The Empyrean religion

The fairies worship Lugh and consider the passing of Lugh's comet to be a divine sign from their creator. Lugh is notably thought to have a female counterpart - usually Brigid. Lugh and Brigid have a son, Ruadan, and three daughters known as the Morrigan. Secondarily, the sighting of Brigid's Fire - a phenomenon where the Northern Lights can be seen further south than usual - and the holidays of the Harvest season (Midsummer, Last Frost, Yule, etc.) are considered sacred to the fairies.

Structure

All the fairies have a dedication to the gods and goddesses through their vocational professions - craftswomen, gemsmiths, healers, archers, metalsmiths, and legislators. Thus, they all have representatives on the Grand Council, and seniority is based off of age.

Culture

Protection of nature, especially those animals that humans hunt/destroy the habitat of, and progressing the technology of the gifts the gods gave them are paramount in this culture. This comes at the cost of the ecosystem, occasionally: A Empyrean tribe siding with the grey wolves is going to wipe out the local population of smaller mammals before long. By contrast, a tribe that sides with the local endangered rodents won't like anything that preys on them and will try to grow the rodents' food source as much as possible. Both sides very well might call each other heretics, but war would destroy whatever part of the ecosystem that they are fostering, so they might avoid each other instead.

History

Most of them believe the greatest loss in their history was the fall of Tuaiscirt Anam to the Fomorians. Despite Ghabat Alsama coming first, the cities of the northern region, north of the Himalayas and east of the Svarog mountains, is considered their ancestral homeland and therefore there is great mourning attached to mentionings of it.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion

Successor Organizations

• Church of Baldur
• Church of Hephaestus
• Church of Jarillo
• The Church of the Sacred Flame