Sagekin

Edenlline, the top Cardinal for much of the E.D era, stepped forth to be the first to create a kin to follow Her and Her rules to traverse Her and Her fellow Cardinal's world. The development of Sagekin began with dragons and gryphons living in Edenlline's kingdom zone of Chaverí. Although the other Cardinals followed suit very quickly, Sagekin are recorded as the very first proper Affiliation, and despite the many hardships the Affiliation has faced, Sagekin remain strong and numerous, especially since their Cardinal never disappeared.

Mythology & Lore

Eden's Afterlife Garden - A world of glistening green and marble. Sagekin of good faith dies knowing their fate lies in the hands of their beautiful Cardinal, and that She will bring their aura-less spirit to a world all Her own in which they may thrive and be happy for eternity. A world of soft clouds and overgrown shrubbery. Coined the Sage's Garden, Edenlline perfect the word "Bayblua" for the name of Her small world. She prefers this because anything important named "Garden" brings Lindoss connotations to it, which is something the Cardinal does not like. The afterlife resembles the mythical Gardens of Babylon, due to its natural appearance being a vast place atop a soft white landscape. The ground is plush, feet gently sink into it, and bounce off light as a feather. Everyone can fly here, even creatures who could not fly in their previous life, the wings of translucent gold form over their back or over their original wings. Buildings create vertical citadels carved from white marble and stone, trees grow from windows and plumage of leaves erupt everywhere. Vines are ladders, layers of clouds create steps, and sunlight beams endlessly in sharp rays that glisten as they light up the world. There is no darkness here, there are no monsters. The Sagekin of the past lives on here, uniquely connected to the powers of their Goddess so they can know what occurs in the Overworld as time goes on. Most inhabitants remain solely in Bayblua, but some have the potential to go between Bayblua and the Overworld of Ptitheros. These Sagekin are known as Sky Watchers.

Tenets of Faith

North Affiliates believe in collaboration and that knowledge is gifted from the world/the Cardinals to one as a reward for good behavior and happiness. The wind is said to carry the voice of the Sage, so on windy days there are always plenty of ceremonies readied within the timespan. Alongside that, trust in the wind to take one's wings are expected, making flight the symbolism of freedom and respect for one's Cardinal.

• Be prepared for hardship
• One cannot mock another's mistake
• Never take more than one needs
• Seek to understand all that is around you
• Never view life as property
• One shall help a fellow of any belief in need
• Listen to the wisdom of the wind
• Trust where your wings will take you
• Never enclose yourself from opinions
• Never execute viscous desires upon yourself or others

Worship

North Affiliation worship is moderate, as the lifestyle of most kin is gentle but busy. Some means of showing worship include:

• Painting a Soul Chalice every year
• Wearing Sagekin symbols on silken shawls or bandanas
• Never stealing from the ruins of Chaveri
• Killing Windiages in humane ways
• Placing one in a completely dark environment for a day after death
• Dropping foe dust into the community light well

Light Well - In the central plaza of any Sagekin-founded settlement is a chiseled stone well that doesn't bring up water. It goes down a few meters and is then lined with any reflective or glistening items the community can find. As the settlement grows, the well gains more lining and eventually begins to reflect incoming afternoon sunlight or midnight moonlight upwards in a soft light beam. The Light Well is respected as an accomplishment of a community as a whole and cannot be harmed or stolen from. Doing so results in serious punishment.

Granted Divine Powers

Sagekin have the opportunity to rise to a state of being that directly assists their Cardinal, except the descent into Chaverí, fighting through hundreds of windiages , and locating Edenlline's crumbled palace, is required first. Then, asking Edenlline directly to become one of Her "Sky Watchers'' long before death. Sky Watchers are powerful spirits that traverse the Sagekin afterlife, however unlike regular spirits in Eden's afterlife garden, Sky Watchers are able to travel to the overworld to protect their fellow kin.
Before the collapse of Chaveri, Sagekin were granted the blessing of having their aura and soul combined by their Cardinal. In return for this new powerful soul, half of their new soul was taken and kept in a storage vessel so none suffered consequences of being an unnaturally high aura creature. Those with merged souls lived longer, healthier, and more enlightened lives. This however fell apart after the collapse and the blessed became the cursed.
Soul Chalice - Soul Chalices are unique vases that were originally made by Edenlline (assigned to be made more often) that held the part of a Sagekin's soul that Edenlline deemed dangerous to their wellbeing. These vaults allowed past Sagekin of Chaveri to never fear high-aura individuals, never fear disease, and even granted immortality to those who pleased Edenlline the most with offerings and worship. The rare "age immortal dragon" blessing can be traced back to Edenlline's Soul Chalices. These objects are no longer used because their blessings soon turned dangerous during the Fall of Chaveri, as all Chaverians bound to the Chalices became windiages. The chalices still hold significant symbolism to Sagekin of the present. They make false replicas and see it as a symbol of their Cardinal's grand power being something to never take for granted.

Political Influence & Intrigue

Sagekin used to rival the Seqúns in terms of power amongst Ptitheros, but once the Tucruit came into play and the Seqún backed down on their expansion of culture, the Sagekin became the target Affiliation next to Tucruit. Sagekin were powerful, seen as the initial kin, thus much of old history circles around them. Then came the collapse, and the powerful influence of the Sagekin came to a standstill. Nowadays, Sagekin is seen as a nonthreatening Affiliation, as only Wyndgale remains North Affiliated and the once Edenlline respecting rubasyns have disowned the Affiliation entirely.

Forever the first and will remain until the end of it all.

Founding Date

0005 E.D.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion

Alternative Names

Northern Followers, Edenlline's Kin