Mecholtism



Mecholtism is a polytheistic religion that mainly worships the god Mechadar                                                                                                                                              as it is believed he designed the idea of the first perfect order. They believe it's their purpose to bring the world back to perfect world order and                                                                                                                                       to rebuild the clockwork god Mechadar god. They call their temples and shrines                                                                                                                                     "engines" and they see their sacrifices as fuel for Mechadar. They believe that if Mechadar eventually has enough fuel he will be able to rise once again.

Lore and History
The story of mecholtism goes as followed:

The beginning
After the creation of the first world, the gods made the world into a perfectly structured system, where everything had one purpose and every living being was part of the ranks of the system with the gods at the top having complete authority. Mecholtism preaches that every single thing that exists is just a cog in the great machine that is reality. This perfect order and structure is what mecholtists call "Perza ofer" which stands for "Perfect order"                                                                                                     in the ancient language that was used during this time or order by the gods to pass down orders                                                                                                          to the creatures that inhabited the earth. The gods expected their perfect system to last forever                                                                                                          but after millenia of this perfect order, some gods wanted to gain power over others.

The Great Collapse
After 6 millennia of the perfect order running perfectly without flaws some gods wanted more power than they already had, some gods started considering themselves superior to other gods which eventually led to battle. Gods started fighting each other to prove their superiority over others but as this was happening none of the gods was passing down orders to the lower lifeforms and the perfect order collapsed. This event would later be known as "The Great Collapse". Humans tried to keep the perfect order together after the great collapse but this eventually failed. The great collapse also crushed human society and led to worldwide chaos. After decades of fighting only 2 gods remained, these gods were Mechadar (“The clockwork god” god of order and advancement) and Ornodar (the god of chaos and conflict). These gods were on decent terms with each other and decided not to fight, Ornodor eventually left the overworld to create the nether while Mechadar stayed in the overworld to guide his followers back to the perfect order. However after the collapse of the first perfect order most humans around the world despised the gods because of their incompetence to hold the perfect order together. Using the corpse of the god Ferzadus (The god of weather and climate) and the metal of the sword of Tariën (God of safety and wellbeing) they forged the Engine of Ferzadus. This was a massive steam engine that would emit fire told to be hotter than the sun. Using this steam engine they scorched Mechadar and his body melted into a extremely hot lava like substance they slowly sunk into the ground and after decades of sitting underground it slowly cooled down and became copper, this is why copper is very appreciated in mecholtist culture and often used as a currency. After the death of Mechadar the world truly fell into complete chaos. Before his death he had kept humanity united and guided them in making great inventions, but after his death humanity split apart and the world would be engulfed in war and conflict, which it still is to this day.

Present day
To this day Mecholtists believe its humanities purpose to rebuild Mechadar and restore the Perza ofer (perfect order). Mecholtist engineers created Modrons. Mondrons are clockwork automatons the size and shape of humans and are created to achieve mecholtism's goal of restoring the Perza ofer. These modrons are now all around the world as regular people in society, but still working to achieve the goal they were created for.

Culture                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Mecholtist culture & architecture makes heavy use of steampunk/clockpunk elements. This is derived from Mechadar himself and as a way of keeping the inventions that Mechadar helped us make relevant so they dont get forgotten over time. They use the creation of structures to worship Mechadar as a way of showing their devotion.

Important lore figures
- Mechadar "The clockwork god", god of structure and advancement

- Ornodor, god of chaos and conflict

- The other gods, before the great fall there were a lot more gods however only 2 of these are known ( Ferzadus & Tariën ) the rest are still a mystery.

- The Ethereans, these are the creatures ranked directly below the gods during the Perza ofer. They spread the gods orders across the world and fought for the gods if they felt threatened by an outside force. During the great fall lots of celestials perished and the remaining ones roam the world to this day.

More may be added as the religion and culture evolves...