The Order of The Accord

The Order of the Accord is a religious group that follows the religion of Angelus Fides. It centers around the Angelus, beings chosen by the Lord, who dwell in the sacred land of Sacre Aulae. Believers uphold a set of fundamental principles, "Sacre Libero," emphasizing trust in the Lord, performing rituals, and embodying virtues like honesty and kindness. The religion's history involves encounters between humans and the angelus as well as the preservation of the faith's teachings, which were originally penned by the prophet Joseff. 
== Folklore ==
=== Creation Story ===
In the beginning, there was the lord.  The lord was there and said “There will be light”.  Then he created matter, and the laws of nature.  He created Angelus, they were put to dwell on a land called Tedemule.  The land of Tedemule split into many kingdoms.  Many people lived on this land, but the most pious, and holy of which were the Angelus.  The Angelus obeyed the lord so fervently that they were rewarded with great power.  When the neighboring kingdoms tried to attack the small Angelus society, they were rapidly destroyed.  This angered the lord, who did not want one person to control everything.  The Angelus, after tasting victory soon conquered more than half of the world.  They were on their way to destroying everything.  Then the lord suddenly halted them.  He froze the whole planet and rose all that had been destroyed by the Angelus from the dead.  He then built a new planet, around the old one.  The new one was much bigger, and made the old one just a small patch of land on the new one.   He declared that from now on, only the Angelus can talk to him.  Though in return they may never leave the small patch of land where the old planet used to sit.  The Angelus accepted, though soon later, the lord created Humans, and said all the other creatures from the land of Tedemule can spread across the earth, and deceive all of the new humans. The lord sent these humans about the earth.  The other creatures deceived the humans into believing they were gods.  This is how the many false religions around the world spread.  
The Angelus were angered by these false religions' existence.  So they declared that as soon as a human passes by this patch of land, where Tedemule used to reside, they will ensure they spread the true religion. In preparation for his arrival, the Angelus developed a doctrine to teach this Human.  They called the religion “Angelus Fides” and built it around key principles.  They decided that Goodness was based around striving for justice, and all that is good.  They said the religion could be summed up to “Enjoin goodness, kindness, patience, honesty, and justice, and forbid and go against oppressors, impatient liars, and those who wish to destroy this holy land”.  They formulated all of these thoughts and concepts together.  They waited every day, every night, for a human to walk past this holy land.
=== The Prophet Joseff ===
Suddenly, a man walked by the holy land.  His name was Joseff, and he learned the way of the Angelus.  He wrote a book, called the Book of Wisdom.  In it, he described the full religion of the Angelus.  The book was only 10 Chapters, each of which consisted of only a few pages.  It was still concise, and clear.  When he finished the book, he built for the Angelus a monastery.  Just as he finished it, he made a prayer that more humans pass by this sacred land, so he may teach them.  The next morning, when Joseff awoke he saw an army of people marching towards him.  He ran out to greet them. He soon found that they had left from his sight, and were too far from him to catch.  When he returned to the monastery, he found it burnt.  He rushed inside to try to save his works, but he ended up getting engulfed in the flames and dying.
=== The Order of The Accord ===
Decades later, as the monastery fell into dis-repair a man named CloakedOkami passed by, and found this monastery in ruin.  He looked around, and found in the crumbling ruins of the monastery a book labeled “The Religion Angelus Fides' '.  He founded the Order of the Accord.  He invited people from around the world to join his order.  He converted them to the religion and worked on the restoration of Joseff’s works.   He has been in communication with the Angelus since he found Joseff’s book.  He hopes to one day restore the monastery to what it used to look like.  To protect it from the armies of evil, and to uphold the truth of Joseff's writings, and of course to stay in favor with the Angelus.
== History ==
The Order of the Accord was challenged by the neighboring kingdom of Drak Yamar nearly immediately after its founding.  Drak Yamar threatened to destroy the small order.  Soon CloakedOkami reached peace with Drak Yamar and signed assimilation of Sacra Aulae into Drak Yamar.  Granting independence to the Order of the Accord so long as they join Drak Yamar.  They were promised full religious freedom with no need for taxes.  The Order of the Accord has been under their rule since.
== Religion ==
=== Overview ===
The religion of The order of the Accord was founded by the prophet Joseff.  It is called Angelus Fides.  It is centered around the belief that communication with the Angelus is only possible from one connection point called “Sacre Aulae”.  According to the Angelus, The lord chose the Angelus to guide the earth.  Though the lord did not want full Angelus domination, he restricted them to one point called “Sacre Aulae”.  The Angelus explain that the only way to victory is through obedience to the lord.  The lord tells them to follow a few basic principles.  
=== Sacre Libero ===
These principles are called “Sacre Libero” and they dictate how one must live their life.  It starts with trust in 6 facts.  1. Your Lord is one.  2.The Angelus speaks only Truth.  3. Joseff is the messenger of the Angelus. 4. There is judgment after death,  5. The Angelus can reward those who please them. 6. The Angelus can punish those who don’t.   The Sacre Libro goes on to state that if you believe in these 6 truths you will perform 5 rituals. 1. You will declare belief in Angelus Fides  2.  You will worship the Lord alone 3, You will donate wealth to the Angelus as needed 4. You will donate life to the Angelus as needed 5. You will worship in the land of Sacre Aulae.  Finally it stipulates that if one expresses belief to Angelus Fides then they must also be “Honest, Kind, Patient, and willing to fight in the defense of Sacre Aulae”. 
=== Lost Works of Joseff ===
Only these founding parchments survive of Joseff's work.  So it’s unclear exactly what the exact rules and regulations that Joseff put in place are, though we know that they exist.  One parchment written by Joseff lists off his writing, and explains that in addition to the books of faith which define in great detail the rituals and qualities of the believers, there are also books of law, and books of history which teach the finer details of how Angelus Fides followers must live.  Though for now, the modern Order of the Accord follows CloakedOkami’s judgment on the definitions of these rituals and characteristics of a believer. 
== Language ==
The language of “Spiritus Wasps” has been lost to time.  Though it is an important language to the history of Sacre Aulae.  There are currently very large efforts being made to uncover lost texts explaining the language of Spiritus Wasps.  
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