Shyresu Inari

Shyresu Inari, pronounced 'She-re-su E-nar-e,' is the modern religion of the Anoshphites of Anoshphey and Renesphey. The belief started as a primitive system of Caedan folk lore and beliefs mixed in with Theiosism theology compiled into a series of books, written by the Reris of each community, which were then written into a canon book in a Council of Rerin. Each book used to vary wildly, allowing for great diversity and the coverage of many topics. However, even though the belief relied on these books, their loss did not cause the loss of the faith, which instead became passed down orally by the people of Anoshphey and Renesphey until the reformation of the religion. The name Shyresu Inari directly translates to "Book Gathering" or "Many Books" which describes the origin of the belief.
== History ==
=== Theios-Essukdal ===
Shortly after the Caedan people arrived in Theios-Essukdal, they abandoned their old god, of which had oppressed and abused them. In place of their old god, was Theios, or Kolmi as he is known the the Caeda. They soon spread across the Duchy of Anoshphey, remaining most concentrated in the county of Siroba. They remained relatively loyal to Theiosism, not having another option.
=== Yimmu-Audal ===
They remained a minor Theiosist group, until the reformation of Yimmu-Audal, where, seeking to expand Caedan identity, the Kamura council decided to reform the Caedan faith. With the abandonment of Nysari, the Rerin Council was forced to relocate temporarily to Saroru, a minor Caedan village in Anosphiae, where they've stayed as of 8/27/2021. The faith itself has not been officially recognized by the Yimmu-Audal state.
=== Anoshphey ===
During the rule of Shyhe Pontéos "the Great" Pontinne, a schism between Theiosism and Shyresu Inari happened. When Nyles I Reris became the new Shyhe, the religion of Shyresu Inari ended up becoming one of the major religions of the Duchy for a few decades. Sadly, by the end of his reign, the religion had almost disappeared, and the books that once were the foundation of the faith were lost to time. It would then stay barely alive through small Caedan communities during the rule of the next Shyhe, Ahrin Aesperii, when the official national religion had become Covenant of Kaiho. The Kaiho religion was dropped as the official national religion almost a century after, which gave space for the other cultural religions to survive the end of Rathnir.
=== Renesphey ===
Under the rule of Shyhe Siyoi Orne'Valerin, the religion of Shyresu Inari was brought back from the near-death status it had acquired over the centuries. It was made the official religion of Renesphey and reformed into what it is known today.
== Theology ==
Shyresu Inari is an organized faith that spawned from a need to reorganize its local interpretations from a previous faith of the same name, which spawned from a schism with Theiosism. During this schism, its subsequent collapse, and final reorganization, the faith re-acquired some of its traditional roots from its cultural folklore. The faith emphasises sharing with one fellow being, revering our ancestors, and keeping in touch with who we are spiritually.
=== Creation Myth ===
Only small fragments from the myth of creation were saved or found, yet some of the core pieces of the myth have been combined to tell us the story of creation:"When everything was nothing,  Kolmi was there.
In the nothingness, in the voided solitude.
They wanted to fill the void with life and vibrancy,
So they sacrificed themselves to make a bright lantern in the darkness.
In this light, Kolmi was torn in twain, divided forever.
Yet through this division, four aspects were born,
serving as the new guides and creators of life
In Kolmi's stead, yet still with them,
in their spirit."From here, it was foretold that the four aspects created everything in the universe:“In the first moment, A'at designed time and space. The concepts of the physical world and all the forces that are needed to shape the world. In that moment, his children too came into existence, knowing all that their existence entails.
In the second moment, Hannach made the universe itself, everything that we touch and everything that we can perceive. Her children were birthed from water and earth, bringing into essence the roots of the world.
In the third moment, Merilyn brought light to day and night and gave beings their souls, giving them energy to inhabit the world. He blessed his children to be his watchful eyes, protecting all creations from a place in the night sky.
