Arosian Mystery Cults

The Elders


In the beginning before the plains existed there lived 3 elders A'xio Elder of Space, Ot'embaro Elder of Life, and E'xeria Elder of time. The 3 floated there for thousands of years until 1 of them has an Idea, a game. A'xio made 3 dice appear before all of them. "lets play a game first 1 to roll 3 6s 75 times in a row, gets the other 2's powers for the next 300 years". the other agreed and began rolling the dice. Years went by and each dice roll carried a fraction of the elder's power due to them trying to rig it, but A'xio knew this and made the dice expel their power the moment they added it including his even though he tried rigging it anyway. After millenniums of them rolling over and over, the Plain of Rathnir took shape. Earth shaped into mountains and cliffs, Seas carved holes in the earth, clouds floated above it all. Fire covered the earth til rain and after the rain life began to bloom. Animals took shapes changing to fit the chaos. But the game ended in a tie after all this time. Each of them rolled 3 6s 75 times in a row and all of them ran out of powers. The Elders looked down and saw want they made. They loved it. But after all their energy expanded they faded into the land they formed. Their bodies energy mixed with one another forming the 5 Main gods. Aros, the King of the gods being the oldest and was born with the sun. Hoggest was born underground in a cave and broke the through the earth after years of  being in a cave with each hit on his underground roof he felt the death and souls forge with his body. Bahiri was formed in the ocean, and was quite the trickster to all the other gods. Moloba was formed from the clouds and has all 3 minds of the Elders knowing all the information they knew. Ferasi was born among the animals but first was a deer, but every animal it saw it mimic and transformed copying the animal, giving birth to its ability to change into any animal it sees.

Aros
God of Sun, Chief of the Gods

God rank: Emperor

Aros the God of Sun and Chief of the Gods, is the Bringer of victory, Master of blessings, Breaker of dawn, Lover of gold and Ruler of the plain of God, Fe'Hornema. With his powers he gives light to all of rathnir protecting them from evil. He is the main God that is worshipped the most by the religion and his sacred animal is a Llama.

Description:
Aros is covered in golden armour, with glowing sun symbol on his chest, yellow cape and at the end of the cape is sunset colours. He has his sword in his left hand and the lead of his Llama in his right. He has sandals on his feet but during war time they are switched for golden boots. He has golden glowing eyes, blonde hair, clean shaved face, and mainly has a soft smile when speaking to people.

Rituals and Celebrations:
Rituals to worship Aros involve sacrificing the evil to him so that they may be purified and continue to protect Axum against evil. Offerings of gold are placed at shrines so that Aros will bless the people of Axum. Every March 17 the Sun Festival is held to praise and give thanks to Aros for all that he has done and will continue to do. Many dress up in their most finest of clothes and where gold accessories. The Sun Festival has many dances and feast that happen throughout Axum, As well as ceremonies where new members are given a blessing by Aros's Avatar Amilaki Ts'Adik'Ani Saifu.





Bahiri
God of the Sea and all sea life.

God rank: Ruler


 * Tsunami and heavy waves when in raged. Judge to those who break the rule's of the sea. Weapon is a fishing rod /or a harpoon. Sacred animal whale & dolphins. Warden to levithans, krakens, and the Godslayers all caged in the Deep Aquaruis vault. Teacher to all those who wish to brew alcohol. Fan of gambling and love making bets with gods and mortals. Lover of silver. Gets into fights with ferasi a lot causing massive lakes, valleys, and floods. Ruler of the plain Pacifc'a plain of the sea, a plain separate of the mortal plain and its the plain of the sea. Mortals who go there are under water and are forced to make a bet with bahiri for either there life, money, valuables, and on rare times even wishes. Best friends with clovexio

Description:

Has a straw hat, fishing pole slung on his back but during war its replaced with a harpoon. wears leather armor/ peasant clothes(to trick mortals into gambling with him). always has ale in his right hand, never wears shoes cause he likes water on his feet. has a hobo like beard and kelp green eyes and brown hair

Ritual and Celebrations:

The Arosian Mystery Cult give offerings of silver coins to Bahiri in hopes to bring wealth or to gamble with Bahiri. Every year there is a festival that celebrates Bahiri. It is called the 'Water Festival', Serving fine alcohol taught from Bahiri to fresh fish that Bahiri gifted. This festival is usually held around October. Activities like fishing are usually done around the festival as it's the best time to harvest fish.



