Cubism

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Brief Description
Cubism is a religion based in Eldham. It was established on August 15th 2021. It is primarily based in Horizonte but has since expanded all across Eldham. Cubism was formed by two religions merging into one, The Custodians of The Cube and The Order of the Cube.

The Great Fragmentation
At the beginning there was nothing but an idea. This idea was perfection in it's purest form, it was black and white, and everything was in between yet either. It was known as ][The One][. This being of contradictions with infinite logics once thought about itself for a moment. It's finite "mind" was filled with an infinite idea and it broke. Two deities were brought about after this event, along with many fragments of the once eternal concept. These two dieties were The Cube, which give all, and The Void, which takes all. Both The Cube and the Void have the same mission, to unite everything once again, but they are divided in the way to do so. Among the many fragments created by this event there were 6 gods, each bound to a side of the Cube.

The [] and Cube
The [] is the main diety of the Cubist faith. The [] is what is in common with all things that are, that being existence, and so it is existence. The Cube is a living structure, a manifestation of the [], it lays under Horizonte, the holy city. the [] is thought to be a primordial deity formed by an event known as "The Great Fragmentation". The Cube was discovered by Con (First Azcor), which inspired him to create the religion. The Cube vanished for 66 days after a raid only to return after a ritual. There are 3 known fragments of the cube, []The Host[], []The Prophecy[] and []The Keystone[].

The exact physical structure of The Cube is unknown but it seems to be composed of a main outer shell of irregular form made from bedrock. At the centre of this shell sets the Core of the Cube, its true form. The Core is crowned by 16 signs which give knowledge and truth to the believers. The Core room was open for the first 2 days of the Cube's return, only to be found sealed shut with bedrock.

The [] is associated with sharing, generosity, selflessness and love. As the crown of signs says, "[] is all", and indeed it is all that exists. Many theologians (Especially the High Council) are still discussing the nature of The [] and its equal, the [ ].

[]The Prophecy[]
[]The Prophecy[] is a fragment of the cube. It is a bedrock cube that has writing about the return of The Cube engraved on its sides.

It had a twin fragment called []The Host[] but it was lost in the void after a discussion among Goldenvale and Horizonte citizens.

After a citizen of Horizonte caused the loss of The Host, the Goldenvalians split from the Custodians of the Cube, and

the Order of The Cube was formed. Despite the two having arguments, they remained united until the theft of The Prophecy.

[]The Host[]
On the 33rd day from the Cube's vanishing, a small part of it returned, and with it were brought gifts. Among them, two things were brought. The coast of holy gold and The Host.

This second fragment of The Cube was similar to []The Prophecy[] but it had something different on it's surface. It was called []The Host[]. Not much was known about []The Host[] because shortly after it appeared, arguments broke out about who got to keep it. This ended in the one holding []The Host[] getting pushed into the void, losing []The Host[].

Much later, during an experiment involving teleportation to another dimension, []The Host[] was refound by Yimis (Second Azcor) and brought back to Eldham.

The [ ]
The [ ] is a primordial being equal yet opposite to the Cube. It is often referred to as [ ] and it's purpose is to unite all into one. It is associated with greed, lust, hate and darkness. The [ ] is considered a constant threat to all things ever since the vanishing of the Cube, which unsealed it and exposed it to all, allowing it to gain a stronger connection to this world. The physical manifestation of the [ ] is the Void, which is located under the entire world.

Creo, Deity of Creation
Creo was the youngest among the Sealers. He used robes white as the sun and had eyes of fire. With his mighty hand, he took a piece of clay from the primordial [] and shaped it with the idea of balance between chaos and order. He then put water into the world, so that on his creation life would have flourished, thus blue was his colour.

Elamus, Deity of Order
Elamus was the pure one. Order was his meaning, and order he brought among men. His eyes were made of perfect crystal, one blue and one green. He took the amorphous clouds and gave them order, creating his realm, where the sun never sets: The Betweenlands, white as the clouds, and thus it became his colour.