In the fourth moment, Wunn'àla bonded all the creations together, connecting and balancing their relations in the appropriate measure. Her children were the angels that flowed all around, mending the gaps brought about by the wear and tear of existence.”The creation of sentient beings was done together with the rest of the creation, but with special care by the Aspects:“Before Kolmi gave his existence for the universe to be born, Kolmi would create his last four creations before understanding the need for his sacrifice. Unlike traditional Children of Kolmi, largely incomplete and beings that are unable to exist in our reality, these four, the Progenitors, would be near perfect. Resembling what Kolmi would have been a perfect being, only they lacked souls, they could not function and did not have a place to function. Understanding that a universe that was truly alive would need to be a universe he'd never see, he'd make his sacrifice.
These four would find themselves intrinsically bonded to the universe that Kolmi's four aspects would create, binding with the Aspects, each of them gaining their souls, minds, bodies, and blood. Equally as such, came with them the mortality of the body, the twistedness of the mind, the torment of souls, and the imbalance in the inbetween. And so these too, flaws and all, would be inherited by their children 
These four would be, 
* Alarun, the Progenitor of A'at.
* Nyssira, the Progenitor of Merilyn.
* Varun, the Progenitor of Hannach.
* Lytha, the Progenitor of Wunn'ala.
The four progenitors, while each sharing the 4 aspects that made them intrinsically alive, were mutually tied to one of the 4 each, whose personalities and mannerisms were often reflected. Varun, similar to Hannach, would be a shyer man, reserved, yet making firm and commanding decisions when necessary.
Together, these four founded the city, Kyon, who together with their many children built the City of Kyon, the First City, the City of SIlver. The four and their descendants worked together in Harmony, never losing sight of the world they wanted to make, however mortality waits for no one. When the four were all laid to rest, they left Kyon a city of Silver, and who's bodies returned to Hannach, becoming dust, who's minds were returned to A'at for his eternal study, who's Souls ascended into the Night Sky, becoming our first stars, and who's blood seeped into the earth an evaporated into air.
Their children would inherit Kyon, and their children, and theirs. It would not be for a great many generations that those of the First City left its cracked gates, the silver long since replaced with centuries of wear and grime. Those people would inherit the world, finding a land rich and beautiful, and so they'd stake their claims, establishing the populations that would later become the many faces of the world.”
=== Deities ===
Kolmi was the beginning, alone his free-thinking visage floated amidst the void, suspended within the nothing. With just a thought, Kolmi could create, though the things he made were incomplete, they lacked thought, a plane in which they could interact, they lacked love and knowledge and blood. Kolmi knew the answer, a being of infinity must. Kolmi chose to sacrifice his being, in all his wisdom and compassion, to allow everything to be made, so his creations could think, love, interact with a world, and truly live in his stead. Kolmi, though he is no longer of thought, is still with us, in the 4 aspects, and like how the four aspects are within us, so is Kolmi.
The 4 aspects of Kolmi are the result of Kolmi’s sacrifice, these aspects of Kolmi are not their own infinities, bound to the universe in which they created in his name. The four aspects are what gives life to our universe, giving us our bodies, minds, souls, and blood, so that we may love, learn, and bleed:
* A'at - The Mind
* Hannach - The Body
* Merilyn - The Soul
* Wunn'àla - The Vessel
A'at is the embodiment of all the thoughts that were and all the thoughts that ever will be, the collective knowledge of everything existing all at once. He and his “children” exist in concept, the very notion of understanding. The children of A’at are all of the Conceptual Spirits. These deities are bound to the thoughts and understanding of intelligent beings. Ex.: Spirit of Fertility and Spirit of Time.
Hannach is the earth, the land, and the body of the universe. All rock, dust, and drops of water are the stages in which the mind, soul, and in-between meet. Her “children” are bound to this stage to protect Hannach in her slumber. She is the source of the physical bodies of the people who walk her surface. The children of Hannach are all of the Physical Spirits. They are bound to the physical world. Ex.: Spirit of the River and Spirit of the Forest.
