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Sadarisnism is an ancient and long-lived polytheistic faith with direct traces to the beliefs of the ancient Sinan Civilization. The faith once in its history dominated the vast majority of the lands surrounding the Ovestan Ocean and the Stolvic Tzerakan lands. Sadarisnism's central tenant is that the cyclical rhythms of nature, life, and death are directly influenced by the pantheon of gods that resides in the "Raquarrim", an overworld beyond the perception of mortals and the abode of the gods and souls.
Sadarisnism holds that there are thirteen deities that influence and rule over existence. Twelve deities of the complete whole, also known as the Qazirum. These deities represent the cycles and aspects of human life and nature. Sadaris is the Thirteenth Deity and the transcendental outsider beyond creation, the creator of the universe who has always been and will always be and the Weaver of the soul threads.
In Sadarisnist cosmology, the spiritual overworld and the mortal realm (Thaltar) are separated and immiscible. Only the gods can observe and influence the mortal realm; mortals have no influence but through prayer and their souls to the spiritual realm. Souls exist in the spiritual realm and are tenuously linked to the mortal world by threads weaved by Sadaris. On the death of a mortal, their thread is cut and examined by the goddess Farkhas, and if a person has lived a worthy and righteous life, their thread is tied to a worthy body, and their soul can live on. If a thread is judged to have grown putrid with sin and blasphemy, the god Azqir will burn it, and the soul will wither away into oblivion.
Prayer and acts of faith, such as attending temples, lighting candles and visiting oracle shrines, are central to the worship of the gods and living a worthy life. Acts of asceticism and ascetic life are also worthy pursuits to correct grave sins or to dedicate oneself to the mysteries of the gods.
Sadarisnism is far from a unified and monolithic faith; there are numerous denominations with different doctrines on how to live a worthy life and on ascetic and penance practices.
Cosmology
Sadaris - The Creator And Weaver Of Soul Threads
Sadaris is the Eternal god, the outsider that rules Qazirum and the mortal realm. Sadaris created the mortal realm by willing into reality light and darkness, celestial spheres, the elemental essences and their mortal manifestations, and the vessels for the souls that swarm and sing the eternal chorus that permeates Qazirum.
Qazirum itself was the void from where the gods sprung forth after Sadaris occupied the endless void, filling the void with light, Aeather and the celestial elements. From light and the elements, the gods coalesced. The echoes of light that pulsated between the gods radiated outwards as pure spheres of willfulness and thought, the innumerable souls that swarm the spiritual realm.
Soul Threads
Souls are no more than ephemeral songbirds in the Spiritual realm, withering away as their light fades as they radiate away from the gods. They must be anchored to the mortal realm to endure. Sadaris only plucks the souls with the most beautiful voices from the Aether and anchors them to the mortal realm with a thread spun with pure light and thought.
Threaded souls can now reason and enjoy the experiences of the senses, interacting with the world and each other as pure and innocent beings. Souls develop under the will of the soul itself, and they must navigate a life full of temptations and emotions with temperance and benevolence if they are to endure and remain in the graces of the gods.