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| ===== The Ethetia ===== | ===== The Ethetia ===== | ||
| - | The race of that which the Ethetian people belong to is native to Ethrekas, a landmass that was, in the time of the Ethetia, overgrown with tropical fertility and beauty. The Ethetia proliferated and became abundant in the peace of these bountiful jungles, and this region would come to be identified by their people as Tradarda, meaning bountiful land. Notably, the Ethetia worshipped the goddess who they called Solara, and this was seen in their deep reverence for the sun as they believed their goddess to have originally descended from that place in the heavens. This was in contrast to the Makhetia, who inhabited within this expansive jungle in a manner which the Ethetia thought most profane and unruly; the Makhetia had rejected the religiosity of the Ethetia, and instead worshipped accursed beings that had deviated from the old ways of Ethrekas. This age of fervent worship of these devil princes would come to an end as Solara’s punishment was wrought, and the Ethetia would then become the sole inhabitants of Ethrekas in this time. It was then that the Elohad would come into existence, and they were thought to have been given the gift to swim along the rays of light that descended from the sun.\\ | + | The race of that which the Ethetian people belong to is native to [[planes: |
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| - | After centuries of rule in the land of Tradarda that was now accompanied by a vast desert as it had been scorched by the wrath of the sun, the Ethetian people would become displaced upon the arrival and later unification of the elven peoples, and they would instead inhabit within the scorching desert as some divine trick. Thus, Ethetian blood would become split into many different peoples as they were forcibly repulsed from the fertile jungles, and these peoples were as varied as that held between the Ethetia and the Makhetia, though they all still bore some spark that the Makhetia had lacked and which had caused the cursed people to have propensities for transgressions against Solara in the form of vice and sin. | + | After centuries of rule in the land of Tradarda that was now accompanied by a [[planes: |
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| - | The Ethetian peoples believe themselves to have descended from the clay of the earth that had been made to animate, and it was this earth that had given them bodies and the physical form which they currently inhabited within. Specifically, | + | The Ethetian peoples believe themselves to have descended from the clay of the earth that had been made to animate, and it was this earth that had given them bodies and the physical form which they currently inhabited within. Specifically, |
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| The Ethetia looked upon the sun in wonder, and it was from this gaze that they had found the beauty of Solara and could hear her desires; it was then that they found that they possessed some latent form of the divinity of these heavens, and, though being bound to earth, they thought that they might ascend to join Solara within a paradise. Thus began worship of Solara among these people, and it was from this practice that noticeably distinguished them from the Makhetia such that they were held to each be disparate from the other. | The Ethetia looked upon the sun in wonder, and it was from this gaze that they had found the beauty of Solara and could hear her desires; it was then that they found that they possessed some latent form of the divinity of these heavens, and, though being bound to earth, they thought that they might ascend to join Solara within a paradise. Thus began worship of Solara among these people, and it was from this practice that noticeably distinguished them from the Makhetia such that they were held to each be disparate from the other. | ||
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| Though they do practice this ritual of marriage as a method of maintaining peace, it is often observed among the men and chieftains of different tribes a certain playfulness in combat, and, though it is not a practice for a member of a tribe to kill another in these rites, they often determine a clear winner through a regulated and officiated duel. Within tribes, however, it is most important that a chieftain present himself as the strongest and most combative of his people, thereby enabling himself a supposed divine right to rule. Thus, chieftains are often matched against chieftains of another tribe, and it is from this practice that a tribe may be seen as more accomplished and worthy than another.\\ | Though they do practice this ritual of marriage as a method of maintaining peace, it is often observed among the men and chieftains of different tribes a certain playfulness in combat, and, though it is not a practice for a member of a tribe to kill another in these rites, they often determine a clear winner through a regulated and officiated duel. Within tribes, however, it is most important that a chieftain present himself as the strongest and most combative of his people, thereby enabling himself a supposed divine right to rule. Thus, chieftains are often matched against chieftains of another tribe, and it is from this practice that a tribe may be seen as more accomplished and worthy than another.\\ | ||
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| - | Though the Ethetian tribes may have been relatively varied in loyalties, there were still profoundly the same people as evidenced by their customs, and though there existed no official or broader state among their people that could bring order, there were many times that tribes would acknowledge another and respect their resources among the jungles of Tradarda. When a tribe was offending to another, however, it was thought that their shamans had become corrupted in some way, and had led the chieftain astray through their mistaken foresight. These corrupt spirits that had led their mystics away were colloquially called the Avetad, and it was from the Avetad that war was instigated. Thus, the Ethetia spread rumor and knowledge of the malevolent spirits of the Avetad, though they did not yet agree on what an Avetad was, but simply that they existed in opposition to Solara’s will. Accordingly, | + | Though the Ethetian tribes may have been relatively varied in loyalties, there were still profoundly the same people as evidenced by their customs, and though there existed no official or broader state among their people that could bring order, there were many times that tribes would acknowledge another and respect their resources among the jungles of Tradarda. When a tribe was offending to another, however, it was thought that their shamans had become corrupted in some way, and had led the chieftain astray through their mistaken foresight. These corrupt spirits that had led their mystics away were colloquially called the [[pantheons: |
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| - | Before the Makhetia were exterminated by Solara in the event of her descent into Ethrekas, and before Solara had given her gifts to the spirits of the Elohad and allowed them to ascend as she would, the tribes that would come to be identified as belonging to the Ethetian people were often at odds with the Makhetia, and the Makhetia noticeably lacked the reverence for wise men or shamans as the Ethetia did. Thus, with no religion or spirituality guiding them forth, they found them to be a lost people that had yet found worship of the devil princes. In the jungles of the west, these devil princes were known to manifest as rulers, and it was they who led the people. Lacking foresight, the Makhetia were not themselves in contact with Solara’s gifts, and it was from them that a profanity emerged; then, the Ethetia saw their wickedness, and prayed for their purification. Eventually, Solara would hear their prayers and bring about the the event known as the Great Scorching, the primeval punishment that brought an end to the Makhetia, and would furthermore bless the Ethetia with passage into the heavens that she had descended from. | + | Before the Makhetia were exterminated by Solara in the event of her descent into Ethrekas, and before Solara had given her gifts to the spirits of the Elohad and allowed them to ascend as she would, the tribes that would come to be identified as belonging to the Ethetian people were often at odds with the Makhetia, and the Makhetia noticeably lacked the reverence for wise men or shamans as the Ethetia did. Thus, with no religion or spirituality guiding them forth, they found them to be a lost people that had yet found worship of the devil princes. In the jungles of the west, these devil princes were known to manifest as rulers, and it was they who led the people. Lacking foresight, the Makhetia were not themselves in contact with Solara’s gifts, and it was from them that a profanity emerged; then, the Ethetia saw their wickedness, and prayed for their purification. Eventually, Solara would hear their prayers and bring about the the event known as [[library: |
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