Merilyn is the soul, the watcher, and the protector. He shepherds the souls of the dead, making them the stars in the sky. He is the afterlife and the soul of all that lives. Each being that walks Hannach has a piece of Merilyn in its very soul. Merilyn is represented by the stars and the void they call home, using them as great eyes to watch over the universe. Merilyn’s children are the ancestral spirits. Ex.: The Great Ancestors of the old Shyhes, the Saints, the Prophets, and all the other ancestors.
Wunn'àla is the ebb and flow of the universe, the coursing blood creation. Everything with rhythm, cycle, and harmony embodies that of Wunn'àla. He walks Hannach/the earth and the void with his many children to tend to the universe, ensuring its balance and flow.” The children of Wunn'àla are known to us as angels, and they are present in the flow of the universe, being responsible for the balance between the worlds. Ex.: Angel of Life and Angel of Death.
The children of Kolmi are unique beings and entities that exist beyond the bounds of the four aspects of Kolmi, traditionally inexplicable, the “Children of Kolmi” are innumerable and exist almost entirely beyond the bounds of our globe. They are believed to be the unorganised thoughts of Kolmi, his first creations before sacrificing himself to become his four aspects that would create everything after him. These beings, existing before the aspects, were not tied down to the reality in which they sowed. They have limited to no power to alter our reality as they exist beyond its bounds, however their touch can still be seen among those who travel into the void below our world.
However, not all Children of Kolmi were created the same.  Half-thoughts, or “stillborn” Children of Kolmi were unfinished, left as parts of a creation that was not finished. Due to this, Kolmi’s Stillborn became the many ancient and unknowable horrors that occupy the landscape, exclusively forming bonds to Hannach, who offers them a place in our world, often sealed away among hostile landscapes to drive off those who might bring harm to it, and those who it might harm.
=== Ancestral Plane ===
The ancestral spirits are a key core to the faith, and revering one's ancestors is among the faith's widest practices.
The ancestors are known as the children of Merilyn and are represented as the stars in the night sky. These stars act as the eyes of Merilyn, who watches over the world. As stars, these ancestors are connected to their families in constellations. To ascend, one must have led a life of virtue and must be laid to rest on an altar on the highest point to be elevated to the ancestral plane by Merilyn. 
=== The Six Sacred Texts ===
The late Geshemic era saw the creation of the Shyresu Inari faith as a sort of schism from the Theiosist Church after years of inactivity and unfair treatment. This split was declared by many historical and influential figures, such as Mirain, Archdiocese of Pearls, Nyles, Patriarch of Anoshphey, Asharuu, Diocese of Siroba and Leecious, Diocese of Anosphey (Current Stomeste). In an effort to return to Caedan beliefs, the new faith was named Shyresu Inari, a Caeden name meaning “Many Books.” In fact, only six books served as a basis for the faith. Many believe that they are all lost.
The six books are:
* 1st Book: Ren’locü (“Man Birth”). It was destroyed in a war, and only a few pages were saved, leading to the few interpretations of creation
* 2nd Book: Unknown.
* 3rd Book: Scarhar. It was lost in a Whirlwind.
* 4th Book: Nen’inari (“Goodbye Book”). This Book was destroyed. It described the proper burial of the dead, and this knowledge persists through oral tradition.
* 5th Book: Unknown.
* 6th Book: Losar’ile (“End Ocean”). It is lost, too, but some speculate that it described a possible future or a version of hell.
Because most books were lost, Shyresu Inari relied on oral tradition and mysticism, which the wise have tried to organize into coherent forms of tenets and faith.
== Core Tenets ==
The core tenets are the essence of the religion itself. They are the collection of the philosophy, the main principles, and the most ancient aspects that make Shyresu Inari what it is. Throughout the eons of time, these are those which should be recognizable by all our people: the dead, the living, the ones who haven’t been born yet.
