Airis

The religion of Airis was brought to the world of Rathnir with its people who have to this point been simply called the Airisians. The history of their race is long as it stretches far before the time they journeyed to the land of Rathnir, and their lore/religion has more depth than other religions in the world of Rathnir. Though their race has only been in the world of Rathnir for a short period of time their history this period is also packed with stories to tell.

Opening the Gateway
The Airisians do not originate from the world of Rathnir but then where did they come from? The story goes that they came from a world called Waracons though it is said that Waracons is not their world of origin, but how did they travel from Waracons to Rathnir? It is all because of a man by the name of Dell Airis Dalatrani, this is the story of how the Airisians came to the world of Rathnir.

Dell Airis Dalatrani had just moved to the city of Kordania in the Astyllean Sea. Kordania had just declared itself independent from the High Kingdom of Yimmu-Audal and after some tense moments and both sides preparing for war Yimmu-Audal backed down and Kordania was technically a free nation though Yimmu-Audal would dispute the claim.

Dell Airis Dalatrani
Dell Airis Dalatrani was a Rivfiana, if you've never heard of that race before it's because it's rare as hell and it's currently thought that Dell is the only one. A Rivfiana is a humanoid type being born from the world of Rathnir himself, they have a great love for nature and life in general. Dell would be given his full name at birth; it was like a random thought so he would always go by that name.

Born in the forest of southern Haven he would grow up in the forest and eventually when he was older began to travel around the world and eventually ended up in Yimmu-Audal there he became a priest of the Hukar Sharud Faith and then became mayor of a town called Duloc. Dell soon grew to dislike the way Yimmu-Audal was run by its leaders who mainly relied on allies and other powers to keep YA afloat and after being removed from the mayorship of Duloc due to government changes he would join Kordania who were attempting to become independent from Yimmu-Audal who was under the Certarian Empire.

Revelation
After the Kordanian independence Dell would get a house in Kordania and stay for a while, he would often go outside the city towards the border between Kordania and Tálor and sit in the green fields of grass and meditate to clear his mind of troubling thoughts and to deepen his connection with the world. During one of these meditations something would happen and according to Dell this is what occurred.

Dell would begin meditating one day and as he sat in the fields the setting sun shined on the grass which gently blew in the calm winds which blew the smell of salt water from the Astyllean Sea into Dell's face. As he sat there, Dell began to feel light as if he was floating and soon the sounds of the wind and ocean began to dissipate until he couldn't hear anything.

Opening his eyes, he found himself not in the field he was just in but floating in the empty void of space. Millions of stars surrounded him and there were what looked like clouds of many colors, orange, purple, blue, green, etc. Dell was amazed at what he saw as he had of course seen the night sky before, but it never looked like this.

Something caught his attention, out of the corner of his eye he saw what looked like feathered wings, then again, she saw a shadow but this time he saw the full creature it was a phoenix it flew around him in circles before it flew down Infront of him but then it seemed to disappear in the mist. a few seconds later Dell could see something coming out of the mist where the phoenix had landed.

It was a beautiful woman dressed in a plain white dress comes out of the mist, her skin was pale and hanging from her neck was a necklace with a purple gem in the shape of a phoenix, she had hair that was a mix of blue and purple that flowed like a gentle river down her back and waved gently as if there was wind.

Dell begins to feel a slight amount of fear as the woman gets closer and he tries to back away. "Do not be frightened, Dell", says the woman, her voice is calming and gentle but the voice echoes loudly, Dell begins to mumble religious chants, "Dell, I am no god, simply a creator. I am Airis in my language it means lover of life".

Dell realizing, he couldn't get away he decides to go with it. "How do you know my name?", he asked, he began to feel calmer around Airis and less afraid as her voice was calming.