Moloba
Goddess of the sky, Goddess of harvest.

God rank: Empress

Brings rain, wind over rathnir. when in raged tornados and thunder storms appear. Sacred animal is the Cumuli Sheep Lover of copper Ruler of Skyxeria a plain separate from the mortal plain and is the land of the clouds without land mortals who enter there float around living through there best dreams and receiving knowledge beyond human understanding till their time is up and struck down back to the mortal plain Goddess of dreams. Lover of book.

Description:

Moloba has a book in a satchel slung on her right side, has whitish blond hair, blue eyes, wears a flowing blue dress but the dress changes to grey during war. Her wings shows a beautiful rainbow that is seen in the sky after the rain as Moloba moves the clouds for Aros to shine light onto the lands. she has 3 sheep's following her each different in sizes.

Rituals and Celebrations:
Moloba is celebrate and worshipped through many ways. First being a festival of the Harvest held on September 21 to honour her hard working helping the mortals water the crops. Women wear flower reefs as a rosary and appreciation to the goddess. In the celebrations a feast is held and then after the harvest begins. All the crops are harvested and replanted across a few days. On the evening of the last day of festival, dances and blessings of the harvest are held to thank Moloba. Another way Moloba is worshipped is through libraries which is basically her shrine but a place where Moloba gave her knowledge to the mortals teaching them stories, tales, and fables and much more.



Hoggoth
God rank: King


 * Wears complete set of iron armor. has 4 duel handaxes which changes into a battleaxe during war. Has jet black hair no facial hair. has red eyes and grey skin. has lots of muscles, rides on a giant boar when charging into battle. his helmet has a red hair fan on it.


 * Husband to Clovexio


 * sacred animal is the hog(pig)
 * Uses duel handaxes
 * King of the underworld
 * God of war
 * Hoarder of treasure
 * Forger of weapons
 * Master of torture
 * Warden of souls
 * Master of curses
 * Lover of iron
 * Husband to Clovexio



Feresi
God rank: Ruler

It has tree bark skin and a greenish brown hair on its horse body. has deep green eyes and tree leaves/vines for hair. has halberd in both hands but its only a halberd during war other times its a staff with a giant magnolia on the top of it. has 5 different animals on it each different every time. 1 animal appears on its back. 2 at its feet, 1 on its shoulder, 1 flying above. has freckles on its cheeks. its gender varies depending on who it visits and how the person sees Ferasi


 * earth god
 * war god
 * half horse half humanoid body
 * creates mountains and volcanos when in raged
 * creates land and animals
 * offering of food
 * festival about the gifting of our land
 * Lover of gems
 * Sacred animal horse
 * often peaceful but gets agitated by bahiri very easily
 * Carver of mountains
 * Teacher to artists
 * pet keeper to animals
 * Has a halberd for a weapon
 * is merciful to orphan children and will bless them with Wild taking care of them til they are of age
 * Ruler of the Wild a separate plain of existence from the mortal plane where nature is the ruler without the destruction of mortals wrecking the natural life
 * Can shapeshift into any animal it sees

Bahiri's Coin of Chance:
Aros Sun:

Ezana Arsema Amilaki:
Avatar of Aros

Shrines

 * Adwa Libary(Moloba) - Located in Adwa this shrine is deicated to moloba as all knowledge given to mortals by her is stored there.
 * The Bedrock Shrine (Hoggoth) - Located near a border of Axum near a ruined town this bedrock structure was gifted by Hoggoth to Ezana Arsema Amilaki