Rakan is known for its share of odd religious cults, mainly centered around Hekara's Abysss, the lair of the Ide Dragon. The Intermittent are one such odd cult, and they worship an odd thing; the intermittent spring that runs down Majari.

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Two tall mountains collectively called the Guardians, are named for two rival Condi siojhetioxh who attempted to master Lajaka after Jaioron died. The burgeoning Jonna Empire wanted a dragon to strike fear into the peoples they planned to conquer, and Kiune and Majari heeded the call.
The siojhetioxh and their entourages climbed separate mountains in the Abyss, searching for the hidden entrance to the lair. The expeditions ended with the two Condi battling each other with wieldings. Their entourages fled, and one man by the name of Casion hid next to a stream as the mountaintops became alight with magick.
At the final attack that took both siojhetioxh to the grave, the stream next to him began to dwindle. It trickled into nothing, and remained empty of water as the smoke and mystical fog cleared from the air. The water slowly began to run again as the final wisp of burnt earth and ashen trees faded away. Taking that as a sign, Casion emerged from his hiding place and made his way down the mountain.
It stunned him to realize how many had not escaped alive. He took the water stoppage as a sign from a sylfaone, and vowed to honor the unknown one who spared his life. Until his death, he climbed the mountain now named Majari on the day of the terrible battle, and placed an offering of flowers in the empty stream bed.
His son Hesion accompanied him on many of the excursions, and he drew a following. Every year they would pay tribute to the unknown sylfaone who caused the water to fail, then reappear. The locals began to call the group the Intermittent, not only for the stream, but for the intermittent visits.
The cult grew, and now numbers in the thousands because the terms to worship at the stream are simple; place flowers once a year, when it stops flowing. Those who do so believe they have the favor of a sylfaone, and they do not have to perform the pomp and circumstance other cults must.

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