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| These proto-humans were thought to have originated from the same incarnation in physicality as the Neraics, though instead being tainted with a blindness for the spirit and venturing out of the consecration of the Garden of Runaral in order to found a sustenance that bore some relation to themselves. In doing so, they had grown to inhabit those lands which existed from without the protection of the ruling Daevas, and they instead found other beings that could come to be identified as idols and totems to be revered. In these wilds, there were other divinities that could be observed, and though it was also plagued by the corruption and flux of the darkness and its subordinates, they would eventually come to worship the [[pantheons:class:vaniel|Vaniel]] as a race of deceased gods that had found their essences within the natural world, and could thereby manipulate it through a sacrificial worship by their people. | These proto-humans were thought to have originated from the same incarnation in physicality as the Neraics, though instead being tainted with a blindness for the spirit and venturing out of the consecration of the Garden of Runaral in order to found a sustenance that bore some relation to themselves. In doing so, they had grown to inhabit those lands which existed from without the protection of the ruling Daevas, and they instead found other beings that could come to be identified as idols and totems to be revered. In these wilds, there were other divinities that could be observed, and though it was also plagued by the corruption and flux of the darkness and its subordinates, they would eventually come to worship the [[pantheons:class:vaniel|Vaniel]] as a race of deceased gods that had found their essences within the natural world, and could thereby manipulate it through a sacrificial worship by their people. |
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| The Ayanics, as a race of humans that naturally preceded those of the Iluayans and the Varayans, could not perceive the world of spirits as the Neraics did, and so, as they ventured out from the Garden of Runaral, they instead founded a worship of totems that were comprised of both the bestial and the elemental. In revering these totems, they observed that the natural and the earthly were to be acknowledged, and turned away from those higher beings which could be called spirits and envoys of the divine. Thus, the Ayanics venerated aspects and idols of the Vaniel, comatose beings that had rather found themselves in either bestial or elemental form, and it was believed that these beasts and elements were derived or descended from the Vaniel. The Vaniel, then, were thought to have been illuminated by the light of the goddess Harmena in times of before, thereby revealing the vertices and edges that lay hidden within the chaos and allowing them to come into existence with the chaos as their father and antecedent.\\ | The Ayanics, as a race of humans that naturally preceded those of the [[races:humans:caskaric:iluayans:start|Iluayans]] and the [[races:humans:caskaric:varayans:start|Varayans]], could not perceive the world of spirits as the Neraics did, and so, as they ventured out from the Garden of Runaral, they instead founded a worship of totems that were comprised of both the bestial and the elemental. In revering these totems, they observed that the natural and the earthly were to be acknowledged, and turned away from those higher beings which could be called spirits and envoys of the divine. Thus, the Ayanics venerated aspects and idols of the Vaniel, comatose beings that had rather found themselves in either bestial or elemental form, and it was believed that these beasts and elements were derived or descended from the Vaniel. The Vaniel, then, were thought to have been illuminated by the light of the goddess Harmena in times of before, thereby revealing the vertices and edges that lay hidden within the chaos and allowing them to come into existence with the chaos as their father and antecedent.\\ |
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| Though the Ayanics all worshipped those beings which were known among their people as the Vaniel, they lacked a centralized power and body of government that could better regulate and monitor the practices of their people, and so there existed much variation between which gods of the Vaniel they would come to acknowledge. For example, many clans of the Ayanics venerated the totem of the fox, and would come to acknowledge the fox as an aspect of a god of wisdom known colloquially among some as Callidon. Yet, there existed some of the Ayanics who venerated the eagle, and instead, they celebrated a worship of a god of winds called Vindaric. These totems and consequent idols of these deceased gods were thought to have been imbued with their essence through some ritualistic and magical act performed by their people, and so they often called upon their gods when engaging in combat with another in order to win their favor.\\ | Though the Ayanics all worshipped those beings which were known among their people as the Vaniel, they lacked a centralized power and body of government that could better regulate and monitor the practices of their people, and so there existed much variation between which gods of the Vaniel they would come to acknowledge. For example, many clans of the Ayanics venerated the totem of the fox, and would come to acknowledge the fox as an aspect of a god of wisdom known colloquially among some as [[pantheons:deities:calidon|Calidon]]. Yet, there existed some of the Ayanics who venerated the eagle, and instead, they celebrated a worship of a god of winds called [[pantheons:deities:vindaric|Vindaric]]. These totems and consequent idols of these deceased gods were thought to have been imbued with their essence through some ritualistic and magical act performed by their people, and so they often called upon their gods when engaging in combat with another in order to win their favor.\\ |