=== Communal Identity ===
The Shyresu Inari faith is intertwined with the history and culture of our people.As any other faith, Shyresu Inari does not exist in a vacuum. It was created by the people and for the people who experience the history of Anoshphey, Renesphey, and any other ancestral realm that our people lived in. It is not a “dead” religion in the sense that it was created in a specific period and forced to stay the same. It kept evolving through time and changes, adapting to new environments, abandoning the obsolete and embracing the contemporary.
The religion is meant to be experienced, practised, grown and passed on through the community. Ever since the loss of the Sacred Texts, the religion has only existed through the transferring of knowledge from the elders to the young in the community. Theological discussions are essential to the religion, as it is a primarily oral religion. Many of these discussions and conversations are done around a campfire, where the elders go to spread their knowledge while the younglings listen and interpret.
While it was made by and for our people, the religion is not exclusive to them. Foreigners who participate in the talking circles and learn about our culture are able to pick up the religion and be accepted by the community. After all, the people of Anoshphey and Renesphey are formed by the coming together of many diasporas.
=== Sacredness of Knowledge ===
It is through knowledge that our people are able to grasp a glimpse of the divine.The pursuit of knowledge is considered to be the art of understanding the divine Creation. By that idea, any area of study is considered to be virtuous as long as it does not harm the balance of the world. The most religious and virtuous of our people are often also known for their works in areas of art, nature, astrology, history, etc. It is through the knowledge, through reading books and listening to oral lore, that one can come closer to the divines.
This tenet is one of the core reasons as to why our people write so much about everything. No lore is useless. Every bit is important to understand the Creation, and every area of study is a different viewpoint of it. Studying, writing, learning… all of it does not need a goal, as it is the goal itself, the divine purpose of our people.
Another representation of this sacred view of knowledge is the detailed accountancy our people keep of the ancestors and their deeds. Due to the belief that ancestors are a major source of guidance and knowledge, knowing about their doings and undoings helps the whole community grow. A mistake is not committed twice, as the ancestors teach us the consequences of it before we learn it the hard way.
=== People of Earth and Stars ===
Created from the earth, our people are destined to look up to the stars for guidance.Shyresu Inari, as a religion, understands that we are all part of the Creation and should work together to preserve it so that we can preserve ourselves. Keeping the biomes around where we live in good health is necessary. Our people also understand the importance and beauty of the night sky. As children, many of us look at it in wonder, just as our ancestors look at us in curiosity. Respecting their guidance is respecting our ancestors, and looking up to the ancestors is appreciating the virtues of the faith.
The faith emphasises the preservation of all the Creation. It does not mean that our people are not allowed to alter the world around us, but that it must be preserved as much as possible even as we develop our own creations atop of it. It is historical for the Anoshphites and our people as a whole to preserve large areas of forests, lakes, seas and mountains surrounding our cities. No natural tree must be cut without a purpose, no hill flattened, no land reclaimed from the sea.
When it comes to the stars, their guidance is not limited to communing with an ancestor or observing their greatness. Stars have been used for directions as far as the beginning of time for our people, be it through the seas of water or seas of sand. The many different people that came together to become our people found their way to the same ancestral land by guidance from above. In all the edges of the world, the stars pointed us to the ancestral land or to the serene land, always pointing us to the chosen land that our people were to inhabit. Without their guidance, we wouldn’t be here.
=== Ancestral worship ===
By living a life of virtue in the eyes of  Merilyn, one can become a part of the cosmos upon death.Those who have led a life of virtue are awarded a place in the skies as a star by Merilyn. These people are the Ancestors, and they are worshipped by this religion as ancestral spirits. While they are not treated on the same level as a deity, they are capable of giving their blessings to anything from artefacts to ceremonies.
The Ancestors are said to commune with Merilyn and as such are considered to be great fonts of knowledge and guidance to our people. Such an example is in cases where there is a need for a new leadership: the ancestors can be called, in the absence of a living previous leader, forming what is known as the Ancestral Council, in order to decide who the new leader will be.
