Blue Phoenixians

Tenants
1. Blue Phoenixians must always be kind, help where possible, in order to balance out the actions of the Red to overthrow balance with chaos

2. Blue Phoenixans must never force an idea upon another person as their will is granted by the Great Phoenix

3. Blue Phoenixians must always be trying to create balance in their lives in whatever way they can.

4. Blue Phoenixians must always help in war when asked, they must never refuse the call to arms of an ally or of the innocent.

5 Blue Phoenixians must be accepting of all peoples who wish to understand our ways and accept not all will.

Champions of the Phoenix
Who are those who have met or spoken to the Phoenix personally, have the highest authority on church matters.

Lord Bishop
In every nation with more than 5 members of the following, one will be selected to be the lord bishop of the region. They will take residence in a Cathedral.

Warrior Priests
Warrior Priests, are created in any town with a  Phoenixian church and are those who are the lowest rank to provide services for a ritual (ie Marriage Funeral) and take residence in a church

Phoenixian Churches
Built as symmetrical as possible to represent the order that we create.

Symmetry is the most easily understood form of balance. Further explained in ideas

Church Gardens
Directly attached to the church, filled with the berries planted at **awakenings, weddings and funerals** which represent the **chaos** of love and loss. By placing chaos and order together we follow the most basic teaching in how we accept everything in order to create balance

Ritual of Marriage for Blue Phoenixians -
The couple to be wed must stand audience in front of their family, friends and a representative of the Phoenix. The couple shall at the start of the wedding, announce their pre-chosen **Servers **, and then stand before the **Phoenixian Warrior-Priest/Lord-Bishop/Champion** where they are questioned if they are ready to be reborn as one balanced pair in the eyes of the Blue Phoenix.

Once they are deemed ready they step into the corridor of blue flames, where they are burned and reborn together, the chaos and order from the two of their souls merged and balanced off of each other so that as they step out through the waterfall into the church gardens, they are truly balanced.

After stepping into the garden where they are greeted by the rest of the audience and in front of everyone plant a berry in the gardens, and then are handed their first meal as a couple, winemade from the berries of the church gardens, and bread, dropped for them by the Servers.

Following this as they eat, the **Servers **will head to the entrance of the Garden, collecting gifts for the couples, as the Wedding's audience head out to celebrate the night, having drinks and celebrating, making sure that the parents of both members of the couple are the first to drink, and that the couple are the last to leave as they now head off into the world together.

Other guests may come and go after the parents have had a drink, but whenever you leave the celebration without the intention to return, you must buy the couple a drink and leave.

Ritual of Funeral for Blue Phoenixians -
After the death of a loved one, the next of kin contacts the **Phoenixian Warrior-Priest/Lord-Bishop/Champion** of the church **nearest to where the deceased was married or born** (if the two churches are different it is the next of Kins choice)

The representative of the church will organise for a Berry from the bush of their wedding or their awakening, to be picked and given to the **next of Kin**

Then on a subsequent day, those who wish to pay respects to the dead gather at the church to watch the **next of kin **plant the Berry in honour of the deceased

Holidays
The Twin Dragon religion partakes in an important ritual known as Dragon Day, which happens every **June 20th and December 21st.** This is a celebration of both dragons respectively. Dragon Day in **June **is celebrated with sun cakes, which are made out of peaches, with many things associated with warmth, gloom and the greatness of summer, while Dragon Day in **December **is celebrated with cool, soothing and calming themes of winter. Moon cakes are served, and many foods that are resembling winter.

** Matron Day**, in which the very day the Celestial Matron of Celeia descended is also celebrated. This day usually is quite grand, as many temples put up purple banners in her resemblance, and depicts arts to her, as well as the various loyal worshipers of the faith. Heroes, sages, and the like are depicted in statues. Some minor, some major. In addition, the Velereth gives away parts of her personal belongings to the common folk as well as food as a symbol of benevolence, and balance.

A major holiday is the New Years celebration, in which every **12th of February**, a new year is declared, and is a massive celebration. All over, flying lanterns and varying other semblances of festivities are seen. Performances are seen in various forms, such as levitation, fire-breathing, or other forms of talents that always seem to bring something new to the table.

