Well of Gravity
On the Well of Gravity, Eternum, its structure and history
The Well of Gravity is the worship of the Eternal Source of the universe, a fragment of eternity, also called Eternum. It is a particular stone, dense with energy that is believed to be parts of dead gods bodies.
The religion has two opposing factions, the Domatics and the Conservs, who have spend the majority of their existence at war. ''...A gift of spirit in the guise of the heavens. We honor this precious symbol of our potential and right to rule. This thunder will for ever reign in the stone of our skin and the earth of our soul, for we are one! Let our beings be the tools of gods and their spirits live on through our glorious actions!''
-A chant of war by a Domatic dwarven general in the second Grey-Waif war.
Accordning to the teachings: As the collision and the subsequent disasters and wars followed put Pangean kind on the brink of extinction, a piece of eternity fell from the skies. A fragment of gods body. The dwarves of the lands of Karlan, saw and believed the gods to be dead in body not in soul, coursing the events surrounding the collision. These falling fragments was the courier of their will and power, it was to be a weapon against the enemies of earth and a path to survival.
These small glowing stones is said to carry tremendous power, able to manipulate gravity and magic alike and so the Karlan dwarfs scoured the lands around theirs mountains and turned whatever fragments they could find into deadly weapons. Using it to fight off the invading extra-planar armies, aiding the end of the war.
As the tide of war died down and the world entered the gloom, the dwarfs turned to worship of the fragments. Now believing it to be the last wish of divinity that the dwarfs should be the inheritors of their power.
As they began marching west towards the just dawning empire, a sudden internal shift brought them to a hold. A faction had taken root from within, as some dwarfs started doubting that this was the will of the heavens. A dwarf by the name of Waif Augustus, commonly called the grey waif because of his stone grey skin and hair, argued that the fragments was not a means of destruction, but a means of preservation. The gift of eternum - meaning the fragments of god - was an effort to impregnate the earth and give the allies of eternity a means to protect the womb from which we all rely.
This gave birth to the Conservs, who followed the Waif. They protested the war and saw to it, that the armies of Karlan was forced to turn their attention inward and it quickly turned to violence.
For the next 700 years or so, this would keep the Domatics - as they became known - from going to war with neighbouring nations. And when the empire fully settled, it became an increasing impossibility. The Conservs kept protesting and rising up with non-violence and the Domatics kept fighting them and forcing them away, sometimes by killing, sometimes by capturing. The Grey-Waif himself spent most of his life imprisoned, as the Dún of the Domatican didn't dare turn him into a martyr. Around the third major scale revolt and following war, The Great city of Illumite, primary home of the Conservs and birthplace of Augustus disappeared in a hollow and soundless explosion leaving behind a large empty crater ending the final Grey-Waif war. It is constellation law that no large scale magic driven weapons can be produced on Pangean ground, so it remains unofficial how and why this happened, though most people believe it to be the Domatics who detonated the bomb and so it became known as the Null-Waif Emitter.
The Conservs never vanished fully and still preach their believes 100 years later, but their influence is but a whisper of past glory.
The religion has two opposing factions, the Domatics and the Conservs, who have spend the majority of their existence at war. ''...A gift of spirit in the guise of the heavens. We honor this precious symbol of our potential and right to rule. This thunder will for ever reign in the stone of our skin and the earth of our soul, for we are one! Let our beings be the tools of gods and their spirits live on through our glorious actions!''
-A chant of war by a Domatic dwarven general in the second Grey-Waif war.
History
The Well of Gravity was established by the dwarven decedents of Pandomine in the 4th age of the world, late destruction period, around 120 pc. As so it is one of the younger religions practised today.Accordning to the teachings: As the collision and the subsequent disasters and wars followed put Pangean kind on the brink of extinction, a piece of eternity fell from the skies. A fragment of gods body. The dwarves of the lands of Karlan, saw and believed the gods to be dead in body not in soul, coursing the events surrounding the collision. These falling fragments was the courier of their will and power, it was to be a weapon against the enemies of earth and a path to survival.
These small glowing stones is said to carry tremendous power, able to manipulate gravity and magic alike and so the Karlan dwarfs scoured the lands around theirs mountains and turned whatever fragments they could find into deadly weapons. Using it to fight off the invading extra-planar armies, aiding the end of the war.
As the tide of war died down and the world entered the gloom, the dwarfs turned to worship of the fragments. Now believing it to be the last wish of divinity that the dwarfs should be the inheritors of their power.
The Grey-Waif Wars
With the power at hand and the world in turmoil, just barely holding together, the Karlan Dwarfs prepared for war. They launched a series of strikes against the surrounding territories, not meeting much residence, their small kingdom expanded rapidly, until the entire east coast, from the pendulum peninsula to the fragmented divide came under their banner.As they began marching west towards the just dawning empire, a sudden internal shift brought them to a hold. A faction had taken root from within, as some dwarfs started doubting that this was the will of the heavens. A dwarf by the name of Waif Augustus, commonly called the grey waif because of his stone grey skin and hair, argued that the fragments was not a means of destruction, but a means of preservation. The gift of eternum - meaning the fragments of god - was an effort to impregnate the earth and give the allies of eternity a means to protect the womb from which we all rely.
This gave birth to the Conservs, who followed the Waif. They protested the war and saw to it, that the armies of Karlan was forced to turn their attention inward and it quickly turned to violence.
For the next 700 years or so, this would keep the Domatics - as they became known - from going to war with neighbouring nations. And when the empire fully settled, it became an increasing impossibility. The Conservs kept protesting and rising up with non-violence and the Domatics kept fighting them and forcing them away, sometimes by killing, sometimes by capturing. The Grey-Waif himself spent most of his life imprisoned, as the Dún of the Domatican didn't dare turn him into a martyr. Around the third major scale revolt and following war, The Great city of Illumite, primary home of the Conservs and birthplace of Augustus disappeared in a hollow and soundless explosion leaving behind a large empty crater ending the final Grey-Waif war. It is constellation law that no large scale magic driven weapons can be produced on Pangean ground, so it remains unofficial how and why this happened, though most people believe it to be the Domatics who detonated the bomb and so it became known as the Null-Waif Emitter.
The Dominance
When the final war enden in 854 the domatics enjoyed supreme power once more. They coloured their banners a dark blue and titled their coastal empire The Greylan Dominance. Their leader and king, being the high Dún.The Conservs never vanished fully and still preach their believes 100 years later, but their influence is but a whisper of past glory.
Founding Date
120 PC
Type
Religious, Organised Religion
Alternative Names
Eternum
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