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| Owing to this lack of civility and unity of thought among their people, there were many who would feud with others of their kind, and such feuds would often eventually manifest in the form of some war that would see both sides lose people. Upon the winning of this war, usually observed when another clan and their according actions of profanity were exterminated and discontinued, there would be a feast that marks the emerging victory, only made possible by the availability of resources that had been procured. Notably, this feast would bring into the forefront the actions of the chieftain of the clan, referred to as the jarl, who is credited with leading their people to victory as the jarl’s duties are both to strategize as an imperator and perform combat as a warrior-chief. Together, the clan drinks and becomes imbibed at their enemy’s expense, and from this activity comes the reputation as barbarians that would later define them as distinct from the Neraics.\\ | Owing to this lack of civility and unity of thought among their people, there were many who would feud with others of their kind, and such feuds would often eventually manifest in the form of some war that would see both sides lose people. Upon the winning of this war, usually observed when another clan and their according actions of profanity were exterminated and discontinued, there would be a feast that marks the emerging victory, only made possible by the availability of resources that had been procured. Notably, this feast would bring into the forefront the actions of the chieftain of the clan, referred to as the jarl, who is credited with leading their people to victory as the jarl’s duties are both to strategize as an imperator and perform combat as a warrior-chief. Together, the clan drinks and becomes imbibed at their enemy’s expense, and from this activity comes the reputation as barbarians that would later define them as distinct from the Neraics.\\ |
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| As this divergence from the Neraics had been made prevalent and obvious in its presentation, the Ayanics worshipped beings that were of the chaos and the earthly, there not being a unifying order that could translate itself into a governmental body. The Ayanics held and observed no such title as a distinct sovereign, and this was to the preference of their own people as they refused to submit to a more centralized form of governance and being, thereby weakening themselves through a lack of unification. Though this may have been the case, this practice allowed them to develop into a hardy, strong people that were toughened by the troubles which this circumstance had brought, and the chaos furthermore claiming their people such that they knew it as a force rather than that of the light or stasis. Thus, they began to acknowledge the primordial force of the underworld, referred to as Umbra, as the underworld was veiled by the shadows and could only be penetrated through death. Umbra was named in their interring of the dead, and it was thought that one would pass through the tribulations of the underworld so that they might eventually rejoin the world of the living.\\ | As this divergence from the Neraics had been made prevalent and obvious in its presentation, the Ayanics worshipped beings that were of the chaos and the earthly, there not being a unifying order that could translate itself into a governmental body. The Ayanics held and observed no such title as a distinct sovereign, and this was to the preference of their own people as they refused to submit to a more centralized form of governance and being, thereby weakening themselves through a lack of unification. Though this may have been the case, this practice allowed them to develop into a hardy, strong people that were toughened by the troubles which this circumstance had brought, and the chaos furthermore claiming their people such that they knew it as a force rather than that of the light or stasis. Thus, they began to acknowledge the primordial force of the underworld, referred to as [[pantheons:deities:umbra|Umbra]], as the underworld was veiled by the shadows and could only be penetrated through death. Umbra was named in their interring of the dead, and it was thought that one would pass through the tribulations of the underworld so that they might eventually rejoin the world of the living.\\ |
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| The people of eastern Caskaris that were the Ayanics oftentimes relied on the cultural phenomena of hunting for food throughout the [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:regions:ayosic forest|Ayosic Forest]] in addition to foraging, and as they had a reverence for the gods that were thought to have descended into these forms, it was believed to be an act of providence that their people would be allowed to hunt their gods’ offspring. Many of the Ayanics consumed meat in the time of winter as the foliage could not bear fruit, and from this practice came the preservation of meat by freezing it within the snow and icy earth of the mortal world. As such, there were often hunting parties that were celebrated at various times throughout the winter, but as they could preserve the meat through ice, they could guarantee catches intermittently throughout the season rather than hunting for food only when they so desperately needed sustenance.\\ | The people of eastern Caskaris that were the Ayanics oftentimes relied on the cultural phenomena of hunting for food throughout the [[planes:aurius:ethrekas:regions:ayosic forest|Ayosic Forest]] in addition to foraging, and as they had a reverence for the gods that were thought to have descended into these forms, it was believed to be an act of providence that their people would be allowed to hunt their gods’ offspring. Many of the Ayanics consumed meat in the time of winter as the foliage could not bear fruit, and from this practice came the preservation of meat by freezing it within the snow and icy earth of the mortal world. As such, there were often hunting parties that were celebrated at various times throughout the winter, but as they could preserve the meat through ice, they could guarantee catches intermittently throughout the season rather than hunting for food only when they so desperately needed sustenance.\\ |