Spirits of the Violet Sun

The Spirits of The Violet Sun is a spiritualistic faith based primarily out of Talasi. While it originated in the continent of Sparwood in Rathnir, it has since migrated to Abexilas. It values personal freedom, community, altruism, and the accessibility of knowledge and philosophical discussion.
While it started as mostly a folk religion, it has since grown into a more organized faith with an infinite number of deities all of which correspond to a different aspect of life (hereafter referred to as Mui, as that is their name within the context of the conlang Fjell, spoken in the nation in which the religion started and currently spoke as the liturgical language of the faith).
== Faith and Practices ==
=== Scripture ===
There is currently 5 widely accepted doctrines of belief within the church;
==== Moltdgok: The Book of The First Prophet ====
There are many books and tales recounting the events surrounding the founding of the church, but the most widely accepted telling of this is the Book of The First Prophet (written and transcribed by its namesake).
==== Letters from The First Prophet ====
The First Prophet, Hel'Seri sent many letters both to government, practitioners, and as open letters. Out of all of these, there are two that stand out: The First Letter and The Last Letter. 
The First Letter is addressed to members of the faith and was written during the period of the now defunct Faith of the Many. It details instructions for how the religion would survive during the invasion of Kartek during their religious crusade and jihad at the behest of their god Caligo, if one should happen and their religion should be outlawed.
The Last Letter was written right before the First Prophet's death and left to his protégée Cersedelhata. It was released to the followers of the faith during the Kartek invasion of Fjellheim. In it, it talks of how martyrs in the faith work and briefly depicts the proper burial procedures from then-on-out.
==== Lumtaulgh ====
==== Lauls ====
Lauls is a series of books and accounts written by an unknown source during War of the Comet, right before the migration to Abexilas. It is split into three parts:
Bildg, the first book, depicts a religious war between the Spiriters of Violet Suns (SoVS), who championed the faith, and the other main religion in Fjellheim: Cervonism. Right after the Cervonists had declared a war to wipe out any traces of The Violet Sun—burning down churches, killing anyone who practices the faith, etc—The High Priests, under the leadership of U'Lari Castovi, rallied some of the noble houses of Fjellheim and gathered at Castonia. There, the Cervonists held a siege of the city which ended in a decisive victory for the SoVSs.
Taklas, the second book, depicts the near-immediate Second Siege of Castonia, which was the first battle of the War of the Comet between Rathnir and Eldham. It's style differs widely from the first book as it's writing is not by one person, but instead appears to be a transcription of different accounts from the battle—detailing many different sides and areas of the siege. It ends with the church accepting all non-combatants and eventually wounded combatants into their temple in Castonia to wait until the battle was over and the remaining raiders were gone. The temple stood strong and took no casualties.
Lauls, the third and last book, is the story of the departure from Rathnir and towards Abexilas, the founding of a holy land and then the expulsion from said holy land due to outside forces before finally settling in Talasi.
==== Nøsø's Letter ====
Nøsø's Letter is an epistle from High Priest Nøsø Tyrudas to the high council and king of the Holy Staslovic Kingdom, detailing his resignation as Hand of The King as well as a list of core tenants the followers of the faith should carry out, as decided by the church's High Priests. It clarifies and goes into further depth on many of the teachings, commandments, and other philosophical areas of previous scripture.
== Influential and Important People ==
=== The First Prophet: Hel'Seri ===
The First Prophet, otherwise known as Hel'Seri, is a player by the name of gilderoytherat. Largely credited with founding the religion, they worked hard to spread the religion anywhere they could after experiencing a divine event which would later come to be known as "Eljavitshata".
A key character in the building of The First Church as well as keeping track of and writing some of the Holy Texts, Hel'Seri would grow to be loved in the local community of Fjellheim as the faith grew around the nation.
== History ==
=== Pre-Founding ===
Though the religion was practiced before by it's founder, Hel'Seri, the rough time period typically viewed as the "founding" (differing from the founding of The Faith of The Many) by most is shortly before The Shattering of The East as that was the day in which the first two prophets had a divine experience, and managed to get most of the town to join them in The House of The First Prophet, which was later remade into The First Church, in order to experience the events first hand. At the end of the day the prophets and town were left with a piece of bedrock, a new religion, and a story for the ages.
=== The Eljavitshata ===
The Eljavitshata (translated: The Seeing) is the name for the time typically associated with the founding of the faith. In Hel'et at the time, there were a couple of religions popping up, one of which was the precursor to The Spirits of The Violet Sun (The other being The Faith of The Golden Times Gate). The proto-religion consisted of a small altar in the home of gilderoytherat (who will hereafter be referred to as Hel'Seri), which was a granite bench-like structure, which sat in front of a small decline in the ground in which Hel'Seri would sit and worship spirit-like deities called "Mui", giving sacrifices to a campfire in the middle of the bench and reading prayers aloud in the presence of the fire.
While accounts vary on what happened next, the most commonly told tale is contained within the english version of Moltdgok. While this story is known to be based on truth, we must also account for the inaccuracies made with religious texts and accounts such as these. So take what the second chapter says as a generalization instead of a play by play. 
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