Boulderism

Boulderism is a politheistic religion originating from The Kingdom of Boulderov and is prelavent in Second Empire of Uldarash. Boulderists worship The Boulder who they consider their mysterious amd omnipotent creator, along The Four Golems who are lesser deities created by him. Together they are known as The Five Pillars.

Core Commandments
Each of the Pillars has their own commandments, but they all share these ones:


 * 1) Never ridicule any deity.
 * 2) Make your creators proud.
 * 3) Don't utter a Pillar's name in vain.

The Boulder
The greatest and most powerful one. He does not reveal himself to any being and only interacts with others through whispers. Mysterious, omniscient, and omnipotent.

Elsad Stone Jag - The Stone Golem
The god of stasis, determinism, and laws of physics. They are depicted as a humanoid made from stones perfectly balancing on top of each other in a scholar’s robe, holding a clock and a level. Elsad measures time the world has left to achieve equilibrium - eternal stasis.

They are popular among teachers, knowledgeable people, nihilists, and explorers. Their symbols include: stone, clock and a level, laws of physics, mathematics,

Elsad’s commandments:

 * 1) Understand the world around you.
 * 2) Learn and teach others.
 * 3) Your emotions shan't guide you. Be stoic.
 * 4) Predict events using facts and knowledge.
 * 5) You shall not gamble.

Hadstur Diorite Lem - The Diorite Golem
The god of chaos, passion, war, and fire. They are depicted as a jagged diorite armour, with flaming sword in one hand and blue and red vines wrapped around the other.

You can often find warriors, outgoing people, and law enforcers among their followers. It is said that The Diorite Golem loves alcohol, and how it burns their throat. Their symbols include: diorite, the Sun and stars, the Nether, weeping vines, Undead.

Hadstur’s commandments:

 * 1) Never give into monotony.
 * 2) Never hide your thoughts and emotions.
 * 3) Let others express their opinion.
 * 4) Enjoy your life to its fullest.

Khanih Andesite Pax - The Andesite Golem
The god of family, water, cold, air and art. They are depicted as an andesite human, with a jug in one hand pouring water to a cup in another.

Their followers are artists, explorers, peasants, and in general the most peaceful bunch. Their symbols include: andesite, jug, cups, water, conduit, brush

Khanih’s commandments:

 * 1) You shall not lie.
 * 2) You shall not cheat.
 * 3) Honor your close ones.
 * 4) Abstain from stimulants.

Omilfroyim Granite Araur - The Granite Golem
The god of life, civilization, and consciousness. They are depicted as a granite human covered in mist, with long green hair made of plants, with a bell in their left hand.

Their followers are townspeople, merchants, philosophers, caretakers, gardeners and hunters. Their symbols include: granite, leaves, bell,

Omilfroyim’s commandments:

 * 1) Treat your neighbor as you would yourself
 * 2) You shall not murder.

The Myths:
The Boulder whispered these stories to first boulderists through end stone meteorites.

The Creation
There was nothing in the abyss, only potential that could become everything. This potential eventually manifested itself into one being, one body, which we now call The Boulder. As he was everything, the universe itself, he tore off tiny parts of himself for creation to be possible. The first and the biggest one became a companion, another thinking being, yet tiny in comparison to The Boulder’s greatness - Elsad Stone Jag. They created spheres floating in the empty abyss and called them planets, and established rules on how the planets behaved in relation to another. Those rules were called the laws of physics.

The Boulder, pleased with the results, went on to mould three more beings. The first one, Hadstur Diorite Lem, created burning spheres of gas called stars, that lit up the dark and cold universe. The second one, Khanih Andesite Pax, covered the planets with water, as they deemed them to be getting too hot from stars’ light.

Inspired by The Boulder’s creations, the third being - Omilfroyim Granite Araur, tried to mould their own lesser beings to observe how they would shape the universe, but as soon as they were created, they died. Their bodies were too frail to endure the environment of the universe. Feeling determination, they went to try to create a dimension suitable for them. Khanih seeing their sibling’s effort, made a layer of protection around one planet, and asked Elsad to bring it to a balanced distance from Hadstur’s star. Elsad, impressed with the balance it provided to the world, went on to place all the planets on orbits around their stars and so solar systems and galaxies were formed.