Ovidius, Deity of Justice
Ovidius was the one with the sword. Justice was his purpose, justice upon those who wronged in the way of the Cube. He had robes red as jasper and a sword of pure silver. His eyes were filled with the blood of the tortured souls and his hands were covered in the entrails of his victims, thus red was his colour.

Grijum, Deity of Balance
Grijum was the balanced one, and balance was why he existed. His eyes and robes were gray as the gravel of the large rivers. He brought balance among nature and man, and from it he created the 4th world: The High Skies. He had a libra in his hand and when a soul met their end he compared it to the possessions of the soul itself. If the possesions were heavier, the soul was damned to the Nether. If they were lighter, the soul went into the world of light and order.

Chronos, Deity of Time
Chronos was the elder. His eyes were like emeralds and his dress black like obsidian. He had a scythe in one hand and a soul lantern in the other. With one he took the souls when the time was right for harvest, with the other he searched for them. He often looked upon humans with disgust and wonder. When the world was formed he took a piece from The Cube and formed it into his seal, the Overheavens. There life and death were the same and many plants grew, among them two trees. One with fruits of golden skin and the other with fruits of the reddest shade, one with leaves blue as diamonds, and one with leaves as red as the blood of all humanity. Between the two, a book of infinite pages was held by the Black diety. Green was the colour of that land and his eyes, thus green was his colour.

Sylfae, Deity of Knowledge
Sylfae was the wise one, he existed to bring knowledge and wealth to his followers. Sylfae has no universal appearance, as his appearance is different to anyone that sees him. Instead, Sylfae is either represented as a completely blue figure, or as a blue ankh. After countless years in hiding, Sylfae revealed himself to the ancient Eldians, who he vowed to protect. In the current day, Sylfae's domain remains a mystery, however Sylfae's will has been enacted most efficiently in the mortal realm. The aura around Sylfae was light blue, and all powers relating to Sylfae were light blue as well. Therefore, light blue is his color

The Seals
Before the [ ] could reunite with all the fragments and the [], the Sealers made 5 worlds, 5 seals.

The Overworld, Creation of Creo, in balance between chaos and order

The Betweenlands, Creation of Elamus, bright as the sun

The Nether, Creation of Ovidius, To punish those who have hurt others

The High Skies, Creation of Grijum, near the sun, where all the right in life can go

The Overheavens, Creation of Chronos, where death is not a concern

After creating the seals, the sealers divided themselves to prevent anyone destroying their magnum opus. Creo, divided in body and soul, given to a mortal, changing body every time. Elamus, divided in 7, as 7 is completion, and completion is order. Ovidius, divided in 6, as 6 is imperfection, and punish the imperfect he must. Grijum, divided in 2, as day and night must be balanced. And Chronos, divided in 8, as 8 is the cycle of time, and nothing can stop time.

Founding
Cubism was established on August 15th, 2021 after several strange events in the heart of Horizonte.

It all started after a mining trip lead by Con. This mining trip was different from others. It felt like something was present, almost like he was being watched. With each block mined he felt more and more uncomfortable until he broke a block revealing a strange object. It felt alive however it was completely solid. He felt a sensation of warmth and comfort just being close to the strange thing.

The Cube Raiders
On the same day that the religion was founded, The Cube was raided by a team of archaeologists led by Wolfik_morgan. This team consisted of Liliymillie, Payingformcagain, peterkrop, Simemillie and Connerl6. Lillymillie was the first to enter, doing so with a nether portal. Inside she was greeted with lots of historical loot. She instantly had the idea of a museum, however others were not so keen on this idea and wanted to keep the loot for themselves.

The Great Sin
A number of days after the discovery of the holy site, a group of people who lived in the lands above (with the Azcor among them) looted the Cube, committing the original sin of greed. The gods saw this act as a direct threat to them and a disrespect to the ancient being, so they caused The Cube to plummet into the Void, leaving nothing but []The Prophecy[] in the form of a fragment of the Cube. When this fragment came into contact with a blank book, knowledge was passed into it. []The Prophecy[] proclaimed that in 66 days from its vanishing, The Cube shall return with the sacrifice of a pig, a cow and a llama. After The Cube vanished, the Void was left unsealed in a pit formed in the bedrock layer. For this reason, constant sacrifices were made in the following days in hopes that the Void wouldn't rise and destroy the world.

