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Izha is a religion.
Central Beliefs and Cosmology
Izha
Izha is the supreme god of creation, shapeless and infinite, but nevertheless, its power is represented as an all-seeing eye with a wise gaze resplendent with light. Izha created the universe by shaping the celestial and earthly sphered with increasing complexity and divinity, culminating in the creation of life and man.
Izha is everywhere and nowhere; his gaze falls upon everything, and nothing is hidden from Izha. The benevolence of Izha has given man free will to exercise their destiny and find their path to the light of Izha or fall into the black abyss of the void at the centre of Izha's gaze.
Skophedan
Izha is all-powerful but chose to create the Skophedan, a race of ethereal beings tasked with roaming creation and influencing man and the nature of creation, and they are Izha's way of asserting his will upon creation and men with free will. The Skophedanhave their own will but tied to that of Izha's great purpose for creation, a mystery yet to be revealed or discovered by man.
The Skophedan are seemingly physical yet spiritual beings that appear and disappear at will, impervious to all but Izha. They are humanoid beings whose bodies are entirely made of hands that contort and entwine to form their bodies, the hands that shape creation. They possess many elegant wings radiating from their body embedded with dozens of all-watching eyes that see into the very souls of men, creatures and all solids. They have no moths but speak, they have no ears but ear all and every thought.
Their every step scorches all they touch, yet their hands can heal and inspire those they touch.
Hypsbarzhan
The Hypsbarzhan are mortal men and women who the Skophedan has chosen to reveal themselves before their eyes. The Skophedan choose mortals they deem enlightened and of pure faith and reveal themselves to them to influence the realm of the mortal and to impart wisdom or a mystery of great significance to the will and grand plan of Izha. Many men and women throughout history have been determined to have been selected by the Skophedan, often those who have performed feats of suprahuman powers and those that have been martyrs for the faith and the faithful.
Worship
Only Izha is worthy of worship, and no others may be worshipped. Izha is worshipped in temples of highly decorated mosaics, carvings or frescos designed to reflect the glory of his creation and his agents. Worship is a personal experience done in silence as one prays amongst other faithful, often while an Araza recites from the Chronicles of the Thousand Skophedan, the holiest of books in the Izhaic Faith.
The Chronicles of the Thousand Skophedan contain the mysteries that have been revealed to a thousand Hypsbarzhan since humanity became aware that Izha had shed the echos of his divinity that were once thought to be separate gods. Humanity became aware during the final days of the Cadrai Empire. The book contains the miracles and the many mysteries that have been collected by scholars.