Podism

Podism is a religion on Stoneworks, where the god is a frog named Pod.

Chapter 1: Exploration
In a void of emptiness, a large pond called Nuyce (nee - oo - ss) sat lifeless, until one day, two green frogs hopped out of the pond. Their names were Seed and Pod. Pod dwelled throughout every inch of this primordial paradise, until he saw the void at the end. He carelessly hopped into the black waters, as Seed followed. Unbeknownst to them, a malicious serpent, a primeval monster known as the Leviathan dwelled in the deep dark waters of the void, far from the light of creation. Pod swam closer to this invisible abomination, but Seed noticed it and tried to warn him. He was too late. the leathery skin of the wretched beast scraped across Pod as an enormous blood red eye with stripes of yellow stared blankly at them. Pod, without fear said "Hi."

Chapter 2: Purple Pain
The Leviathan lifted its monstrous limb to attack Pod. Seed rushed in and propelled his brother through the void. Seed came over to Pod he told his brother "We have to leave!" He grabbed his brother. Pod said "Seed, move!". The green frog failed to notice the creature's retaliation. Seed was dispatched. Pod swooped up his brother and like lightning he fled from the void. He could he hear the roaring and cackling of the Leviathan. He placed his brother down in the waters of creation. Seed's once green skin had turned purple due to the venom of the Leviathan. His had been healed but he was placed into a deep sleep. Pod was mourned for his brother. He had felt deep sadness and suddenly while he mourned, a small pink frog swam towards him.This tiny creature had watched him from afar and he was curious.

Chapter 3: The Brothers
Pod turned to this small pink frog and it noticed him looking. "I am Motus!" The tiny frog proclaimed. "You look like one of my brothers." Pod's interest was peaked "Follow me." Pod and Motus swam for an hour before finally reaching a group of other frogs. They looked in awe at the size of Pod. He looked around and counted five more frogs. A surprising leap from the water revealed an orange frog. Who said "Ha, I knew it there were more". Motus introduced each frog. Hod a red skinned frog. Tempus a midnight black, Cul a brown colored one, Floren a yellow one, Sap the orange frog with a surprising intelligence. And finally Pad the smallest of the group but he was a lime green frog. Pod knew these were his brothers and he told each of them of the dangers of the void. Years went by nothing changed they simply grew in size and Seed was still sleeping. But they were waiting and planning. As Pod remembered the cackling and monstrous roars of the Great Leviathan. He wanted nothing but revenge. Eventually all of his brothers were ready. He told them the caution of following him into the void but they knew. Pod and his brothers swam toward the edge of the waters of creation they each took one last look at their home.And one by one they leapt into void all following Pod.

Chapter 4: Vengance
They had plunged into the dark waters of the void, they swam until finally meeting a wall of leathery skin. Hod was the first to reach it. The creature awoke and shook the very void as it rose from it's Slumber. They charged the beast and for eleven days they fought. On the Second day Cul and Pad fell. On the sixth day Floren and Motus were defeated. On the seventh Hod was devoured. On the ninth Tempus was dispatched. And mid way through the tenth day of fighting Sap could fight no more. The great Leviathan wounded and battered roared in triumph. But only one last frog stood in it's way Pod. And after eleven days of fighting the void fell silent as the Leviathan had fallen over dead. Pod stood triumph over the corpse of the great beast.

Chapter 5: Revival
The Corpse of the Leviathan laid still, as he gathered his brothers. He brought his fallen brothers back to their home Nuyce. As he reached the waters, he placed down the corpses of his brothers. He swam over to usually where Seed slept, but to Pod's surprise Seed was gone. Seed appeared behind him.Pod turned to see a purple frog."Seed?!" Pod said, his brother was no longer sleeping.While they spoke the waters of Nuyce began to swirl, as it mended the wounds of their brothers. They revived from their brief deaths. The newly awakened frogs finally meet Seed and celebrated their victory.Now that the great beast was dead. The brothers of Pod were confused on what they were supposed to do now for the rest of eternity.Pod told his Brothers of a lesser realm he had seen in visions as the Great beast fell.Pod had an ability, something he gained from his battle. But curiously Pad made his way back to the edge of Nuyce. Whilst being followed by Tempus, there they would discover the Void is no more. Only Chaos is left in it's stead. It bended in unnatural ways. They looked in awe at what they saw.

