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| -- From a speech by Liria, the Seven-Named, | -- From a speech by Liria, the Seven-Named, | ||
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| ====History and Mystery: How Endring Came To Be==== | ====History and Mystery: How Endring Came To Be==== | ||
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| Before the empire, before the revolution, the land that is now named Endring was significantly culturally intertwined with the seafarers of Nemeus. Whether it was directly ruled as a Nemean colony and for how long remains debated. Echoes of the same deities, the same myths, are found in both cultures, though refracted through the shifting prism of time. Time, too, is measured in connected ways. | Before the empire, before the revolution, the land that is now named Endring was significantly culturally intertwined with the seafarers of Nemeus. Whether it was directly ruled as a Nemean colony and for how long remains debated. Echoes of the same deities, the same myths, are found in both cultures, though refracted through the shifting prism of time. Time, too, is measured in connected ways. | ||
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| ====The Here and the Now: Daily Life in Endring==== | ====The Here and the Now: Daily Life in Endring==== | ||
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| Those in Endring who do not find themselves able to adjust to the faith and calling of one temple can usually find another to take them in. Usually. There are exceptions. People who wander from place to place, and are usually given bread, but not allowed to stay for long. These are labelled Nameless Ones. People who lack purpose. Lack coherence. Lack a Name. | Those in Endring who do not find themselves able to adjust to the faith and calling of one temple can usually find another to take them in. Usually. There are exceptions. People who wander from place to place, and are usually given bread, but not allowed to stay for long. These are labelled Nameless Ones. People who lack purpose. Lack coherence. Lack a Name. | ||
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| ====Religion==== | ====Religion==== | ||
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| The mortal forms these gods inhabit do not live forever. Their successors are elected from among a pool of volunteer priests, potentially of any position in the hierarchy past novitiate. The volunteers are vigorously vetted to ensure they are in the right place to be making the decision, truly aware of the consequences. They retain consciousness and a level of autonomy, negotiating decisions with the god. It is said that past embodiments become parts of their god’s gestalt consciousness, | The mortal forms these gods inhabit do not live forever. Their successors are elected from among a pool of volunteer priests, potentially of any position in the hierarchy past novitiate. The volunteers are vigorously vetted to ensure they are in the right place to be making the decision, truly aware of the consequences. They retain consciousness and a level of autonomy, negotiating decisions with the god. It is said that past embodiments become parts of their god’s gestalt consciousness, | ||
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| ====The Ruling Gods==== | ====The Ruling Gods==== | ||