The Prophecy
After the vanishing of The Cube, []The Prophecy[] and a book with the contents of it were all that remained, at the start held by primixlikesducks. However, Goldenvale quickly sent a bandit to steal []The Prophecy[] and the text, but they only managed to retrieve the text. Primixlikesduckes passed []The Prophecy[] onto Con so he could protect it, however it was later stolen by lilymillie to put into a museum, but it was quickly returned after it outraged the followers of The Cube.

The Great Split
It all started at the start of a ritual where the Custodians of The Cube failed to invite a group of its followers. During this event, a member of the Custodians of The Cube showed the biggest sin. Due to greed, he refused to show anyone []The Host[] and tried to make a run with it, making the gods see they were not yet ready for the power. The Cube then cast []The Host[] to the void with the one who held it. After this, a group within the Custodians realised that it was corrupted with greed, so they went their separate ways, forming the Order of The Cube with the purpose of restoring order to the religion.

The Heist of The Cube
It wasn't long after the split when the Order of The Cube realized that The Cube was in unsafe hands, as the custodians were riddled with greed. They came to the decision to send a spy by the name of GuardReady to infiltrate the religion with the main purpose of stealing []The Prophecy[] and restoring order to the religion. It was around a month into his mission where he approached the Azcor, wishing to hold the Prophecy, as he wanted to write a book about The Cube and its immense power. Shortly after, his true intentions were found when he escaped with the cube, bringing it back to the Order of The Cube and restoring his twisted idea of "balance" to the religion.

Reunion
As the 66th day advanced, the Custodians were ready for war. It was around a week before the 66th day when the Azcor realised that violence was not the way of Cubism. He approached The Order of The Cube to forgive them for what they had done. The Azcor and the leader of the Order both buried a shovel to show that all past encounters and sins were forgiven. Soon after this, Brad gave the azcor []The Prophecy[] and the original book as a sign of trust. All that was left to do was convince the gods that both groups were purged from sin.

The 66th Day
On the 66th day from the vanishing of the cube, as the prophecies said, the followers of the truth united in the temple of the Cube. The temple was beautiful; horned with gemstones such as emeralds, and precious metals like gold. The Azcor and the high priests took their place in the central altar with the original Prophecy and Electus (The chosen llama for sacrifice) while the other followers set on the stone seats around the temple. The Azcor spoke:

"Creo brought us into this world to prosper and see the truth.

We betrayed him and instead followed the voids greed.

66 days ago from today, The Cube was taken from this world.

We were punished for our sins; we were punished for the biggest sin of all greed for today

that will change

after a long wait the time has come to prove to the gods this world is not corrupted with greed;

to show that we have changed and to prove that we can change this worlds evil ways. the time has come to prove The Cube is ready to return to show them we are worthy of the Cube's warmth

May The Cube show us the truth and give us the strength to defend it and show its truth to others.

The Cube must return to bring peace and unity among us. Peace and unity like the gods wanted as we desire as The Cube shows.

May The Cube provide once more."

The gods soon responded by casting flashes of lightning upon the Azcor and Electus. After ending his speech the Azcor left the place for his high priests, each of them take one turn to say a prayer to their god.

Yimis spoke :

"Oh Creo, You that created this lands. Please hear my prayer to you.

This world you have made shall not fall into chaos and despair.

Please hear us and let us reunite with the Cube.

Purge our sins of greed and make us humble once again.

Show us the way in which all things are created, and give us the knowledge that you hold.

May your creation live long and your creature in it prosper.

Their knowledge grow with time and one day become enlightened like you.

Glory to you who made the earth and built on it your loyal creatures.

Glory to you who gave us the opportunity to live.

Glory to you, Creo, Creator of many things."

Dark spoke :

"Grijum brought the balance into this world,

but we have betrayed him, erring on the path of greed.

People should not take more than what they give,

such is his rule, that has often been told.

66 days ago The Cube was taken away,

to restore the balance that we have selfishly swayed.