Deities
There are two sets of beings, the first ones are known as the Plane Sculptors, and the second are known as the Plane Guardians. The Plane Sculptors are what the name suggest, the original beings that had created the Vale, Celeia and various other forms of life, as well as the elements, and the universe in general. The Plane Guardians are the ones who were chosen by the Plane Sculptors, and are blessed by the powers of the Vale to defend and keep the harmonious balance of the universe. The Plane Sculptors are long deceased, as they were said to have sacrificed themselves in the process of creating these planes.

The Guardian Dragons
The Guardian Dragons, or the **Twin Dragons**, are the core gods that defend the life that is within the stream that Celeia, Naicador and Talandor.The Dragons are often believed to take the form of a star and a moon that surrounds a world, but at the same time, they are often seen cycling around said things. Two dragons in the local stream known as Sen and Lyn, are the guardian dragons of these three worlds, as well as their respective stars and moons. Sen is portrayed as a Sun Dragon with the color yellow, and Lyn is often portrayed as a Moon Dragon with the color blue. Since the star is seen as yellow from Celeia, the mortal planes often portray Sen as yellow on clothes and patterns, which is why yellow, red and blue are seen as colors of luxury, and are often expensive and worn by the middle class or above.

A Celestial Matron
The **Celestial Matron** or the **Matron**, is a being that is portrayed as a female figure that is said to be similar to a “Plane Mother” or sorts. Originally, the Celestial Matron’s purpose was to harmonize the world, and ensure that no violent conflicts happen ever again. But, as time went on, these Matrons would start establishing their own empires, and used it for their own benefits, some for better and worse. The Celestial Matron is seen as a living deity, and the empires that she establishes, have them worshiping her directly from the palace through a philosophy known as the Vale Mandate, in which, if one can bring balance to a decaying empire or state, and establish themselves well and legitimate, they are the true Celestial Matron.As of current, there are three known Celestial Matrons, with one being active and confirmed, which is the current Velereth of the Aurlûnor Velande, Sareariel Leyla-Earcala. The Matron of Naicador is said to be deceased, while the one of Talandor is alive, but is unknown where she is.

The Sages
The Vale is home to the Four Sages of the Universe, which are said to be the greatest minds in the universe. They were created from the very minds of the creators of the Vale, and had since devoted their life into serving regular people knowledge of the greater universe, and answer whatever questions that may corner them. The Sages play a vital part namely in Libraries or Academies, as they are said to possess the bodies of the hosts of Librarians, scholars or Teachers to help teach people the ways and mandates of the Twin Dragon religion. They are not regularly worshiped, as they do not wish for any offerings, but rather, wish to teach valuable lessons to those who make mistakes.But even the Sages know that they make mistakes, and sometimes, their words are incorrect and inaccurate, and they will often refresh themselves as such. They are said to never get angry, and are often quite patient, even with the most ridiculous of questions. They are genderless, though many statues depict them as older female or male elves depending on what city.

Queen Lothra and King Momag
These two figures are the Queen of Lothranis and the King of Momaganon, and for their namesakes, is what the realms are named after. Queen Lothra is the aspect of Light, while King Momag is the aspect of Dark.During the early years of the Vale's existence, the two were lovers. But due to their not being able to connect with one another, they could not be together. They would however, come to an agreement, that every hundred years, they would flip a coin, and if the coin was flipped to their favor, they were allowed to perform one aspect of their respective counterpart, which could be either catastrophe or a blessing. This does not only affect the world, but it affects people as well, for one can be born as a hero of the times, and make their country prosper, or a be born as a vicious tyrant,  or incompetent ruler, and cause the collapse of their empire or nation. This is to help create balance, to ensure no one gains too much power. Despite their apparent affiliations, King Momag is seen as a rather fair ruler toward his people with a relaxed way of ruler-ship, while Queen Lothra is more strict and authoritarian, with punishments usually being extreme if they disturb the light.