Chapter 6: Discovery
Tempus and Pad swam back, to inform their brothers of what they had seen.Pod pondered this new world. And asked his brother Sap for insight on these visions. Sap used his knowledge and discovered many worlds, opening a window to look into this. Pod now curious, thanked Sap and looked through this window. As Pod peered through the window, he had seen many things. Many stories, the very legends unfolded before him. He watched as a wrathful star clashed with a cold world, destroying all that once was, or would soon be. He gave a task for Floren and Cul to grow this world. As Cul would help cultivate the waters and the lands. Floren would bring new life to the cultivated land. And so they set off and leapt from Nuyce into the land below. Then Pod looked toward his youngest brother, Pad and gave him the most important job. Creation, he would be the artificer of creation. He would assigned to construct the domains of each of his brothers. His first task was to reshape the Void or whatever is left of it. He looked toward Motus and he spoke "give them everything" Motus was confused by this."My brother what do you mean?" "For I lack the creation of Pad. The life giving of Floren and the cultivation of Cul". Pod replied "Yet you have something even greater". "You shall be their overseer." And with that Pod looked toward Hod. He said to Hod "For all I have seen in such little time, for how they may appear good and kind hearted, but beneath all that it is darkness, your domain shall be host to a never ending tide of souls who be damned for eternity.You shall be their jailer." Hod nodded accepting his role. Pod looked toward Sap. And he said to his brother "Sap, my brother you have made this possible due to your curiosity. For it was you who opened the veil into this new world. Knowledge and wisdom shall be your domain. Learn all that you can, search for anything you can, your will be of domain of vast libraries filled with knowledge." Pod looked toward Tempus. He spoke serenely "The cosmos, the many stars shall be yours to work, the sun and the moon your domain". Tempus silently took up his role. Yet he never spoke to any of his brothers. He only spoke to Pod and Pad once for a favour. And finally Seed. Pod saw Seed as his equal. So he said to Seed "let us rule together". And from the highest point in Nuyce he looked onto the Pond of creation and the domains beneath. Seed responded calmly "No".

Chapter 1: Tears
The dark energies swirled and he struck Pod down, and casted him out from Nuyce. Each brother felt something through out the realms. As the world felt the effects of Pod's fall. The skies swirled with dark clouds. As they let free thunder, rain and lightning. For many years this happened again and again. And it was named the age of tears. With the last of his divinity he spat out the corruption, it zipped across the sky like a lightning bolt before landing. Pod writhed on the ground, as his divinity seeped into the land. He gathered himself and hopped away into the bog. And from that spot it grew an enchanted land. The grass lightened up in color. The leaves of the trees became a bright pink, the very ground shined with a mythical essence. The bolt of corruption landed onto the earth, and from that the grass darkened, the trees died, their normal bark, warped to show that of a screaming face.The land cursed all those who dare step foot onto it, it would come to be often littered with the skulls and bones of beasts and man alike.It radiated a dark aura, it called to all those with hearts blacker than coal.

Chapter 2: Enchanted Bog
Pod, now a mortal, hopped into the waters of the swamp. He swam and swam, till he crawled onto a lily pad. Confusion coursed through Pod. He felt... tired? He raised his hand to command the waters of the swamp. But nothing happened. As he raised his other hand to try again he noticed movement in the water. His eyes darted to the rippling water as whatever it was, it was getting closer and closer. Pod, not wasting any time leaped into the water and swam as hard as he could.

Chapter 3: Father
Pod peaked his head out of the water and saw a looming humanoid figure. The being reached down and grabbed a deceased crocodile by it's tail. As Pod watched on, the being noticed him, he ducked back under the water. As the humanoid figure attempted to pick him up. He was successful, and grabbed onto the mortal Pod. The hunter walked off, going deeper and deeper into the swamp, with Pod and his newly found dinner in hand. The human was called Teddy, and he became the first Pod Father, a title given to the most devoted Podist of the time.

Celestials:
Celestials are beings created from the shards of the dead Leviathan, and serve each brother of Pod. There are 3 ranks of Celestials, the Wimarnu (Highest), Pilsa (Middle), and Iikaramana (Lowest).

Wimarnu:
Wimarnu are tall, scaled, slim, masked humanoids, blinding anything that sees them. There are only 2 of these for each brother. They usually oversee the domains and creations of the brothers.

Pilsa:
Pilsa are winged, feathered, three limbed beasts, with 3 arms. They interact with mortals the most, and are plentiful in population. They have 2 Iikaramana assigned to them. They conduct the day to day businesses of the domain.

Iikaramana:
Iikaramana are tiny, strong creatures that vary in power, personality, and intelligence. They have their own hierarchy, and some can be as influential as Wimarnu. They can be assigned to humanoids as a guardian angel of sorts.

Celestial Ritual:
To call upon the power of a Celestial, one must sacrifice something that is of importance to them. They throw the item in a pit of lava inside a pyramid of green blocks. They must do this while saying "By the power of Pod, I summon thee!!!" Lightning will strike 8 times around the pyramid, and the Celestial will then grant what is needed, depending on the valuability of the item and the difficulty of the request. Celestials can only grant small things not specific to any brother of pod.

Cul Ritual:
To summon the power of Cul, one must throw an iron hoe on 1 durability into a fire surrounded by crops in a temple, while 5 animals burn nearby, as they say "Oh great Cul, creator of the nature in this world, please bestow upon me the (crops or animals) of your creation." Cul will grant them 3 stacks of crops or seeds. They may also ask for 10 of a kind of animal to appear instead.

Frog Summoning Ritual:
To summon 10 frogs, one must say "From the waters of Nuyce, grant us the brethren of our holy leader." as they burn a statue of Pod to be taken into Nuyce. 10 frogs will then spawn.

Podish:
yc ned cjca, nrju

hjyl ned,

zer ha þa ved jcd vjd.

sji hy wy ned jcd ha pyll sji hy wy yw uo.

ned þa ved jcd ved þa ned.

njb þa vjd.

English:
In Pod's name, pray.

Hail Pod,

For he is God and good.

Say hi to Pod and he will say hi to you.

Pod is God and God is Pod.

Pab is good.

Rules
A frog must be in every follower's home.

The Wednesday prayer must always be said on Wednesday.

Frogs mustn't be killed under any circumstances.


 * 1) ome.