"I know many things, but there are more pressing matters currently in need of attention. Dell, I need your help, my people (The Airisians) have for a few years lived in another world by the name of Waracons but bandits and thieves have destroyed their homes, taken their valuables and killed many of my people. ￼So now they wonder through space and time looking for a new earth to call home, I have chosen you Dell Airis Dalatrani to lead my people, to protect and care for them in your world of Rathnir", as Airis concluded the story her face turned from its cold stair to worry and a bit of sadness. ￼

Dell not knowing how series Airis was being tried to hold back laughing at the story which to his ears sounded ridiculous, "you serious? You want me to lead your people, I'm nobody, a simple man with a set of morals", he said chuckling to himself. ￼

Airis walked forward towards Dell, he didn't move, Airis then took her hand and gently moved it through Dell's hair until she found the 1 strand in his hair that was different from the rest, it was a light blue that was clearly different from the rest of his blood red hair. "For one you have the blood of a leader in you, rumor is not all that your name suggests Dalatra, and your middle name, Airis, my name given to you because deep down we share the same morals and ideal and that is why we share the name Airis. You may shake your head in disbelief but..."

"You created me?" Dell snaped as he interrupted Airis, "I never wanted to be anything special. I mean sure being possibly the only one of my kind but this, am I now the prophet of what most call a god, all I ever wanted was to be a good man because that's who I am, I don't want to be good cause I'm special".

Airis smiles and moves her hand onto Dell's shoulder and says, "I do see your point but let me assure you I did not create you and you are in no means a "god's prophet", your origin is still the same even if I might have given it a little push in the right direction. You are not kind because your special you are kind because you choose to be, and this Dell is why I have chosen you to lead my people because if not you who else would I choose? You are the one who can lead my people, not for power and riches but because my people are in our most desperate time of need and you as a person not anyone special chooses to help those in need."

Dell then looks at Airis, the words she says makes sense and he wants to help but he is afraid of what could happen, but he agrees and Airis tells him what he must do, "You must go find a place where my people can live peacefully and happy, once you find this place sit and meditate, calm yourself, once your mind is clear then will the gateway be open. Before you leave, I shall give you all my memories since you already have all my morals and maybe my memories can help guide your way"

Airis turned and walked back into the mist and disappeared, then the shadow of a phoenix flew up and away out into the field of stars. According to Dell he also saw the images of people with their heads down sad and worried, forever walking too nowhere, then everything went black. Dell woke back in the field where he had been meditating before, it had been hours and the sun was beginning to set, Dell tried to tell himself it was something he ate but suddenly his mind felt numb and when the numbness stopped his head began to hurt, then he realized he had new memories, Airis's memories of places and worlds and people and events he had never seen or heard of before. This meant the vision was real, after this he decided to go home and sleep and let his mind that was now racing and slightly hurting try and rest.

The Lore of Airis
The lore of Airis includes many stories from the origins of the Airisian people and tales from their homeland and not only that but it includes the stories that form the basis of the Airisian people's belief system, which is based off the teachings of Eldien, Airis, and Dorin. In this lore the Airisians originate from Earth (this could change later on). ￼So we will follow the journey of Eldien, Airis, and Dorin and their adventures with the Airisian peoples.

Breath of Life | Search for Balance
Our story starts with the spirit Eldien, she is usually depicted as a beautiful white Pegasus, she is a spirit of wisdom as her name suggests ( Eldien = Elder in the common tongue) and as far as we know she did not create the planet earth, but when she came to be the Earth was a large rock floating in space just like the other planets around her. Eldien had the vision to create a system of planets with life and beauty, but her pride would be the planet called Earth in the common tongue, but she knew it couldn’t be done alone, she created Airis, the spirit of life often depicted as a white phoenix, together they would create the rivers, forest, mountains, and all life that would call the planet earth home. Things would be peaceful for hundreds if not thousands of years until Eldien noticed something, forests were getting thicker, lakes and rivers were dry, and creatures were overcrowding, Eldien knew what was going to happen and why there was too much good that it was creating bad she needed to balance it out so she created another spirit called Dorin a spirit of darkness, Eldien also saw that creating a spirit of pure darkness could cause problems so she gave him a weakness, one spark of good inside of him, he made him and Airis brother and sister, Dorin would do as Eldien wanted and balance out the good and the bad, he would create death, rain, volcanos, and greed. Together they would build the world we know today as Earth, but our story doesn’t end here.