Omilfroyim was called to come back to the overworld, and was presented with a perfect planet for Omilfroyim’s creations. Thanking the siblings for their efforts, they created all life: from tiniest microbes, to plants, to the biggest animals, and eventually humans.

Eventually humans found a piece that The Boulder tore off. It was a large boulder made out of a rock unknown to them - The End Stone. Through it, they heard whispers that taught them the truth of the universe. They began to call the one whispering to them The Boulder, and the four gods that accompany Him, The Four Golems. Combined, they are The Five Pillars.

Elsad’s Lessons
Early humans possessed some intelligence, yet not enough to build a civilisation. Elsad grew tired of observing how humanity only thought about their survival, and never about the great wonders of the world The Five Pillars created for them. Elsad through whispering stones encouraged cavemen to seek knowledge, and they obliged. Through their own efforts they created a great civilisation. Their magic was most powerful, their art beautiful, and their culture rich. They wrote some of their knowledge on obsidian tablets to conserve their wisdom until the end of times… which eventually came.

Hadstur’s Wrath
Ancient civilisation eventually developed portals to other dimensions. An obsidian portal led to the dimension created by Omilfroyim where they found endless caves. The other, forged with end stone, led to the center of the abyss, the domain of The Boulder, The End. Offended by their brassiness to enter The Boulder’s domain, Hadstur purged their civilization with fiery might, only leaving structures deep underground intact, like Strongholds. The Diorite Golem closed off the portals and trapped those living in Omilfroyim’s dimension without a way back. Hadstur then poured his flame into the dimension transforming it into a hellscape, now called The Nether. From now on, all descendants of those people were dragged there after their death, forced to roam the infernal dimension as undead for all eternity. The native people of The Nether eventually adapted to their new surroundings, growing long ears and snouts, becoming Pigmen.

Omilfroyim’s Compassion
Horrified to witness what became of their precious humans, Omilfroyim pleaded with Hadstur to have mercy on them. The Granite Golem argued that the descendants were innocent and those in The Nether suffered for long enough, and should be freed. Hadstur was not convinced, and assumed that they would make the same mistakes as their ancestors, and that he was merciful with sparing their lives. To free them, Omilfroyim gave Hadstur two seeds: one blue and one red. The warped blue seed would grow with the evil they commited, and the crimson red would grow with their good deeds. They betted that if the blue seed were to completely grow over The Nether then all of humanity would be punished by Hadstur, and if the red seed were to do the same, then all of humanity would ascend to The End. The undead were freed from The Nether and now can be rarely seen during the darkest of nights, as the sun burns them with Hadstur’s wrath.

The meteor
On a rainy day Mimek heard the whispers of the boulder in the middle of Pedregal. It demanded a sacrifice. He quickly gathered all kinds of rocks and presented them in front of the boulder. He then heard a booming noise and in front of him a meteor of End Stone crashed into the Pedregal's boulder. After the dust settled he came closer, paying no mind to the flames surrounding it. Upon touching the meteorite he heard another whispers, telling him to slay a beast lurking in The End dimension. And so he did.

The Signs
The prayers to The Boulder were heard. Mimek, received A Sign from Him, telling him to go venture to where it all started and ask for guidance. Mimek refused to clarify what that means. There they received two more Signs. Deciphering what those Signs meant and where do they lead them took a while, with few failed attempts, but eventually he arrived in the lands of Forest Gate, above The Unreachable Library. There he found a sphere, a boulder of primordial rock. The Boulder asked him to open it, but this task turned out to be near impossible. He prayed for many days, decorating its surroundings, and even setting up a house around the sphere, but he was powerless. Not knowing what to do next, during a rainfall by the Pedregal’s river he drank the Guardian Water and began fishing to clear up his head. With all those elements present that belong to Khanih Andesite Pax they sent out their helping hand in the form of a compass. It led Mimek to the Cathedral’s boulder. Upon stepping into the boulder, he felt my surroundings shift and once again he arrived at the primordial sphere. It has opened before him accompanied by thunderous strikes, although the opening was tiny. Crawling inside he found a peculiar block, indestructible like its shell with glimmering buttons on its side. He put upon it the compass and felt the need to see the Cathedral’s boulder once more. Inside the boulder was the most holy book. Its aura was oozing with the power of The Boulder and The Four Golems. Its pages were empty, impatiently craving to be filled with the truth that The Boulder shared with us. A new quest begins which will change everything.