Adiyaena
Adiyaena, or Adyena in Modern Mirathae, is the religion of the Mirathae. It holds that the world was made by song and that all things sing together to maintain the world. It divides the mytho history into three clans or ages of gods: the Kaveor Zwera, the Zatsn Zwera, and the Midun Zwera and a final Age called the Oswera
Mythology & Lore
Back in the times before the Kirrentai standardized the Pantheons of the Niedene Spirits, the Mirathae worshiped two spirits in the most considerable amount: Tsunurina(Old Soul) and Ruguna(Moon Hand). These two spirits were born of the Zukaveor(Star Nectar), a fluid that flowed from the Stars into the void. These two gods awoke to the nothing of the void and the infinite of Zukaveor and sought to make. So these two molded the nectar with their hands, forming a rudimentary idea of a world where down was up and up was down. They begat small creatures who were miserable and weak, who knew only one period of time creation, as the Spirits hadn't made time. The creatures begged and pleaded for a better existence, but nothing was granted, as the gods couldn’t hear them because they were so small. Eventually, the nectar spread out again and returned to the infinite possibilities of before.
The second world the gods forged was made by hammers and mortar, rigid, inflexible, and unbending; the inhabitants of this world were massive and robust, and the gods couldn't hear them not because they were too small but because they had no use of the gods and eventually tried becoming better than the gods and perished in the void. So Old Soul cracked the realm and let the shards flow back into the nectar. This time, the Gods sang in sorrow at their inability to create. The singing would stir the nectar, and out came Lesser Spirits of all different makes and kinds. Good, evil, red, blue, hundreds of spirits born from the sadness of the singers. The birth of these spirits gave the Gods an idea to sing a world into existence and a choir to sustain it. The gods asked the spirits to sing with them because if they sang, they would have a home to work in and a land to rule. So spirits, great and small, sang as ages passed, and eventually, the current world formed with a self-sustaining song as the world would give birth to more and more spirits to sing.
The first singers were amazed that this worked so well, and they cast the spirits and themselves down into the world to live, work, and rule. The spirits collected together and divided the world. They went to work making time, and the ground, the beasts, the plants, and the creations sang with their very souls. Some spirits didn’t want to make the world from beyond it; they tried to shift it and change it from within. But their spiritual forms were created to live in a timeless abyss outside the laws of the Old Soul, so the spirits made forms to inhabit, bound by the rules and regulations of the beasts. The spirits, now mortal, began wandering the world and settling lands, bringing light to the dark edges of the maps. The various groups of Spirits made themselves alike in form and temperament, changing themselves to work together better. The Elves, Niranni, Dwarves, Humans, and other races are all descended from the first spirits.
As the ages passed, the mortal races ebbed and flowed to the beat of a long-forgotten song. Fragments of the previous worlds found their way into the World of the Song, smashing into the world with all the hatred a lost child could feel and burrowing beneath the world the fragments hibernated, stewing in their hatred for these new children of the Old Soul. These fragments bore an entity so twisted and evil it had the power to shatter the song. Its name was Minayaena(The Great Silence), and it hated the world with such power the world rotted around it. Tsunurina and Ruguna saw this and ventured into the world to fight the fragment of Silence. They rallied the spirits of the rocks, earth, seas, air, and all the beasts to beat the antithesis of their collective dream. The gods fought the Silence and won, but a significant cost was exacted on the world from this point onward. The world's spirits became discordant with their songs, which were all different and out of harmony. This would spread to the descendants of the spirits and lead to all the strife of the coming ages of the world, be they war and strife or famine and hunger.
The Gods weren’t unaffected, either. Tsunurina and Ruguna were divided into two aspects: their spirits, which were sent back out of the world, and their bodies, which were now floating through the world's sky. Their bodies eventually developed their own personalities based on the spirits by which they were made. This is the beginning of the Zatsn Zwera, where Karunae and Kegina reign supreme. During this time, the Material world and the Spirit world were one and the same. War raged all around the globe, and spirits died and fought for centuries, the strongest rising as monsters of pure and utter disgust for their nectar-born kin. The only respite from the senseless and wanton destruction of the spirits was under the might of the Sun, Kegina. He reigned supreme as lord of all; no other spirit held as much power as He. This was an era defined by war, where the first starts of pantheon differences branch from the bitterness of all future wars over culture and race. In his realm, spirits fought and then were burned in his divine radiance; to fight in his presence only invoked his Wrath. He saw the early races suffering at the hands of each other and, most significantly, the Monsters, so he decided to do something about it. With a clap of his hands, the world was split in two by a wall of fire, with the races of mortals on one side and the monsters and spirits on the other. He grew tired of the fighting and screaming, breaking the world order into the Spirit World and the Mortal World. Seeing that the spirits could not be saved by his hand nor his might, no matter how hard he pushed. As he watched from above, he would leave the worlds to their own devices.
