Aonism

As of 1219

Aonism is a relatively new religious idea and is a sort of amalgamation of Dualism and Triumvirism wherein all of the separate deities are worshipped as one singular God; Aon. Aon is believed to be the end-all-be-all, alpha and omega, etc etc, creator of all things. It is said that she combined the swirling positive and negative energies of the universe to create the planes as they are known today and is also responsible for creating the separate yet equal domains of morality. Clerics and Paladins who worship Aon operate similarly to the way those under Dualism do; in which they focus on specific aspects of the same god.
The holy symbol of Aon is essentially a celtic knot: three loops that interconnect and weave amongst themselves to create three triangles that converge on a central loop.
Aonism began as a splinter of Triumvirism; a disagreement over the nature of the deities. Subscribers of the Aonist doctrine believed that rather than the three core aspects of life being embodied by three unique deities, they were instead a reflection of one, singular entity. Naturally, these people were branded by heretics, and the Aonist believers made an exodus into Kentro, where the doctrine spread more easily amongst the free kingdoms than in Requiem.

As of 1590

In the decades following the Collision, an Aonist preacher rose to prominence as a prolific spiritual guide and leader called Caelin. Her works were invaluable in Reconstruction, but she gained true fame when stories arose around her, claiming she was the mortal daughter of a mortal man and the Divine Mother Aon herself.
Her movement swelled around the notion that she was here to guide the kingdoms of men into a new age of enlightenment. However, like many stories of religious renewal, Caelin's story ended in tragedy. Her enemies conspired to have her framed as a radical anarchist who opposed the divine rights of the monarchies or as a figurehead of a psyop movement orchestrated by rival kingdoms. They succeeded, and Caelin was arrested and sentenced to execution, and while she did ultimately perish, it was not how her rivals intended.
Caelin's followers successfully stalled her execution for several weeks, and during that time, Caelin entered a deep trance. She never once stirred to eat or drink, and after thirteen days and thirteen nights, her body gave out the morning she was slated for termination. And as the story goes, at the exact moment her execution was intended to conclude, a massive storm broke out; one that encompassed almost all of Kentro. The storm would rage for another thirteen days before finally abating. This supernatural storm came to be known as Aon's Tempest; a physical personification of Aon's fury and grief over the death of her daughter.
The circumstances of her demise and the mythology of her ministry quickly catapulted to new heights, and before the century had passed, her relatively niche reformation movement had become the dominant denomination of the Church of Aonism. Caelin's deprivation of her mortal needs became the cornerstone of Aonist faith. Aonists believe that when Caelin entered her trance, she did so with the intention of discarding her physical form to disperse her immortal soul's mission to all living beings; passing on her ministry of enlightenment and peace to all who would accept it. In order to better prepare their minds, bodies, and souls to receive this ministry, faithful Aonists engage in cycles of feasting and fasting; depriving their bodies of sustenance to better attune themselves to Caelin's suffering and then imbibing in lavish, ceremonial banquets that symbolize the acceptance of Caelin's enlightenment. In so doing, Aonists believe that pious believers will be forgiven for their ancestors transgressions against Caelin and Aon and be welcomed into an eternal feast with both of them in the afterlife.