Sanctus Coirce

Sanctus Coirce is a religion in the Hierarchy of Valondor, within the continent of Sparwood. The religion's primary God is the God-King Hyvollu, which is the most well known among citizens and those outside the country. It was previously founded in San Coirce va Loris. Historically it has been mostly forgotten, although it was revived in the modern day by Leon Yunasoda, the first and current Grand Hyvollian Prophet.

History
In the lost city of San Coirce va Loris, the Roghail Gods, or Royal Deity "Gods", would closely communicate with the humans of that day. The Religion was limited to the region around the city, noted as Halv Lori. Overtime, of course, the Roghail Hellfiends, or Royal Deity "Devils", would tamper with the minds of these early humans. Beasts created by the leader of these Roghail Hellfiends, Thylaris, would enter through into the overworld from Thylaris' Domain, aka the Nether. These beasts were created to cause chaos in the overworld, and overtime, it wiped out the majority of the population of San Coirce va Loris. The many who fled would soon forget about Sanctus Coirce over the course of thousands of years, leading to altered history and evolve into many "Ancient" and Early modern religions. Thus, San Coirce would soon be forgotten, with only written history in documents from the ancients, who's language is unknown to those but the Roghails.

Main Beliefs and Practices
Through documentation, the people's of Sanctus Coirce belief were direct creation of Hyvollu, or direct descendants of those who were. In their day to day lives, they would meet with physical manifestations of the Roghail Gods. The most often visitor being the Roghail God Juno; documentation, of course, would note his visits often. These early human's would belief that all things and thoughts were directly from the Roghails themselves, whether good or bad.

For humans who would do sinful acts, they would be banished from the lands of Halv Lori, exiled to be on their own. Any who would directly defy a command of a Roghail God would be killed on the spot.

Indoctrination into Sanctus Coirce is not documented, however, modern day indoctrination includes baptism in the sea adjacent to the isle of Valonvaria as well as quoting The Roghail's recognition Prayer: "Allo Coirce, oh Gods above, ye Hellfiends below. Hear me out. For I submit my life to you, and recognize that you exist. I believe. Allo Talz"

Creation
“The World wasn't until it was. The High Roghails Above and Below would come together to create what we know. Hyvollu and Thylaris, under uncertain agreement, decided to create fairly, and so they did.”

-  The Divinity of Coirce 

The Roghail Doctrines
The Roghail Doctrins: The God-King Hyvollu would lay out a set of rules for humans upon creation. They would consist of 10 Doctrines:

Roghail Virtues
1. Thou shalt bless thee who farms

2. Thou shalt bless thee who is joyful with drink-- (Drunk)

3. Thou shalt bless thee who prefers traveling with ship

4. Thou shalt bless thee who lives close to the gods-- (Building Tall)

5. Thou shalt bless thee who manufactures a wheaty meal-- (Bread)

Roghail Sins
1. Thou shalt curse thee who raises beasts for himself and not for thy gods

2. Thou shalt curse thee who indulges himself in the corpses of beasts-- (Meat)

3. Thou shalt curse thee who enters the domain of Thylaris-- (the Nether)

4. Thou shalt curse thee who hates others blindly-- (Any toxicity or causing any drama)

5. Thou shalt curse thee who murder in ill faith

Roghail Exception
These Exceptions were put into place to clearly state what exactly would be allowed and what wouldn't be.

Virtue Exceptions:

-Farming the Sanctum of Hyvollu’s wheat.

-Sailing while drunk

-Swimming deep underwater-- (at or below y: -1)

-Building higher than the Sanctum of Hyvollu on the Isle of Valonvaria

-Baking bread received from within the Sanctum of Hyvollu

Sin Exceptions:

-Raising horses for travel

-Eating “COOKED” fish

-Entering the domain of Thylaris as the champion of Kalvor

-Hating those who do you harm

-Killing those who farm the Sanctum of Hyvollu’s wheat

Hierarchy of the Roghail Clergy
Grand Arvonos, The Grand Hyvollian Prophet: Holds power over the religion and communes with the spirits when possible to help guide the Coirce people in the right direction. Is traditionally in Valonvaria in the Sanctum of Hyvollu.

Arvonos, Cardinal: Those among the clergy who assist the Grand Prophet in performing the most important duties, are tasked with confirming the next Grand Prophet through a ceremony performed before the the Roghails. Tasked with leading other nations’ clergy.

Arvo, Bishop: Members among the clergy who preside over states within nations, they possess the ability to manage the clergy below them in their nation. They are picked by the Council of Cardinals.

Vonos, Priest: Members of the clergy picked to reside over towns, have apprentices who they are training to become priests one day. They are picked out by significantly distinguishing themselves among their leading Bishop.

Vo, Apprentice: Trainees of the clergy who have distinguished themselves as assistants and are henceforth in training to become priests themselves. They are hand picked by the Priests to serve them.

Roghails
 Gods: 

Hyvollu: The God King of harvest, ruler of all other gods.

Kalvor: The God of power, purger of the domain of Thylaris. Son of Hyvollu.

Nymaris: The God of love. Keeper of familiar identity. Daughter of Hyvollu.

