The Triad

== Overview ==
The Triad is a religion in Rathnir which is followed by the Ildaréanna. The Ildaréanna hail from far west of Syltör, though some have migrated and settled in south-west Huitca, in what is currently the New Teshub state. The Triad is a collection of the three gods Elvaron Ildaré, Eldenara and Bogór. Followers of the Triad (roughly translated into several Rathnirian languages as Triadites) believe that all gods from all religions exist, but that to each goes their own sphere of influence over the world of Rathnir.
== Gods ==
=== Elvaron Ildaré ===
Elvaron Ildaré (Elvaron the Rider) is the patron god of the Triad. He was first born of the three in the great chaos of creation, and he took his mantle as the god of Superiority and Fate. He is believed to have created horses in the place of his creation, the fields of Alarér, and when the god-worlds were fractured and they came together to create the world of Rathnir as we know it, he brought them with him as his divine protectors. It was at the convergence that he first came into contact with Eldenara, goddess of beauty and peace. At the moment of Rathnir's creation, they fell in love and in the new life they married, and with the conception of their love sprang the first Ildaréanna, who took their place on a sprawling steppe, suited to the horses, as was demanded by Ildaré. The Ildaréanna came to worship the horses as divine messengers, and it is a carnal sin to do harm to a horse. They are the most valuable property of the Ildaréanna clans, who train their children to ride from infancy.
It was soon after the creation of the Ildaréanna that Bogór was born of Ildaré and Eldenara. It was known then that Superiority and Peace will not always result in success, as with the Ildaréanna, and a monstrous being was birthed. The god of war and chaos reigned destruction in his path, heedless of his parents' warnings and punishments.
=== Eldenara ===
Eldenara is the Ildaréanna god of Beauty and Peace, who is the wife of Elvaron Ildaré and mother of Bogór. She was created at a later stage from the creation, and inhabitted the god-world of Énírina, home to many of the greatest of god kings. She took her mantle as goddess of Peace due to the countless wars in the heavens fought by her ancestors and the other gods of her god-world and she wished for the conflicts to stop. She was attributed goddess of Beauty due to her astonishing powers of attraction.
The the convergence she met the Rider god Elvaron and was entranced by him from that moment. In Rathnir, they married and from their love sprang the Ildaréanna. Bogór was born soon after, an abomination in the eyes of all, but Eldenara held out hope for her child, only to be met with dismay. Eventually, she would grow weary of her son and so it was that the first Eldenirium came into being, the first Ever-Peace. A divine peace ensued which limited Bogór's influence over the Ildaréanna, which pained Eldenara greatly.
=== Bogór ===
Bogór is the son of the gods Elvaron Ildaré, and the god of War and Chaos. He was born as one of the Rathnirian gods, with no memory or sense of the god-worlds, as his parents had. It is so that his power is inexplicably tied to those who follow him, the infamous Cult of Bogór, who are secretive and powerful, though few in number. The Ildaréanna of the western steppe are too fragmented within themselves and fearful of the god's might to actively engage against the cult, which allows Bogór to exert the influence he has over a number of the Ildaréanna.
The first Eldenirium, designed to limit and contain Bogór by phasing him out of the memory of the Ildaréanna only worked to fuel the fire of his rage, which at it's peak was so powerful he managed to escape his celestial prison and project himself into the mind of the first Voice of Bogór, who would renew the faith in the forgotten god. Bogór's influence is still felt in parts of the Ildaréan world, attributing conflict to his bidding, which is in turn destined to be thwarted by the peace offered by his mother.
== The Voices ==
  The Voices (Veréanna) are a collection of three who are selected at birth to fulfill their lives, speaking the words of the Triad to their followers. The gods can be heard by any Ildaréan who is fortunate enough in prayer, but the Voices are chosen by the gods themselves to act as their highest and closest of followers. The Voices are in the western steppe, revered as wise and often accompany some of the most powerful of clam-kings. The Voices are generally the medium through which the gods make decisions. The three Voices are currently spread across the known and unknown world, two of whom are in the Ildaréanna homeland and one of whom is currently located in Ummarnu, residing in the city of Ildaréa, which was settled by the migrating Ildaréanna around the time of the Audalian Invasion of 194 BSS.
The Voices are not corporeal forms of the gods, however, and they are free to carve their own story into the annals. This is particularly true of the current voice of Elvaron Ildaré, Veréad Ildaré MCMonkeyGMx, who is the first Voice not to be chosen from the western steppe, outside of the ancestral Ildaréanna homeland.
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