Aitah

The most important figure in the Aitahist religion, Aitah is, according to doctrine, a semi-divine woman who is able to act as an intercessor between the rather hostile Ancestors and her human adherents. Historically, there have been multiple individuals who are claimed as incarnations of the Aitah.
The first, a rebel figure among the Seshweay in the War of the Crimson Elephant who led her people to freedom (albeit rather briefly). After the Seshweay defeat, the Aitah fled to Helsia, where she is said to have met the scion of the line of Aya'se, another semi-divine figure in Aitahist mythology.
After some time, the intermarriage of these two lines produced another woman claiming to be Aitah, who led a rather more successful Seshweay rebellion in the War of the Three Gods. Her liberation of the Sesh Delta and the subsequent return of her people from their centuries-long exile reaffirmed the validity of the Aitahist faith for many, and spurred a new round of conversion among the many peoples in neighboring regions.
Nearly simultaneously, a third Aitah was claimed in the far off Face of the Moon, a former slave who began to experience a mystical rebirth, and founded the faith of Eastern Aitahism among her native Savirai people. Her travels brought her in direct meeting with the second incarnation of Aitah, where the two are said to have embraced and discussed much about the future of their respective lines.
A fourth Aitah was said to have arrived in the form of Aelona cuCyve, who was recognized as such by Khatai I. Aelona subsequently named her own daughter by Khatai, Kintyra, as the Fifth Aitah.
Category:People
Category:Aitahism
Category:Seshweay
Category:Savirai