Cult of Sanomudra
History
The Cult of Sanomudra takes it's name from the hermaphrodite fire deity known as Sanomudra. The cult originated sometime after the Dark Elves were exiled from the continent of Salazuir and after it's precursor religion was reformed into the Cult of Sanomudra. The cult preached about the great flame and how if you are impure it will turn you to ash, while if the fire finds you worthy, Sanomudra will give you warmth and enlightenment. The cult was a small organization, until the Great Calamity, when most other religions were destroyed or left with the rest of the Dark elves. The order survived by taking shelter in their temples dotted around the northeastern area of Yyradayn, which were protected by ancient magic but unfortunately the calamity proved to be too powerful for these temples and they were destroyed. The greatest of these temples is located just outside the Emberwood Forest and was the only one to survive, it is where much of the important documents were stored and where many of the high ranking members of the cult took shelter during the Great Calamity. After the calamity was over and aftershocks had died down, which had taken decades, the cult began to rebuild the area around the temple creating areas for farms, storage, and housing, using materials that were stored inside the temple. After building these area, people began to flock to the temple and after sometime the cult create the nation that would soon been know as the Visrqn Empire. They began preaching that the catastrophe was a blessing in disguise as it either drove off or killed any who were not pure and those that remained were either one of the pure ones or Sanomudra had found them worthy of redemption as long as they embrace the fire. Though they were still extremely prejudice toward any who were not Dark Elves. At the moment they are under the control of a Dark Elven Woman simply known as, The Red Priestess , she is also in control of the Visrqn Empire and is slowly expanding her territory. The Cult is split between three main groups the Sanomudra Fire Priests, The Red Legion, and the Crescent Moons all of which are synonymous with the Empire's politics and military. When the Red Priestess took power some of the other priests found a dying lesser devil within the catacombs of the Great temple(which became the Royal Palace), she absorbed power from the devil by drinking it's blood and soon had people believing she was the mortal incarnation of Sanomudra. The Red Priestess used the demons that roamed the lava fields to the north on her subjects either to improve the pawns she had or improve the her own powers, the Cult of Sanomudra is under the complete control of the Red Priestess, though some left the order when she declared herself a incarnation of Sanomudra but not enough to truly stand up to her. Though in recent years her power has been weakening and now the vulnerability is becoming apparent to those that left the order and to the Empire's enemeies which are the Orcish Empire to the south, and The Watchers to southwest. Now the cult gears up for war and is beginning to recruit as many people as possible
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