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 The gods of the Elefyr, then, are believed to have sublimated the essence of the curse of darkness that the original Cephareth had faced, thereby being able to remain immortal and undying even in the face of the worlds of mortality that existed from without Arethayn. It is furthermore believed that they achieved apotheosis through supernatural virtue and discipline of this dark power known as Azratha, the same which haunts at all of the liminal, empty spaces between flesh and spirit. Though the Cephareth were once acknowledged as the ultimate actualization of the elven peoples, it has since become much more common among the Arethara to worship the Elefyr as such instead, simply because the Elefyr maintain themselves as being immortal entities that contrast with the deaths of the Cephareth in times of antiquity. Thus, the Elefyr have proven themselves to the broader Arethara to be more worthy of worship than the original Cephareth, thereby enabling the Elefyr a greater degree of political power throughout the land of Arethayn.\\ The gods of the Elefyr, then, are believed to have sublimated the essence of the curse of darkness that the original Cephareth had faced, thereby being able to remain immortal and undying even in the face of the worlds of mortality that existed from without Arethayn. It is furthermore believed that they achieved apotheosis through supernatural virtue and discipline of this dark power known as Azratha, the same which haunts at all of the liminal, empty spaces between flesh and spirit. Though the Cephareth were once acknowledged as the ultimate actualization of the elven peoples, it has since become much more common among the Arethara to worship the Elefyr as such instead, simply because the Elefyr maintain themselves as being immortal entities that contrast with the deaths of the Cephareth in times of antiquity. Thus, the Elefyr have proven themselves to the broader Arethara to be more worthy of worship than the original Cephareth, thereby enabling the Elefyr a greater degree of political power throughout the land of Arethayn.\\
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-With the rise of these gods known as the Elefyr, they came to instate the prolific caste system which necessarily placed the Elefyr on a higher echelon of existence than the others of the Arethara, in time completely eclipsing the practice of the worship of their betters’ ancestors. Eventually, this act of the abandonment of ancestor spirits would lead to the departure of what would become the [[races:elves:silvara:start|Silvara]], [[races:elves:ayenara:start|Ayenara]], and [[races:elves:undara:start|Undara]] as their worship of powerful ancestor spirits had become degraded in this elven, theocratic society that instead sought after the sybaritic realization of immortality rather than the emulation of ancestor spirits. With the ascension of the Elefyr to godhood and their reputation among the Arethara, the Neiara, who had earlier fled Arethayn upon the fulfillment of the greater Cephareth to a higher degree of authority, believed the original elven society to have fallen far from the grace of that which the Cephareth had maintained and procured in times of beforethereby being led astray in their presentation.\\+With the rise of these gods known as the Elefyr, they came to instate the prolific caste system which necessarily placed the Elefyr on a higher echelon of existence than the others of the Arethara, in time completely eclipsing the practice of the worship of their betters’ ancestors. Eventually, this act of the abandonment of ancestor spirits would lead to the departure of what would become the [[races:elves:silvara:start|Silvara]], [[races:elves:ayenara:start|Ayenara]], and [[races:elves:undara:start|Undara]] as their worship of powerful ancestor spirits had become degraded in this elven, theocratic society that instead sought after the sybaritic realization of immortality rather than the emulation of ancestor spirits. With the ascension of the Elefyr to godhood and their reputation among the Arethara, the [[races:elves:neiara:start|Neiara]] would also flee Arethayn upon the fulfillment of the greater Cephareth to a higher degree of authority, as they believed the original elven society to have fallen far from the grace of that which the Cephareth had maintained and procured in times of before and thereby being led astray in their presentation.\\
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 Though the caste system instigated many of the elven peoples to exit the elven homeland, there are still some to be found that reside within the lower castes. These of the Arethara believe that this preserves the purity of the original Cephareth while instigating a certain purity from them so that they can understand the Elefyr to be paragons of virtue themselves. Accordingly, any act of deviation from this purity is rejected and admonished by the greater Arethara, and this broader theocratic state holds that the ways of man and even other elven races are impure in their essential being, and thereby being lesser beings who are plagued with the blight of both death and mortality.\\ Though the caste system instigated many of the elven peoples to exit the elven homeland, there are still some to be found that reside within the lower castes. These of the Arethara believe that this preserves the purity of the original Cephareth while instigating a certain purity from them so that they can understand the Elefyr to be paragons of virtue themselves. Accordingly, any act of deviation from this purity is rejected and admonished by the greater Arethara, and this broader theocratic state holds that the ways of man and even other elven races are impure in their essential being, and thereby being lesser beings who are plagued with the blight of both death and mortality.\\
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