Salranism

Overview
Salranism, brought back to life by Saya-Orin of the Razuni Sultanate, is a religion based around balance, and the idea that the world is inhabited by core concept-energies that posses their own wills and some-what sentience, they are neither divine nor mortal, but simply are. It believes that this balance is to be kept through maintaining peace and order between each other and the world around us, and that labor, creativity, and general effort in the way of maintaining this order, whether by helping others or the world around us, does not go without reward.

History
It's unknown where Salranism originally comes from, but the farthest back it can be traced is an ancient society built up on the lands that have become modern-day Razuni, though not much is known about them. Modern-day Salranism was first discovered by Slanority during their nomadic period, after they stepped on an unstable patch of sand and fell into one of said ancient societies temples, and had a vision of what they describe as "a tall humanoid, wearing intricate armor with a flowing white cape wrapped about them, behind the table, hand outstretched and offering them a book". After taking the book they say that the vision dissipated, showing the real age of the ruin, as well as the book, and the fallen skeleton wearing the remnants of the same armor laying on the other end of the table. Their mind filled with questions, they brought the book with them on their travels and eventually reached an at the time new city called Al-Razun, where they would translate it working together with Malar the Alchemist, who has since died. They used what they could grasp of it to help the city in establishing a more solid government, based around the Arbiter, who served the Karashore Odenados, who was order, balance, and justice. However, after that they grew complacent in their studies of the ancient text, setting it aside for other things. Several years later, they found themselves plagued with horrible visions of the sultanate being overrun by strange and horrible creatures, who destroyed and killed all in their path, and found they felt a calling somewhere out in the desert. So, after saying farewell to their family and friends, they travelled out into the desert, where they remained for several months. They returned fully healed of their previous ailments, and with a far more complete knowledge of Salranism, and the title of "The Unyielding", marking them as the current leader of Salranism. It has since been reinstated as the national religion of the Razuni Sultanate.

The Balance
In Salranism the most core belief is the belief in "The Balance", an order of things consisting of seven forces of the world, The Great Zarazeer, the Karashore, V'resthmi, and Silran, or Humanity. This balance holds back Isthmaius, the chaotic being from the beginning of time, who is a rolling mass of creation and destruction, not much more about them is allowed into public light. The Great Zarazeer, who is death, pushed this being back to the abyssal reaches at the edges of this plain of existence, birthing the world as we know it, along with the Karashore. There are four Karashore, Odenados, who was the first, who is order, justice, and a representation of the balance itself, Almaerifue, who is knowledge and conception, Khalenth, who is force/effort, and Seran, who is the sentience behind all non-sentient life, so the plants and non-animal nature. But there were still remnants of Isthmaius about, and their dreams only sent more of these shards into this world. These shards would become their own sentient life, becoming us, who are the Silran, and the animals of the earth. With our birth V'resthmi, who is the lord of dreams, appeared, though this was an arrival, not a birth. With all seven members present, the balance was formed. We are all dependent on the other, none being above the other. In the end we are equals, but we have to be equals who respect and care for eachother, otherwise the balance will fail, and the chaos of Isthmaius risks entering, threatening our existence.

Practices
Salranist practices vary from person to person, but the only consistent one is that they must be kind and respect eachother as well as the Karashore and Great Zarazeer, and take care of those in need, as well as fight against warmongering and general selfishness. When they do practice, it is using mostly basic rituals and rites using various tools, the most prominent of these being the Circles of Selcran. They are theoretically built out of any material, as long as they are kept sacred, but they consist of a center altar with a flame and a chest underneath, and four pillars coming off of this altar, each an equal distance away, that are also lit with flames, and have chests at the base. The pillars are connected by a circle, making the circle around the altar that it's named for. Other common practices include the rites centered around death for when a loved one or other person passes, and the festival of the stars, a time dedicated to honoring the dead, which will be explained more in depth later on in this wiki. The most practiced of rituals goes by many names, but is most commonly simply called "Vesa", and is used to reach out to the rest of the balance, and seek council among them. In the end, what a Salranist practices and believes is entirely up to them, so long as they maintain the balance. More detailed descriptions will be available in books soon.

Structure
The Salranist structure is fairly simple. The leader(s) are appointed by the rest of the Balance, and are always given some form of title to mark this. There are also councils of priests able to be selected by local leaders or the highest leader, the highest of such councils staying at the Laenstad, which is the sacred stronghold of the Salranist faith, and is home to the Salred, a devout league of warriors and scholars devoted to helping those in need of aid and protecting the balance. This structure is fairly flexible locally, priests being able to be picked anywhere by the balance, or just decided out of their own want to develop a Salranist group in the area, however potential Salred or High Priests must be guided on their path by the leader themself, and there are specific rites and rituals involved with becoming one. As an example of it's flexibility, in the home nation of Salranism, the Razuni-Sultanate, they have an Arbiter, who is the upholder of their law, who is picked by Odenados as their spokesperson.