The Ancestors are powerful even from beyond death. Many  of the most recognized Ancestorts possess the ability to come back to the land, as a spirit, and interact with the living for short periods of time. Such an example is the spirit of Pontéos “the Great”, one of the greatest Dukes of Anoshphey, who was often seen walking the empty streets of the old capital of Jirn, marvelling at the growth that his once small settlement had become. Not all Ancestral Spirits have the ability to manifest themselves, however. 
In order to call an ancestor, you'd need an auspicious day, like their birthday or a solstice, you'd need a relatively high location, such as a mountain or a tower, and you'd need their mind item. These things would allow the ancestral spirit to cross over to our plane, and through their mind item they'd be able to temporarily access their minds and the emotions and memories stored within their mind item, allowing you to talk to them.
The Ancestors are, however, not able to interact physically with the world around them. Due to them being only a soul, without a body, mind or blood, their limits are tied to that which a soul can do. The mind item stores all the memories and emotions of a deceased person, chosen in their childhood. When they die, their mind is stored in this item, their soul becomes an ancestor, and their body and blood remain on the mortal plane. A mind should not be implanted into another thing, such as a body or the blood, attempting to add the mind item to a body and blood is immensely taboo, as they are incompatible without a soul, and would require a soul weaver to perform due to this. If done, you'd be ripping the mind out of a mind item, potentially damaging the mind in the process, and moving it into a body and blood, giving it an incomplete resurrection which can lead to untold devastation.
=== Guarding the Balance ===
The Aspects don’t follow mankind’s morals. They must protect their balance at all costs. Any costs.The Aspects, and in kind, the Spirits in our faith have one common goal, the preservation of the balance of our world. That balance means that death, struggles and other circumstances seen as negative by our people are not always seen as such by the Spirits themselves. The first consequence of this is that Spirits are not bound to help our people through these hardships. They are expected to let the hardships occur, and rarely even cause it, as a way to maintain the balance in accordance to the natural order established by the Aspects.. Our faithful do not believe that these Spirits are evil or that they want to bring the end of our people, as they are respected and revered in their roles in maintaining our universe, hardships and all.
Despite this, the Spirits do not lack compassion, as many Spirits are known to have helped our people through circumstances where the balance had been broken against us. In case of unnatural famines, natural disasters brought by false gods, and other such cases where powerful beings stand against the natural order, the Spirits are said to have worked with mankind to seal or ward off the unbalanced power. The work of keeping a universe in balance is of great responsibility and stress, and a spirit can, rarely, overdo their part. In these cases, our people have been known to seek help from other spirits to bring back the balance being broken by their siblings.
== Religious Traditions ==
The traditions of Shyresu Inari are deep-rooted to the ancestral lands of Anoshphey, from Caedan tradition to Idani, and all the many other cultures and faith’s that touched the land in which this faith was born. Each tradition we follow is in honour of our ancestors.
=== Ritual Celebrations ===
As explained by the Tenet of Communal Identity, the religion is expected to be practised with the community. With that in mind, celebrations are often the most common method of practising the religion. Ranging from family parties to official ceremonies or just a simple congregation in the tavern, Shyresu Inari is supposed to be celebrated with happiness and good times to the followers. The Aspects made us to be happy, to have fun, to appreciate the whole of Creation as much as appreciate ourselves.
This also means that rituals do not need to be celebrated in specific religious buildings or areas. One can celebrate the religion, the Aspects and the Spirits all the way in the middle of a forest just the same as another devotee can praise them inside of the most beautiful cathedral. The location of worship has absolutely no limits, for the Creation is present everywhere, ourselves included.
During the celebrations, the usual method of praising the divine is by thanking them for all that one has achieved. This can be done through a simple but heartfelt proclamation of all that the divine has given to the individual or community, as well as through the conjoined chanting  of prayers. Prayers are not necessary for a celebration, but they are considered to have magical properties that increase the chance of good fortune in the future, and, as such, they are commonly chanted together during rituals or celebrations.