The second world the gods forged was made by hammers and mortar, rigid, inflexible, and unbending; the inhabitants of this world were massive and robust, and the gods couldn't hear them not because they were too small but because they had no use of the gods and eventually tried becoming better than the gods and perished in the void. So Old Soul cracked the realm and let the shards flow back into the nectar. This time, the Gods sang in sorrow at their inability to create. The singing would stir the nectar, and out came Lesser Spirits of all different makes and kinds. Good, evil, red, blue, hundreds of spirits born from the sadness of the singers. The birth of these spirits gave the Gods an idea to sing a world into existence and a choir to sustain it. The gods asked the spirits to sing with them because if they sang, they would have a home to work in and a land to rule. So spirits, great and small, sang as ages passed, and eventually, the current world formed with a self-sustaining song as the world would give birth to more and more spirits to sing.
The first singers were amazed that this worked so well, and they cast the spirits and themselves down into the world to live, work, and rule. The spirits collected together and divided the world. They went to work making time, and the ground, the beasts, the plants, and the creations sang with their very souls. Some spirits didn’t want to make the world from beyond it; they tried to shift it and change it from within. But their spiritual forms were created to live in a timeless abyss outside the laws of the Old Soul, so the spirits made forms to inhabit, bound by the rules and regulations of the beasts. The spirits, now mortal, began wandering the world and settling lands, bringing light to the dark edges of the maps. The various groups of Spirits made themselves alike in form and temperament, changing themselves to work together better. The Elves, Niranni, Dwarves, Humans, and other races are all descended from the first spirits.
As the ages passed, the mortal races ebbed and flowed to the beat of a long-forgotten song. Fragments of the previous worlds found their way into the World of the Song, smashing into the world with all the hatred a lost child could feel and burrowing beneath the world the fragments hibernated, stewing in their hatred for these new children of the Old Soul. These fragments bore an entity so twisted and evil it had the power to shatter the song. Its name was Minayaena(The Great Silence), and it hated the world with such power the world rotted around it. Tsunurina and Ruguna saw this and ventured into the world to fight the fragment of Silence. They rallied the spirits of the rocks, earth, seas, air, and all the beasts to beat the antithesis of their collective dream. The gods fought the Silence and won, but a significant cost was exacted on the world from this point onward. The world's spirits became discordant with their songs, which were all different and out of harmony. This would spread to the descendants of the spirits and lead to all the strife of the coming ages of the world, be they war and strife or famine and hunger.
The Gods weren’t unaffected, either. Tsunurina and Ruguna were divided into two aspects: their spirits, which were sent back out of the world, and their bodies, which were now floating through the world's sky. Their bodies eventually developed their own personalities based on the spirits by which they were made. This is the beginning of the Zatsn Zwera, where Karunae and Kegina reign supreme. During this time, the Material world and the Spirit world were one and the same. War raged all around the globe, and spirits died and fought for centuries, the strongest rising as monsters of pure and utter disgust for their nectar-born kin. The only respite from the senseless and wanton destruction of the spirits was under the might of the Sun, Kegina. He reigned supreme as lord of all; no other spirit held as much power as He. This was an era defined by war, where the first starts of pantheon differences branch from the bitterness of all future wars over culture and race. In his realm, spirits fought and then were burned in his divine radiance; to fight in his presence only invoked his Wrath. He saw the early races suffering at the hands of each other and, most significantly, the Monsters, so he decided to do something about it. With a clap of his hands, the world was split in two by a wall of fire, with the races of mortals on one side and the monsters and spirits on the other. He grew tired of the fighting and screaming, breaking the world order into the Spirit World and the Mortal World. Seeing that the spirits could not be saved by his hand nor his might, no matter how hard he pushed. As he watched from above, he would leave the worlds to their own devices.
Priesthood
The standard priesthoods of Adiyaena consist of various suborders, such as the Donarsai (Bronze Hunters), a class of priests whose purpose is research and history. Their order has a headquarters beneath the Great Bridge of Faenradama. Another order is the Artimarai (Barrowers), an all-male order of priests who deal with the dead, such as burials, graves, and barrows. They also help eliminate undead threats or threats to grave sites. They are significantly respected but also feared for their association with the dead.
Type
Religious, Organised Religion
Alternative Names
The Singing Way, Adyena
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