Aiudol: The God of the cosmos. Ruler of the moon and stars. Son of Kalvor.

Juno: The God of the ocean. Ruler of the sea. King of the pirates. Daughter of Nymaris.

 Hellfiends: 

Thylaris: Hellfiend of beasts. Ruler of the Nether. Creator of all beasts.

Kilo: Hellfiend of temptation. Conqueror of the Mind. Lord of Sin.

Deinox: Hellfiend of fear. Conqueror of the Night. Lord of Terror.

Champions, Saints, and Prophets

 * Kalvor, the Original Champion, the bestower of power to that of men.
 * Yunasoda va Lori, the first of the Yunasoda name. The holiest human ever created by Hyvollu, unanimously voted leader of the original San Coirce va Lori.
 * Basto va Lori, said to have led the conquest of men against Thylaris' beast in the final defense of San Coirce va Lori. Regarded as the Champion va Lori.
 * Leon Yunasoda, modern descendant of Yunasoda va Lori. Reforged Sanctus Coirce and brought it back to light after the Forgotten Era. Regarded as the first Grand Hyvollian Prophet.

Domains
There exists 4 Domains Amongst the World: Hyvollu's Domain, Thylaris' Domain, Juno's Domain, and Auidol's Domain..

Hyvollu's Domain is what is commonly referred to as the Overworld. It holds the creations of Hyvollu within safe bounds on the world. Most notable of these creations, are humans and plants. Hyvollu's Domain is what we know of as home and will always be our main home. It is where we are settled and is within the protection of Hyvollu himself. As human's evolved the way they live, they have come to manipulate our home and it's surroundings to conform to our way of life.

Thylaris' Domain is what is commonly referred to as the Nether. It holds the creations of Thylaris within safe bounds of the world. These creations are referred to as beasts. Thylaris' domain is forbidden to enter unless under specific circumstance. Among entering Thylaris' domain, all of his beasts are well within right to kill any who step foot. Often times, Thylaris' beast will overflow into our home Domain, and they often appear as what we call common animals, such as cattle, and are highly viewed against. Horses are the exception, as Humans have come to accept them as a means of travel, and they were never a burden. Hyvollu allowed this.

Juno's Domain is referred to as the Ocean. It is the holy site sometimes separating Hyvollu's Domain from Thylaris'. Any and everything within Juno's Domain is cleanse and transformed into holier creations. This allows for fish to be considered holy, and thus Hyvollu allowed them to be eaten.

Auidol's Domain is referred to as the End, or the Cosmos. Ruler of the skies above. It is considered a no-man's land. No creations of either Thylaris or Hyvollu are allowed without resistance from Auidol's defenses. Auidol agreed to keep the area around the world clear of cluttered overflow of creations, and thus, has severely limited the Roghail playground to the first 2 domains.

Notable Religious Sites
Sanctus Coirce hosts only one current Holy Site, as the ancient religion is slowly being remembered and brought back into the modern age.


 * Sanctum of Hyvollu: The Sanctum of Hyvollu is a temple in Valonvaria, where the highest ceremonies and religious offerings are held. It stands as the town's center and the home of the current Grand Hyvollian Prophet and Clergy. The Clergy draws their knowledge and prophesies from this Temple and it is planned to be the leading Temple of the Religion as it spreads.

The Order of Vo
The Order of Vo consists of the priests of the Coirce religion. They lead the religion from their individual town, state, and national holy sites. From Vo to Grand Arvonos, the Order stands to lead Sanctus Coirce to the top.

The Fellmen
The Fellmen are the group of people within the Religion who maintain internal peace and deal with the conflicts at hand. If one is to act out, the Fellmen act fast to maintain order.

The Way of Ancients
The religion of Sanctus Coirce, known only to those in the Founding city of San Coirce va Lori. Those who walked with the Roghail Gods daily. Those who know true perfection of the Gods.

The Way of Modertine
The religion of Sanctus Coirce, known today. Followers of the Mordern faith.

Main Story
Millions of years ago, upon first meeting, the God-King Hyvollu and Hellfiend Thylaris united to create the world we know of today. The two split the world in half and agreed to rule each separately how they wished. Their biggest agreement was to keep each other in check. If Thylaris’ creations wound up in Hyvollu’s domain, Hyvollu could smite them. If Hyvollu’s creations wound up in Thylaris’ domain, Thylaris could smite them.

Over the course of billions of years, these two would keep each other in check, with their domains to serve as a playground for their own creations. Humans were created in this time as well, although documentation is limited. Over time, the two Roghails got bored of this bland world, and so they added one other agreement. They could create their own Roghails to serve their domain and further the original agreement of keeping each other’s domain’s in check.

Hyvollu would create two children: Kalvor and Nymaris. Kalvor would rule humans and teach them the ways of power. Nymaris would rule humans and teach them the ways of family. These two would create their own children: Aiudol and Juno. Aiudol would serve to rule the cosmos outside of this world, often catering to Thylaris as much as his elder Gods. Juno would rule the sea. Marking it as holy waters to cleanse Thylaris’ beasts that had reached the hidden depths.

