs and use it as a weapon. There is a condition, if Merzocious came back to the mortal realm, Noctis will give the fangs back to Merzocious and he will be granted the ability to take the souls of the mortals. He agreed to his request, and Merzocious vanished in the thin air. Noctis, rejoined the group and asked Elzaress if he could become the High Priest of the future religion, and Elzaress agreed. Elzaress named the religion The Forgotten Faith of Ayur because the previous inhabitants of that land were driven away on their lands and the knowledge about their gods were left to be forgotten in the dark caverns underneath their land.

Gods/Goddesses
Verdus, God of Knowledge and Wisdom:

Verdus is mainly found in the form of a dolphin; he travels the oceans spreading his love and the word of Ayur. Verdus is best friends with Merzocious and was once a friendly kind soul. Until the abandonment.

Serene, Goddess of Tranquility:

Serene is a water nymph that spends her time swimming around in the deep oceans searching for treasures, as well as transforming into many different animals and spending time with humans on shore and in the water. Serenes favorite form is an Axolotl, small and cute and perfect to blend in.

Aslaug, God of Time and Change:

Aslaug is a mysterious figure that is old and wise, but he is always in hiding. Aslaug spends a majority of his time in the clouds helping time move along and keeping the world in order. When he does decide to meet his fellow gods, he is in the form of a Turtle, the species of turtle is up to which god he plans on meeting that day.

A Shift in time
Aslaug had always loved Rathnir; it was his child; peace, and joy, but both Aslaug and Serene knew it would come to and end soon enough. With their worshippers giving up hope and balance in the world fading, they both decided it would be best to leave early, to escape the hatred and start on a new project, one they could work on together. Verdus never gave up hope, though, he was staying until the end. Using his wisdom and his strength, he kept trying, feeling defeated but hopeful; but a figure named Merzocious promised him prosperity and success, so he took it, no questions asked.

Merzocious
Not much is known about this...creature, he is known to be a sea serpent at times, and the keeper of the underworld at others. Legends say he was slain long ago, but if the prophecy is true, this is far from correct.

The Unbalance
With two powerful beings joining hands, the underworld and knowledge, destruction rained upon Rathnir. Wars, battles, conflicts, hunger, poverty, death. But Verdus had never felt so powerful. Mad with power, he struck Rathnir with one mighty blow, forming a hole to appear deep within the south, right on top of a town named Kamiyama. Its settlers in shock and its government in despair, they didn't know what to do, until... the ancient books were found. These books detailed everything the citizens needed to know, what to sacrifice, how to sacrifice, where to sacrifice, and how to restore balance upon this world. The citizens of Kamiyama took it upon themselves to worship Aslaug and Serene until their return, and fight Verdus and Merzocious until they cannot anymore. Word of this quickly spread to the gods, and the race was on.