Orchidism

Orchidism is a religion founded by player bYonath and is the main religion in Hagusaki(Shakumagu).

Creation
Orchidists believe that planet we live on today was once just a barren rocky wasteland with no life on the surface. The core of the planet however was home to the realm of spirits and ghosts called The Core. The spirits residing within the core were being neutral in nature, meaning they were neither inherently good nor evil. Eventually The Core gave birth to 2 spirits known as [insert name here] or Dirt and Shoui or Water. Together Dirt and Water broke out of the The Core and escaped to the surface where they began turning the rocky landscape into lush jungles, rolling hills , freezing tundras and deep oceans. Along with shaping the evironment and landmasses they also created the many creatures inhabiting the world today. Special among these being the Orchids which they bestowed special powers upon, what exactly these powers and what their extents were remains unknown. [name here] and Shoui breaking out of The core however also caused the many other spirits inhabiting it to break free.These spirits would wander this new world and observe the many creatures inhabiting it.

Tribes and Spirits
Eventually the many groups created by [name here] and Shoui would start settling down in tribes and small towns. One of these being the ancient Swamp Tribes and Jungle Tribes. These two groups of tribes would settle in the swamps and jungles of what is today Hagusaki. In the beginning the two groups had relatively good relations. That is until some jungle tribe members started acting overly aggressive and started attacking others including the swamp tribe. These attacks started started becoming more and more frequent and noone knew the cause behind them. Eventually some swamp tribe members decided to plant the naturally growing orchids around the village. When the next attack came swamp tribe members noticed that the jungle tribe members actively avoided the orchids and would seemingly stop their rampage when coming into contact with one for a long enough period of time. Seeing this the swamp tribe members started worshipping the orchids and tieing them to their weapons to ward of the jungle tribe. This seemed to work well for the swamp tribe as they were able to defend themsleves against their attackers more effectively.The swamp tribe would eventually build a temple to honour the orchids with worship rituals and sacrafices which still stands to this day.

Saken
Somtime after these events a person known as Sakizu (later referred to as "Saken" after her death) would be born in the swamp tribe. Growing up Sakizu was like any other child. She enjoyed watching the soldiers train and became skilled at swordsmanship when she grew older. At this time she would participate in battles and skirmishes against the jungle tribe where she would feel something preculiar withing herself. One day when returning from one of these battles Sakizu would sit under a tree with orchids planted around it. While sitting she saw that the orchids would glow with a golden hue when she was near them. This would be noticed by other villagers who assumed this meant Saken was a chosen one and was blessed witht the Orchids favour. The villagers would take her to the orchid temple where she would recieve a message from the orchids explaining to her that the jungle tribe members were possesed by evil spirits created who were neutral spirits from The Core that had been corrupted by peoples bad actions and misdeeds. Some of thse spirits had possesed the jungle tribe and or tempted them into attacking their neighbours. The only to cast away the evil spirits was with orchids. So Sakizu rallied the swamp tribe members and launched an attack on the jungle tribe using orchids to defeat them. This all out attack would result in heavy losses on both sides and even Saken herself being slain in battle. The attack didnt end in a victory for the swamp tribe however and it would eventually be defeaten and wiped out by the jungle tribe. Befoe this happened however the swamp tribe held a ceremony honouring Sakizu in the orchid temple. They also locked away all their religious texts and tablets they had written about the orchids in a safe room so the jungle tribe couldnt destroy them. After their village had been destroyed most of the swamp tribe members died out or migrated else where. As for Sakizu, some people told tales of her being reincarnated as an a golden orchid in the swamp while others say her spirit wanders Hagusaki with the wind watching over the place she once called home.

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