Vasion

Vasion is the sister religion of Patronism. As a sister, this religion is there to revive the old teachings while having new ones to be suited well in the present days of Eldham. This is a contemporary strict monotheistic religion.

Deities
Hesto (named Baylen before) is the deity being worshipped in the religion alone. An all powerful and able being who takes charge of the affairs of His creation. The Master and Creator of the universe and everything hidden and seen. This deity keeps the same teachings of the past religion while adhering to new laws and teachings for contemporary means.

Mastery is the deity's dominant attribute. Strength, power, might and all traits that denotes any form of power belongs to Him alone. Generosity is His loving and kind attributes. His mercy, forgiveness, kindness and all attributes the denotes his soft loving side belongs to Him alone. These two are His most important attributes. The religion has has three new titles for Hesto to assist the contemporary faith after the death of the past religion.

The Harvest God. This title brings in attention to the creation of crops and foods that is being planted and farmed. The symbolism behind it is because food is seen as a great blessing and sign from Hesto to the people. Out of Hesto's generosity he gave the people food and crops to live and enjoy the life on the land.

Another reason is because the last worshippers of Patronism were ungrateful to the food that was given to them to enjoy and live.

The Master of Seasons. Hesto has power and control over the seasons, days, weeks, and months. He is the one controlling the time for the crops to grow and when is the best time to harvest those crops.

The Highest God with Fire. Fire has now been associated with Him just as the Seasons and Harvest. The association is demonstrating His power and how much He can cause famine and great heat upon those ungrateful worshippers, evil doers, or evil disbelievers. He shows His might and power through the concept of fire, fire is also bright, a guiding, and a source of warmth for the people.

Prophets, Angels and Demons
Vasites believe in prophets, they believe they are mediators from Hesto to bring guidance to the people. There is one well known prophet, an ancient prophet of the faith back in Rathnir, the prophet of Patronism. Vasites also believed that prophets of other faiths that preached monotheism are also prophet sent by Hesto.

Angels, created by Hesto, are beings of light that obeys what He has decreed, they are also assigned to guard over the faithful and fight out demons that can never be seen by the eyes of man and they also encourage people to do what is good. Demons are evil creatures made by Hesto to be a form of test upon the people whether they would choose what is evil or good.

Shepherds
These are people who revives the faith and to bring the teachings of the prophets to the people once more, and the most important role is to purify the lands from evil to prevent and Ascending to occur. These are individuals chosen by Hesto to take the tasks in building up the religion and to purify the lands once more. It is said that the Patronist Prophet was a Shepherd but none can confirm it when the books of history has been lost...

Schools of Thought
Followers of this religion ,on a local level, can make interpretations of the religion within the religion that is allowed and to be more personalized for them. Another is, if a person wishes to interpret the religion and it's teachings they can do so and form schools of of thought to teach the people possible views of the religion.


 * Must be in line with the religion. Never must a follower create a new branch of the religion or add in false gods into the religion to form a pantheon. This is strictly prohibited and is punishable by the religion.
 * Must be what is good. The religion advocates what is good, just and pure. If one violates this rule of goodness that school shall be nullified a heretic sects of a disbelieving religion.
 * Must be among the following teachings of Hesto. Meaning, one must follow the chosen attributes of Hesto of their choice and to develop them even further. Example to this is if they chose Generosity, they can expand further the teachings of the religion while adhering to the teachings of the religion.

At the moment, there are no schools of thought...

The Living after Death.
As the fall of Patronism became true and the last of it's worshippers have been gone the faith has been lost. It was a simple standing faith in Rathnir but now it has now been gone. Due to the ingratitude of it's followers yearning for what the empires have left the faith to follow what they desire. Its was now a dead religion, some of it's teachings have been lost and only some remained before the last of the worshippers converted.

A new religion, a sister religion of the dead faith, was founded on Angel's Landing to a follower who still yearns for the old faith after his conversion. A sign of inspiration came into him as divine thoughts inspired him to be the one in charge of reviving the faith. They newly converted worshipper was having a hard time to revive the faith because of how lost the teachings have been after he had converted twice. Hesto inspired him to build and establish a sister religion to continue the teachings while practicing new ones.

The sister religion, Vasion, was born.

Main Teachings/Articles of Faith
These are the main teachings that has been adopted from the previous faith while having new ones to learn and follow. The values are required to be followed in order for a person to be the best worshipper of Hesto.


 * To believe in one creator being (Hesto), alone.
 * To believe in the holy interpretations and holy scriptures.
 * To believe in the prophets.
 * To believe in the heavenly and demonic creatures.
 * To believe in the Ascendings.
 * To believe in the hereafter.
 * To believe in the everything whether good or bad is from Hesto.
 * To denounce falsehoods against the creator and his prophets.
 * To adhere to what is good, pure, and just.*
 * To denounce anything evil, corrupt, and impure.*
 * To know that Hesto only wants what is good for his creation.*
 * To defend the religion from anything that will break it.*
 * To practice good character and manners.*

(*New laws)

Conversion:
In order for a person to convert they will have to utter the statement of faith. When they have uttered these words they are now a member of the faith and now worshippers of Hesto. "I believe in Hesto alone, and I believe in the ancients prophets before." That is the statement needed for them in order for them to convert. A a follower of the religion, and a worshipper of Hesto, they may chose which path or attribute of Hesto they may take in order to enhance their religious identity and the religion itself. By making a school of though based on the attributes of Hesto while adhering to the teachings of the faith. One can become a scholar to study the faith and to teach it to the people.

Priests are considered an evil role in the faith, it is believed that when a priest takes position in the religion they will be greedy to never teach the people about the religion. A person may become a scribe to write down the doctrines made by the scholars in the religion based on their knowledge or that of the schools of thought.

Why are we here?
Vasites, like Patronists, believe that this wolrd is ment for us to journey our way back to the Divine, Hesto, and to show are worthiness towards Him whether we are fitted for His mercy and paradise. This life was made to be a testing grounds whether we can do what is pleasing to Him or otherwise. The olden religion and it's followers were worried when this news came out, they ask their prophet "How can we be worthy when we are very sinful and we are not perfect in anything?" this is when the prophet stood up and spoke to the people of a revalation from Hesto. "Everyone will be accounted for their deeds, the good you do will be multiplied by Him and the shortcomings will be excused by Him, and as for your sins all you need to do is to return to him, and this is from His kindness of your Creator."

How it began...
Vasites do not have an origin story of the world except that they firmly believe in that the Creator has made this universe and the whole creation. Yet, there have been surviving records of the myths of creation from olden worshippers as it follows:

'... the ascending had finsihed and it is time for someothing new to blossom. Baylen (Hesto) commanded the world to bloom. Saying so by His command alone... rivers laid down and the earth blooming with treasures so as the ocean... I have commanded you to build imgars (temples) to remember my name and to worship Me alone in those places... temples grow, ports lighting up, markets bustling and houses bloom- ... I can hear the songs made for Me from mankind, it is very sweet and gentle, full of remembrance of My name...'

(These are but the surviving texts of the olden religion that is later adopted legally by the Vasite Faith.)

Importances of Gardens
Gardens and all kinds of plants are a symbol of balance and beauty in both Patronism and Vasion. It is a major sin to destroy the environment and in making it ugly. Most temples are built with gardens or farms around it because of this belief. Though just because plants are hold with high regard in the religion, it does not mean that these are venerated or worshipped at all. Rather thay are a sign of Hesto's blessings and must be grateful to Him.