Soaring Cults

== Overview ==
The Soaring who ascend the plane of Reality often leave traces of their existence and influence behind, or are infrequently able to touch those still within the mortal realm. This often gives birth to deranged cults, willingly devoting their mortality to the Soaring's tremendous will.
== Cults ==
* The First Soaring's cult is mostly centered around the township of Nulgaharmun in Colinayr. Their name and history is unknown currently, but there are rumors of their activity becoming more brazen along the roads between Gryusch and Colinayr, making travel between the two a little more treacherous and requiring mercenary guards. This would imply they are generally hostile, though a follower of the First was staying in the Eternal Chapel north of Widerain, and was actually in a peaceful symbiotic relationship with a cultist of Emrata.
* The Second Soaring's cult is currently completely unknown.
* The Third Soaring "Broag" has a dedicated and very active cult mostly localized within the purple foliage of The Ovyuum. There is no defined name for this cult, however they are colloquially known as the "Cult of Broag". This group of eccentrics despise all creatures larger than they, and aim to cull them in the same way Broag culled Soly of the massive monstrosities roaming the land at the time of his Soaring. There are many teachings about the "planeshadow" that they dwell within, though they long to be basked in Reality's light.
* The Fourth Soaring is the most visible of all, and thus its cult happens to be the most socially acceptable and tame. The "Eternal's Faithful" have long dedicated themselves to providing proper worship to the Eternal in order to appease his wrath and keep Soly from being marred by terrible creations born by his hand, such as the Formea Wyrms or the Miith. They seek to visibly see the hand of the Soaring touch Soly every five years, and devote themselves to study on the newly born creations.
* The Fifth Soaring has the smallest dedicated following on the dry land of Soly, however the Nuoomokaw are nearly all universally in total reverence of the Soaring in the depths of Soly's oceans, far away from the conflicts on its shores.
* The Sixth Soaring or "The Great Bluff" has a pretty sizeable following for being a relatively inert Soaring. As this was the final confirmed Emrite to reach The Soaring, many scholars have fallen into the cult usually by accident in pursuit of learning more about the race's mysterious fate.
* The Seventh Soaring "Taylu" was likely the most visible of all Soaring during the Pulsekaw Era, acting as something of a guide for the entire race. The blue-furred coated Pulsekaw were the primary recipients of her blessing, though all different coats were in reverence to the seemingly benevolent Soaring. Taylu would often consult with her Speakers as mediators until The Soaring of Akkaz ended the era, and left the plane without any viable Pulsekaw to speak to.
* The Eighth Soaring has drawn possibly the most diverse cult within Soly. Being the only known Human to achieve the feat (and during the Pulsekaw Era no less), his Soaring acts as something of an inspiration for inferior races of the plane, as well as the downtrodden Humans who mostly dwell in The Underworld. The Eighth has been known to be worshipped by Dwonikaw, Faeries, Foreckaw, and even Canickaw in recent years.
* The Ninth Soaring is often referred to as "The Observer", and has one of the most sizable cults in Soly, though the members are quiet and elusive, much like the Soaring itself. All who follow this Soaring are known simply as The Cult of The Observer. Members keep a small trinket of Scarce Metal on their person, molded into a unique semi-oval with four distinct prongs, and a bead kept in the middle. These trinkets are known as an "Eye of The Observer", indicating their willingness to use their sight for the Soaring. A mantra these cultists use is "Hail to thee always watching and waiting".
* The Tenth Soaring, also commonly known as "Akkaz", has his own cult, though not much is known about it. Some call it "The Maw of Akkaz" due to the unique markings they use to denote themselves, which resembles an open maw and four fangs.
* The Eleventh Soaring was only known to a very select few in the plane for many years. From his connection to the Dim Ambit in this time, a man named Stare elected to take up the role of jester and lead the Mousface Troupe, devoting to this Soaring in secret before nearly anyone else in Soly even knew it existed.
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