=== Sacrifice ===
Kolmi’s great creation could only be achieved by his own sacrifice, and as such, sacrifices are of religious importance to the faith. For the aspects of Kolmi and the spirits, sacrifices are seen as a respectful method of worship, and do not entail giving up on worldly wealth or large amounts of gold. Instead, the idea of sacrifice is seen as giving in more ways than just a sacrifice of oats, as through small sacrifices for the sake of others, though it may pain you. Sacrifice also entails smaller, more personal sacrifices, such as a piece of candy from a child’s first purchase, a young craftsman the products of his first craft. A widow sacrifices her engagement ring; a smith sacrifices his first horseshoe; A brother sacrifices a portion of his soup for his little sister. If it represents that person’s love, effort, and growth, it honours Kolmi’s sacrifice.
Another type of sacrifice is that of time and effort by itself. Working on a religious project, such as the building of a shrine or temple, or actively preserving the creation, exemplified by terraforming and reforesting a forest, is seen as a valuable sacrifice as well.
Sacrifice does not mean that you are owed anything in return. Honouring Kolmi’s sacrifice is the objective of the sacrifice itself, as all Aspects are pieces of Kolmi. However, there are times when the Aspects and the Spirits decide to award their devotees with miracles. Those can come in many forms, not being limited even by our human level comprehension.
=== Burial Tradition ===
Our body needs to be elevated by Merilyin to become a shining star. Therefore, the dead are deposited in the wilderness, on high altars, on mountain peaks or hills. With their closed eyes contemplating the starry night, they are free to ascend.
On burial traditions: When a person dies, they need to have direct access to the sky to become a star. Therefore, their bodies are laid to rest on altars in the wilderness at high points, on hills and mountain peaks, so that they can ascend. 
Should an Anoshphite soul be buried or entombed, their soul, no matter how virtuous, will be trapped under the earth or within their crypt, unable to escape into a star. Because of this, they grow vengeful and angry; if released, they will seek revenge on who sealed them off or their descendants.
When someone dies, their Mind, Soul, and Body are split; the Mind can be transferred to an item of great importance to the deceased, chosen by them in their childhood. Their memories and emotions reside in this item. This item can be used by “Soul Weavers” to aid in summoning the ancestor for a short chat. When the Mind is not transferred to an item, it will fade into the thoughts of A’at himself. The Soul ascends to become an ancestor, an eye of Merilyn, from where it can watch the world and their family grow. The Blood petrifies, as life stops flowing through the deceased’s body. Since the Blood is that which connects the other elements of a person into one, it degrades as soon as the split happens. The Body returns to Hannach, typically buried with the seeds of wildflowers within their body, joining the Creation once again and going back to the earth.
When the burial is done for an animal (which are not believed to have a Soul and cannot become ancestors unless specifically blessed by Merilyn with one, such as the case of sentient animals) or another being that does not possess a soul (the case of a Golem, machine, or other imperfect creations that do not possess sentience), the burial process is skipped to part where the body is returned to Hannach, buried with the seeds of wildflowers.
== Scriptures ==
For a long time, the beliefs of Shyresu Inari were passed on as folklore, evolving with each new group that found their ways to the ancestral land. Many prophecies were made, many stories were told, and, as a religion that breathes history and tells of the stories by many forgotten, Shyresu Inari thrived with such tellings.
=== Prophecy of Greck ===
Greck, hailing from the dunes of Alteniquia, had made a prophecy.“There would come a time when those most privileged would face the responsibility of their privilege. To inherit the cinders of a crumbled society, Kolmi's face was abandoned in the dunes where his name was first called. 
From those sands, with which I was born, to pilgrimage to the land of the sun and inscribe these words for those whose Kolmi’s name still echoed. In the land of Eirini and Erissàr, I write my words thus. 