The Elemental Spirits
On Celeia there exists five elemental spirits, each being a different animal, that constantly shifts every single year: The Falcon, the Turtle, the Serpent, the Fox, and the Pig.

Each of these spirits exist around the temple to protect it from dangers and keep it in consistency with the environment.All temples in every city have the same spirit as the city it is dedicated to, with the exception of Lhûmar which is protected by all the spirits. These spirits do not require worship, nor do they require offerings, as the spirits themselves, are said to be the ones nurturing the world, and require no thanks, nor any sort of gratitude, as they are doing it from the grace of their heart due to their love for mortal kind, and it's interest in development. These spirits are never portrayed as malevolent, and are only aggressive if one provokes it through vandalization of a temple, or something under their protection.Every person who is born in a certain year, is dedicated to a different spirit. Since 0 of the Calendar, the elements started at their default positions of Fire, Water, Earth, Metal, Wood, Astral, Void, Soul, Light and Dark, but in the year 4, they would shift forward by one. The year 930, in which the server begun in the Twin Dragon calendar, was the year of Light.

The Great Phoenix
Despite the fact that the Vale Spirit of the Phoenix does not wish for worship or offerings, the Great Blue Phoenix has taught us a lot about how we can be balanced and live in harmony, so we ask it to bless our love and our loss, our happiness and our grief, in the fact that the Phoenix shall guide us against the Wraith to ensure that chaos doesn't overthrow balance.

The Beginning of the Universe
At the start, there was nothing, a great expanse of nothingness and blank emptiness, but with a single spark through the darkness a single blue flame emerged and this flame grew in greatness, power and intelligence, and as it became aware, this marks the awakening of the Blue Phoenix, and after a long time of being alone, the Phoenix sought to learn and adapt from others who were sentient. After seven days and seven nights of work the blue Phoenix was great enough to start first creating the sun and that time the sun was has blue and as they continued forth the great Blue Phoenix created time space and the true axis of reality, on this axis they forged Paxia, Jagdas, Rathnir and Eldham in the same planet and as he forged these new continents and worlds, they followed suit in the forging of the sentient species and they began to watch.

The Red Phoenix
Following the creation of the universe and its new inhabitants, certain inhabitants of this world brought about cruel harsh realities, such as war, plague greed and malice. And these harsh realities began to take form and cement the destiny of this world. As these realities combined and formed one entity, it chose the form of the Phoenix which had created all that was good, and as its first mockery, it took this form on the opposite end of the colour spectrum, the Red Phoenix of Death being formed.

The Mockeries
TheRed Phoenix placed itself at the worst moments in history, its hand involved in every war and every tradegy, forcing the hand of innocent people into the most horrific atrocities. Throughout these moments the Blue Phoenix created Champions who would battle against these atrocities, maybe not on the right side of every war, but the right side of these mockeries of creation, the Champions of the Blue Phoenix's will. Many of these clashes between the Phoenixi haven't been recorded or connected back to the religious significance, but it shall be known in the future, that the Final Mockery will bring about the death of the both Phoenixi, and a new world order will be reborn out of it.

The Message
The First Stage, as the population of Rathnir heard and were stunned by the minutes of thunderous lightning The Second Stage, as the population of Rathnir were stunned, Eoin recognises their God. The Third Stage, as Eoin calls out to their god, requesting new information from the Phoenix to learn how to fight the Red. The Fourth Stage, As Eoin is told how to bring forth punishment on those who would help the Red Phoenix. After this communication with the Blue Phoenix, Eoin knew that his next step was to get some true combat experience with an old friend in the form of his old general Alihas.

The Blue Truth
After the Message, the prophet EoinGeo, knew what he had to do, and began writing out the tenants for other Blue Phoenixians to follow, spreading the word about the religion using the book, "The Blue Truth" and further organising the religion with a discord.

