The Church of the Heavenly Father

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Many years ago, the world was going through a great turmoil. Many were killed in senseless wars, and many more were killed from a multitude of other reasons, disease, famine, and more. During these trying times one man, who’s name has been lost to time, set forth to make all right in the world.

Through many years of hardship and countless trials, he assembled many followers to help him in a global crusade. This crusade liberated many, but in the end, the man and his army couldn’t finish the fight. Instead of falling like his last soldiers, time was paused, the man ascended to the sky above.

Whatever decided to let him ascend will forever be unknown, but what we do know is that he has been granted many special powers. His powers are the following, the power to bless loyal followers on the battlefield, the power to grant gracious gifts to his followers, the power to grant vast intelligence, and lastly, the power to plant pieces of his soul in his most loyal followers to serve as his Avatars.

The duty of the Avatars is to lead the church and spread the word of the Heavenly Father, and carry out his legacy. This can be through crusades, follower recruitment, fulfilling his will or various other things.

Eventually there will come a day, where we must ascend to the heavens, due to whatever reason. For this, we must build a tower to the heavens, but there must be an anchor for this tower, so it must be rooted to the core of the Earth as well. This massive construction may be the center of a grand city, or might have the city inside its own walls. However this tower is built, the fact remains that it must be built eventually, so we must unite the people of the world to accomplish this. We must ascend for salvation, the darkness below will be our death if we stay complacent.

Our only church, as of right now, is located in “The Alodian Federation”

Chapter 1

In the time before the great crusade, monsters still roamed the Earth. There were many different creatures that hunted humans down. Jerusiah, a mentor to the Heavenly Father, was known was “The Monster Slayer”. He was a man of commitment, and sheer will, he led a small force of 30 men. Those men saved the Father when he was a young boy from a monster invasion of his village. In the struggle many villagers died, including the Father’s caretakers, so the Mentor took him on as his son.

Even thought he was a great warrior on the battlefield, Jerusiah’s days were numbered. He had a deadly disease that was incurable, but he fought it as hard as he could. In the time that he had left, he trained the Father in every martial art that he knew before the Father was even 10 years of age. He even passed down an family heirloom that once was an ancient artifact, even for them, to the Father. But by time the Father was 13, Jerusiah was in his deathbed, there wasn’t a cure of this strange ailment, no one could do anything. Jerusiah was beloved as a hero of all of his soldiers. His last words were recorded so his legacy could live on, “do remember this, dear son, never falter, if thy do, then thy soldiers are already gone”.

The Father carried Jerusiah’s legacy until he was face to face with a old monster, known as the Manticore. He was no where near his mentor’s strength, in mind, or muscle. His soldiers died in that fight, only 5 other men lived to tell the tale. The Manticore may have been dead, but it didn’t matter, he had no army left to fight with him. The Father decided not to give up though, he went on to kill greater monsters with the 5 men.

It is because of these 5, that there can never be more than 6 Avatars, each one represents one of those legendary soldiers and himself. The Father gave pieces of his soul, to those who he sees most strongly represent the 5 soldiers and are most devout to him.

In the present, if there is ever less than 6 avatars in total, calamities may strike soon after. Balance has to be restored quickly, so there will only be small moments in time where there is not 6.