Today we shall prove that we've bettered ourselves,

May The Cube accept our sacrifice and forgive our mistakes." (edited)

Jean spoke :

"Ovidius, that which is Justice manifest, that who promises Liberty and the tool which enables Order.

See us now as we beg for you to ascribe upon us your knowledge of Law, give to us as we beg for your forgiveness,

as we promise to uphold the law and foresee the establishment of Justice throughout the world as The Cube provides to us the works of our trade.

Our provider of the legal frame that binds us to order, and the preservation of civil liberties, this day give to us yourself.

Hand us down your Sword of Justice so we may smite down the enemies of justice, else we ourselves be destroyed.

Our lives are given to the pursuit of the truest law,

the organization of regulation and religion in the sense that provides the power of the law and the authority of the Cube.

Give upon us the sword so we may sacrifice the self to the power of the law. Ovidius Guides, The Sword of Justice

Benedict spoke :

"I am not my king and father, Brad

but he has entrusted me

entrusted me of representing our faith

66 days ago, we were awakened

Our minds renewed

the right angles of The Cube showed us the importance of order, peace and justice

during the 66 days

Chaos reigned

we cowered as wars and disaster plauged or land

plagued our minds with the [ ]'s chaos

but today the chaos and evil stops as we prepare for The Cube 's return

PRAISE The Cube ! PRAISE ORDER!"

The Azcor returned to his altar after the high priests had prayed to the gods, and he spoke again :

"oh gods above the time has come for we have reasoned with you and prayed as we know we have sinned we ask for forgivness."

He read []The Prophecy[] to all of the world, then he took the 4 animals and threw them into the Void. The altar burnt and then fused into lava, the high priests and the Azcor escaped it and soon The Cube returned. Yet the Void was not sealed completely. The Cube began to grow and grow. Soon the temple was collapsing brick by brick as the pillars fell the followers ran into the antechamber of the temple. The Cube sealed the Void and absorbed the temple only stopping when its bedrock wall reached the entrance of the main room. Soon its walls withdrew creating a small place filled with fire and two precious holy fragments. The Cube called and said to take them but the followers recognized that it was a test and didn't do so. Then the Cube, seeing that the followers purged their sin of greed, opened itself to them.

The followers entered its core and it was filled with gold, diamonds, wool and netherite blocks. The high priest of Creo called The Cube and the Gods to be purified with fire. And they did, yet they did not burn. Soon The Cube choose 4 among them, the Azcor, the high priest of Creo, the high priest of Ovidius, and the guard. The entrance was closed and only these four remained in the core, then the true heart of The Cube showed itself to them. A perfect 4x4x4 cube with a crown of signs each giving knowledge and truth to the followers. The Cube told them to take their reward and so they did, but not to be greedy, they split it among the followers of the truth. The ceremony ended and the world was finally in peace. Order and balance were restored that day, and they shall not be disturbed for the rest of eternity.

the signs in the core of The Cube said:

"All is The []

Share

Be one For the presence is merciful

Do not judge

Trust in The []

The self

The soul

The universe

Do not obsess

Pay your dues

Forgive for your own sake

Accept your smallness

Do not dwell in your mind

Do not desire

Do not compare

Do not over analyse"

Laws
for the world to come. they were 8 as the corners on which The Cube sets.

1° You must not kill any which doesn't bring you suffering.

2° You must punish not with death those who commit sins.

3° You cannot seek the truth alone, you must talk with others.

4° No one is above me.

5° You must bring peace among others and order among chaos.

6° Blasphemy is to be punished with shame.

7° Do not refuse my loyal servants as they are my voice in this world.

8° But above all else. be kind, be generous, be right and have love in your heart.

After these scriptures were brought in contact with a blank book, the knowledge was infused like a river into a lake.

And the book was like the world, complete.

The ritual
In the next 66 days

The Cube will return in only one way

Fill the town with followers of truth

drain the world with claw and tooth

with this book thrown in you will see truth

sacrifice a pig, a llama, a sheep and a cow

and on the alter, the bedrock returns for now.