The Karathigan Aspects
Many consider the main religion in Rakasha to be the Karathigan Aspects. The Gods, Goddesses, and Goddexxes of the Scaled Parasites, Karathigan.
Structure
The Aspects consists of nine Gods, Goddesses, and Goddexxes.
Each God has their Devoted and their Oathslayer tenets. But each of the Karathigan Aspects follow a strict heirchay for each of their Devoted.
At the highest level for a Devoted are the Tyrants.
Tyrant:
What a Tyrant does it act as the main priest or the Devoted that will conduct rituals and services, issue the Jaws and the Talons to venture forth and fulfill the Aspects mission as the prophets of the Aspects.
Tyrants also govern the way the Scaled Church acts, for better or for worse. They are the host for the Parasitic Deities, acting as the embassidors for the Karathigan Aspects. The Tyrants job is not to rule, but to lead the armies of the Aspect to Shaw'morath.
In one Hallow Ground of the Aspects there are four to six Devoted underneath the Tyrant called Jaws, while there are twice as many Oathslayers called Talons.
Jaw:
What a Jaw does is make sure the Tyrants commands are followed swiftly and without questioning. While there are questioning Devoted in the Church. most do not since they would risk losing a seat amount the Aspects in Shaw'morath.
Jaws are the enforcers of the Tyrants word and want every Scale in the Church to know there is justification in the end of their actions.
While they are not as strong as the Talons, they are powerful. Jaws are the raw clerical might of the Aspects, communing with the Aspects as messengers for their words. While the Talons are the army of the Aspects, the Jaws are the voice of the Aspects, following the Tyrant of the Church.
At the same status as the Jaws are the Oathslayers dedicated to this religious order called the Talons.
Talons:
Talons act as the guards, the most loyal and devoted warriors of the Karathigan Aspect religion. The Aspects show their will on the land through each of their swinging swords, with each bolt fired out of a crossbow, or with each block of their shields.
Talons are more than Oathslayers, they are Talons. Do not stand in their way, unless you want the fury of the Aspects' Talons.
Culture
The Scales see the world around them as a stop before they move to Shaw'morath and join the Aspects. They view the world as individual havens for each of their Aspects that they pray to. Scales view the oceans as part of Skyt's body and will often ask for sanctuary as they cross on their body.
Some have said "The Aspects have changed my life," and to some degree it might have. But from the outside, many cases and complaints of thievery has increased with each new Scale that grows.
Public Agenda
To spread the words of the Aspects as well as provide a gateway to Shaw'morath.
Assets
The Scaled Church has weaponry, armor, healing, Arcanists that believe in the religion for research, as well as currency for expenditures of such items. Mostly, the Scaled Church gain their prized treasure hoard from tributes in towns and communities closest to the Church.
Mythology & Lore
The Karathigan Aspects was founded in the several months prior The Calamity by several Prime Karathigan that supposedly hear the word of each individual Aspect and started to write down their Crede as well as their stories being told to the early Tyrants.
Each of these Tyrants started to see a place of clarity, where each of the Prime Karathigans that were dedicated to the faith could live in peach, happiness, and to pursue their tasks beyond Rakasha.
One the chosen Tyrants scrawled enough on parchment, they started to spread the Aspects word to local communities, disguised as the other races for subtlety in honor of Aaol. As they spread the will of the Aspects, more and more Scales started to come closer, until it was one of the most accepted religions in Zepharog, Ashpon, and Arkenwald.
Divine Origins
Nobody truly knows when the Pantheon came from, except for the Prime Karathigan that were blessed as Tyrants.
Cosmological Views
And so it was written, the world Rakasha was formed from the blood of Astra and Skryll, the claw of Nhazlamir, and forged by Styll.From this newly created land, Goru sprung life and Stazz's breath took the shape of cloud...
Tenets of Faith
- Care For The Host
- Show The World You Are Not A Monster, But A Karathigan
- Be Worthy Of The Breath
- Amass Your Wealth
These Tenats may change per Aspect, but those are the founding tenats.
Worship
The Scales keep a talisman of a Prime Karathigan claw dripped in the blood of a Karathigan. These powrful cryptic talisman are used consistently for prayer to the Karathigan Aspects. When a person the Scale was close to dies, then the Scale will apply a minor wound along their stomach as a way of letting the Karathigan Aspect of Death, Tyla, take the soul to Shaw'morath.
Priesthood
The Devoted that leads the individual churches are called Tyrants. At first they were only a Scale, but as they advanced in their religion, they became a Tyrant.
Tyrant attire consists of robes, which changes in color depending on the Deity the church is dedicated to. They also have a nine-pointed crown with a colored metal head of the individual Aspects' faces at each tip. Depending on the deity the individual Church is dedicated to, the forward facing Aspect will be different.
Granted Divine Powers
Each Devoted and Oathslayer that choose this faith will know how to speak Karathigan, access to the "Breath," embody a Prime Karathigan, and eventually transform into the shape of a Karathigan.
Additionally, the Devoted and Oathslayer dedicated to this faith will gain additional, more divine influenced features for the Incantations.
Sects
Only one of the Karathigan Aspects have created their own religion, but it is discarded and most of the Scales will not consider the Sun Dial an actual religion. But as a failed attempt for Astra, the Karathigan Aspect of Sun and Stars, to break away from the Pantheon.
May The Aspects Guide Your Path To Shaw'morath
Type
Religious, Pantheon
Alternative Names
Karathigan Pantheon, Karathigan Gods, Parasitic Deities, Scaled Church, Aspects
Demonym
Scale(s)
Notable Members
Related Species
The Deities
- Aaol: They/Them
The Karathigan Aspect of Trickery, Vengence, and Judgement. - Astra: She/Her
The Karathigan Aspect of Sun and Stars. - Goru: She/Her
The Karathigan Aspect of Nature, Beasts, and Hunting. - Nhazlamir: He/Him
The Karathigan Aspect of Torment and Torture. - Skryll: He/Him
The Karathigan Aspect of Chaos, Twilight, and Disaster. He/Him - Skyt: They/Them
The Karathigan Aspect of Ocean, Sailing, and Fertility. - Stazz: He/Him
The Karathigan Aspect of Sky and Storms. - Styll: He/Him
The Karathigan Aspect of Forge, War, and Metallurgy. - Tyla: She/Her
The Karathigan Aspect of Death, Reincarnation, and Graves.