Thylaris would create two hellfiends to combat Hyvollu’s invasive human’s: Kilo and Deinox. Kilo was created to infiltrate one’s mind, and implant unholy thoughts and temptations. Deinox was created to infiltrate the mind as well, submitting the concept of fear into humans.

These new Roghails would help keep the world in check as humans became the dominant Roghail creation. And thus, because humans were a creation of Hyvollu, we worship the God-King. The Roghails would evolve their original goals so that they could evolve with the new ideas of humans. These Roghails would continue to serve the world and their new ideas until today, even while forgotten.

Modern Day Revival
In the Spring of 154 SMP, Leon Yunasoda would discover old writings under the floorboards of a town in a lonely isle of Valondor, a protetorate of Tortuga. After looking at these documents, Leon was able to decipher what seemed like ancient writings and learn of Ancient Sanctus Coirce through the documentation of old. He would come to really take interest in these documents and believe them with all his heart and soul. Immediately, he would get to work trying to preach about these documents with no luck. Nearly giving up, Leon would remember his old state of Yunaro, within Eisenland. The Building would be perfect for a temple. Soon coming to find out that his hopes would be nearly crushed. Eisenland had lost the land to Valondor.

Through shear determination and charisma, Leon raised the question of buying the small island off of Valondor, but with no avail as it was too expensive. Offering to establish the island as a religious town within Valondor, they would agree to this deal. Following this, Leon would spend nearly over 4 years repurposing his old Towered City into a new Temple. He had set up an alter to the God Hyvollu and prepared 5 Loafs of Bread, procured from a garden marked off as Hyvollu's personal garden.

It was ready. In the summer of 158 SMP, Leon would light the alter and offer up the bread. Praying, begging that the God Hyvollu would hear him and take notice to his attempt to revive the faith. After many hours of prayer, a miracle would take form. ! *BOOM* ! Lightning would strike the alter multiple times. The alter transformed from Netherrack into Bedrock. The offering would vanish and and soon after, a stem would sprout from the resting place of the chest containing the old offering. Many things would take place after this point:


 * Villagers would appear flying in the sky around the alter




 * The bottom half of the Alter would be replaced with Cake?




 * Iron Golem's would appear chanting " TIME TO REAP WHAT IS SOWN " over and over




 * The Villagers and Golem's would be replaced with Glow Squid, some still chanting




 * Many different kinds of plants would sprout out of the glass ceiling and break, containing many seeds and plants for harvest




 * Cattle of would appear and were promptly slaughtered

Leon would end his prayer with thanking the God-King Hyvollu for hearing him and taking notice. Leon would learn that Hyvollu require a large Variety of Crops for the next offering, concluding the offering, and cementing in Leon's mind that Sanctus Coirce is the way forward.

Further Roghail Stories
Kalvor:

When the Roghail God Kalvor was created, he was meant to lead the human creation against the overflowing creations of Thylaris. Kalvor would often designate a warrior-troop among them to sacrifice themselves, venturing into the Domain of Thylaris and massacring his beasts. This would lead to the creation of the Roghail Hellfiend Deinox.

Deinox:

Deinox would serve Thylaris to implant fear into these champions of Kalvor, causing them to run from their sacrifice. This fear was genetic, so through the Roghail God Nymaris, human breeding was encouraged more, thus spreading this trait from the deserters to the general population.

Aiudol:

The God-King Hyvollu allowed the Roghail God Kalvor to create his own Roghail God. Kalvor would create the Roghail God Aiudol. Aiudol was created to serve both Roghail leaders, Thylaris and Hyvollu. He was tasked with ruling the cosmos, creating a deadly environment for both Thylaris’ and Hyvollu’s creations, limiting cosmic transfer. Aiudol worship is highly controversial as he is often regarded as either a Godly Hellfiend (Evil God) or a Hellfiendish God (Holy Hellfiend). Whether he is worshiped or not, it is not a direct sin, so it is not disallowed, but a valid cause for hate.

Nymaris:

The God-King Hyvollu realized that although humans were not powerful, they were rarely organized. In realization, the God-King created a new Roghail God named Nymaris. Nymaris was charged with organizing humans through the way of marital ties and birth. This heavily increased human breeding rates. The idea planted by Nymaris was then conceptualized by the humans and led to the innovative ideas of organization by means of some type of organized system…thus the first governments were created

Kilo:

Thylaris HEAVILY disliked this new found organization among the humans. Thus, he hastily created a Roghail that would sow disorder and cause chaos amongst them, as an insult to the God-King Hyvollu. Thylaris created the Roghail Hellfiend Kilo. Kilo’s goal was to implant a genetic concept into the minds of humans.These concepts would cause humans to go against the law’s imposed by the God-King upon their original creation. The founding Sins and Virtues. This would serve as a mighty check against human organization and leave it crippled forever.

Juno:

Roghail God Nymaris wished for her own Roghail God creation, like her brother Kalvor. The God-King would agree to this request. Nymaris would soon create the Roghail God Juno, to rule the depths of the sea and fend off Thylaris’ sea beasts. Juno would cleanse the sea, marking it as a holy spot amongst humans, making all fish edible, and traveling via boat highly encouraged.