The world once shook, and from the isle of the little hill, a birch would emerge, which therein lay the foundation of the people of the stars. And from this isle, the wise fool would lead the people of Yimmu Audal, many islands, to the world in which history would unfurl. 
The people of Audal would rest their hands on the vast sands of Alteniquia and establish their kingdom, a golden land set upon the new hill. Basked in the light, the Audal people would revel in its splendour. 
There would reign an empress whose lust for gold would surpass that of her descendants, who led the people of Audal to a war in which northern armies beset their lands. 
There would arrive a slave from the lands south, weighed by shackles, wielding a faith then unknown to the Audal of the sands. He would establish his kingdom on the western banks of the dunes, and his faith would follow. Thus, the Essuki’s were born. Far from the truth, the Essuki faith was born in the image of Kolmi. 
There would be a young revolutionary, sworn to the Essuki faith, who would rule the lands in which the people of the stars would be born.“Though for now incomplete, Greck's prophecy was highly influential, and he is hailed as a prophet for his foretelling.
=== Debates on the Lost Sacred Texts ===
Due to the unknown content and contexts of some of the six holy texts, many local theories have sprung up, all seeking to explain what the text would have foretold about or debated different interpretations of each book. You can find these debates below.
The first book has little debate since most oral traditions agree on the founding mythos and creation of living beings.
2nd Book: Unknown
3rd Book: Scarhar
4th Book: Nen’inari 
5th Book: Unknown
6th Book: Losar’ile
== Legacy Lore ==
Dear reader, the following pieces of lore were made in August of 2021 and, due to the reformation of the faith (with permission and encouragement of the creator of the lore) and the rewriting of the lore, have been discontinued from the canon of Stoneworks. They are still kept here for the historians and other lore writers to read and admire the simpler times that the 2021 lorewriters enjoyed!
Core Beliefs
Core beliefs is common knowledge, and these can be followed with or without the presence of books or even an official canon.
Creation Myth
The creation myth varies greatly, however it always keeps to a similar and predictable theme. An example of a more popular version, 'Six demi gods once walked the first world, together they had many children and lived together in harmony. One day, one of the demi gods killed another, and declared himself king. He forced his descendants to build him an empire, the Kingdom of Erebus, the mighty empire flourished for many years until one day. The true god, the creator of the first world and the demi gods sought to destroy the first world, in fear, the demi gods united to defeat the true god. The true god became shattered, falling from the heavens and becoming the earth, sky, water, wind, and all that made the world. Weakened from their battle, the demi gods died, and their children spread across the world, becoming the true ancestors of all the worlds races.
Afterlife
The afterlife of the Caeda remains the most constant beliefs, varying only ever so slightly between books. There are three stages, life, afterlife, and the end. When you die, your soul is split in two halves, one half, all your emotions, desires, and feelings go into your soul stone. If your soul stone is chipped, you lose that part of you forever. Your other half is your sight, hearing, and thoughts, this part is forced to watch the person you loved most live out their lives. If they die, you get obliterated, however if your soulstone is satisfied by your child, then you ascend and become a star, watching your descendants forever more. To satisfy one's soul stone, it must be carried by their child during a pivotal moment in their life, an event that'd change the child's life forever.
Taboo
# It is highly taboo to remarry, as it'd be barring you from the afterlife, having multiple people you love dearly means that you will not be able to observe any of them, resulting in your obliteration. 
# Another taboo is attempting to revive the true god, as that'd be akin to tearing apart the very world itself.
Books
In Progress
# Shyresu va Akar-Lyy
# Shyresu va Lani
# Shyresu va Kyon
Completed
# Shyresu va Nysari (Outdated)
Organization
The Shyresu Inari faith is typically decentralized, save for the Rerin council, a council of Reris' that meet every so often to discuss progress and work towards a finished canon book. However the Nerurerin has final say in most matters of the faith. To qualify for the Rerin Council, a reris must simply begin collecting folk lore of their specific community into a book of their own.
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