Necropolis

A Necropolis is the primary center of worship and repositories for the bones and bodies of the dead for the vast majority of the Hiterian populace during the height of the Hiterian Empire. Each individual necropolis -- that is, the structure itself -- is possessed by an A'yon that acts as an intermediary between the Empirical Verse and the Empyrean Verse. Ubat are regularly sacrificed here, it's blood believed to appease the malevolent spirit and considered an act of worship of Exades. On many worlds, other A'yon will come and inhabit these dead bodies and live in the necropolises; generally, the more sacrifices conducted and the more Hiterians interred, the larger the structure itself grows and the more active the A'yon manifestations.
Additionally, each necropolis is cared for by resident priests who are from time to time possessed by the spirits of A'yon, but not to the extent of an Exarch. An elder priest who has survived long enough to grow strong in possession is called a Heirophant and is the conductor of the necropolis. Heirophants, on some Hiterian worlds, wield as much power as the local world's Exarch. They are largely responsible for the proliferation of cults throughout the Atarian Civilization.
Category:Third Trilogy
Category:Culture
Category:Religion