The Awakening
And as Geo finished the last parts of the **first** church to the **Blue Phoenix**, lightning struck, hitting the torch in the head, lighting the blue flame in the garden of the church of Castle Liberium, and as Geo looked up to the skies to see the **Phoenix**,it was there, coming down to explain the universe in its truths and balances. It taught him that the **Phoenix** wasn't the only one, it was one of many spirits in a plentitude of planes, and it taught Geo that it was never as powerful or as crucial as the **Celestial Matron**, in the importance of balance, it explained that the **Red Phoenix** was not the only being trying to upset balance, but the one that it was teaching us to prevent from letting **Chaos** overthrow balance. Seeking more knowledge to understand what they had been taught, Geo set off on a journey, leaving his new teachings in the church for the others to learn. The only question was where would he find the answers he seeks.

**Mathematics  and  Symmetry**
** Mathematics** and **Symmetry** are the most easily understood forms of balance, as every action has an equal and opposite part that balances out an equation or image, every change made to one must be made to the opposite side in order to show balance.

**74**
The number itself affiliates with the 74th Demon Warlord of Momaganon, Huayin. In the world of Celeia, she is known as simply "Entropy". Her ambitions were so extreme, that she even King Momag himself, banished her from Momaganon, and started her own rampage across countless different planes. She is responsible for the destruction of Paxia, and the ravagings that she had done throughout the world until being ultimately destroyed by Athaz and his allies.

She is depicted as a woman who appears almost human, like her depiction in Stoneworks. However, her true form is that of a large lizard with black scales and purple backs, similar to an Ender Dragon, except for the fact it is bipedal. Her armies are numerous, and are said that she has an alliance with the Wraiths to cause as much Chaos as possible. Even though she's gone, her followers remain hidden. No one knows who or where, but they still exist... The Celestial Matron has an essence of her store inside of an orb, which she communicates with. Although, this is a far weaker form of the once great warlord.

**264**
The number itself is affiliated with the 264th legion of Lothranis' greatest soldiers known as Astraea.

At one point, she was the leading general in the realm of light, where she would stamp out any inharmony that would attack their realm that would emerge from the center of the plane, which is full of darkness as per the agreement between Lothra and Momag. However one battle known as the Battle of the Scarred Badlands, where she would massacre a town that developed in the region by Demons, who were unarmed, due to her endless crusade against darkness. Her massacre fueled her bloodlust, as she would be relinquished by Queen Lothra, and become banished. Since, she had blended in with another religion of Light, and pledge to bring an end to all Chaos, regardless what the cause.

But her maddening end goal is infact, to strike at time itself, and end everything, so that Chaos may never again reign.

She is depicted as an angelic person, with perfect skin, a sweet voice and a beautiful look to her. But, she is well known for being strict and strongly anti-deviant. Her madness to end time, makes her an extremely unbalanced and inharmonious figure, thus, controversial to the Temple.

itself. Some followers may depict her as Solaris of the Soleanna faith (even though Solaris is male). Her army of zealous followers who will do anything to slay "evil", are much more of a louder majority, and are often seen everywhere whenever "evil" is. She is a strong ally of the Wraiths, and may as well be working together with Huayin to bring endless destruction to the world. Her true form is a Roc.

Holy Colours
The three holy colours are **yellow** for the sun and thus Sen the sun dragon, **blue** for Lyn the moon dragon, and **cyan** for the  Great Phoenix itself.

Astrology
According to the religion, each world is known as a plane. The Vale, or space, is the primary plane, in which all other planes exist. The Vale also has a series of streams that flow through it like strands of milk, which are also known as “Solar Systems”.

In these streams, they contain multiple planes that form with their host set of Guardian Dragons that protect the planes that surround them. In this case, this solar system has three planes. The first is Naicador, or Paxia, the second is Talandor, or Dagon, and the third is Celeia, or Rathnir, Jagdas and Eldham. Out of the three, Celeia is the largest, and the most populated, with the most development.

Naicador is seen as a large asteroid belt that surrounds Sen, or the Sun, and was said to have been a world at one point, before a Celestial Demon by the name of Huayin, destroyed it, and the world becoming tainted by disharmony.

Talandor is a world which is similar to Celeia, with it’s many factions, but the Celestial Matron of this world is said to be quite hidden and secluded.