Beeism (Beepecki)

Beeism is the monotheistic state religion of Beepeck based on worshipping the Queen Bee and her Workers. The faith views bees as perfect creations due to their perfect organizational structure and harmony with the world. Beeism is the 4th largest religion in Abexilas and the biggest religion in Talasi. Beeism recognizes the existence of other spiritual entities, however views good beings as bees and evil beings as wasps.
The faith is governed by the Church of the Queen Bee, also known as the Nectrealic Church, which is the first church said to be founded by the Prophet Nectreal. The faith is under the guidance of the Apiacy, the main authority of the faith, and its head, the Grand Apiarius. The Grand Apiarius is said to commune with the Queen Bee on religious matters, while the Grand Apiarius communicates the Queen's instructions and orders to the followers. The church is currently governed by Prophet and Grand Apiarius Nectreal 
Beeism's principal scriptures are the Álāsala, Yevumot, and Nectrealic Texts. The Álāsala covers the creation story and the Queen Bee's sacrifice, while the Nectrealic Texts are authored by the Prophet Nectreal to complement the Álāsala and contains the faith's fundamental doctrines.
====Introduction: The Beepecki Creed ====
“The Queen Bee has formed perfect creatures of efficiency, formation, and unity, so we must follow their example and teach ourselves to work hard, work together, and work orderly. With the Queen Bee, you can find the only real truth, and within truth is true goodness. "
- The Prophet Nectreal, 3 VE
==History==
====Creation of Beepeck [320 BQW - 318 BQW] ====
The Queen Bee, in her humanoid form, appears to Chief Xetgi and appoints him as her messengar , with the Beepecki people as the chosen race. After spreading his ideals to the Proto-Beepecki, the Chief moved his people to the Island of Álaselkai to construct Beepeck City and renamed themselves the Beepecki tribe. During their journey, the Beepecki dug the Yate Evum from the earth, witnessed the growth of the Great Honey Tree, and collected the Royal Jam. The Queen Bee bestowed upon Chief Xetgi the knowledge of beekeeping, guiding the Beepecki tribe to prosperity. Under the reign of Chief Xetgi, the city of Beepeck led the Beepecki to prosperity and wealth. These two years are primarily covered in the Álāsala.
==== First Kingdom Period [318 BQW - 0 BQW]====
Little is known about the First Kingdom Period due to the destruction of the city after the Deyot. However, some of the records we have show a religious structure in it's infancy, with most of the doctrine still developing. Prophet Xetgi is notable in not playing active role in the religious aspect of the nation, letting it remain free and secular. The Chief Prophet's descendants would continue the developing of the religion by funding the arts and the creation of the Álāsala. 
=====The Deyot =====
The Deyot was a short moment of widespread social collapse which is documented in the Yevumot, associated with the Queen's War with the sacrifice of the Queen Bee causing the calamity. How long the Deyot lasted for is unknown but the Beepecki would move eastwards into the Buzzy Hills as kinship bands, populating the Buzzy Hills and driving out local tribal groups. The settlements of kinship bands are postulated to be the origin of many cities in the Buzzy Hills, most prominently Beesaka, Ulan-Ubee, and Bielvenheim, who adopted vastly different cultural identities but tenets of Beeism persisted within. The Deyot would officially end after the reclamation of the ruined city of Beepeck from raiders by the Keeper House. 
====Second Kingdom Period [ 0 AQW - Present Day]====
Beeism would undergo a complete reform after the proclamation of the Second Kingdom, with fundamental changes, including the establishment of the Church of the Queen Bee. The founding of the Church of the Queen Bee aimed to shift away from Caesaropapism and prevent the ruler from being the sole decision maker of the state's religion. With the independent church, religious advancement would progress with new declarations like the Beepecki Creed and introduction of new holy and religious texts like the Yevumot and the Nectrealic Texts. The religion also became far more controlling over aspects of daily life in Beepeck through many cardinals having a say in the new government.
==Beliefs==
All Beeists believe that the Queen Bee created the world of Abexilas and birthed the Six Workers to maintain the balance of the natural world and the beings who inhabit it. 
Beeists also believe in the evil Wasp Queen, who was the Seventh of the main Workers and held the control of sin, heresy, and the wasps. Until, enraged and envious of her position, she revolted against the Queen Bee and collected her Hornet Army, sparking the Bee-Wasp War. During the Bee-Wasp War, the former Queen Bee's body was sacrificed to weaken the Wasp Queen, eventually leading to the Hornet Army's loss. Soon, the Queen Bee's spirit reincarnated as one of her larvae, which, raised by her bee angels, matured into the next Queen Bee. 
====The Workers====
The Queen Bee is also know for her birth of the Six Workers or Weyis that maintain balance in Abexilas, and to oversee their domains for her. Not much is known about the characteristics of the Six Workers, only their titles and names are known: 
The Six Weyis: 
#Yonkaweyi - Worker of the Earth, Nature, and Summer & Spring.
#Oteriweyi - Worker of the Sky, Thunder, and Night & Day
# Eleweyi - Worker of the Sea, Rivers, and Rain.
#Efuweyi - Worker of Love, Lust, and Pride
#Efeweyi - Worker of the Arts, Stories, and Faith
#Veliweyi - Worker of War, Competition, and Tears
The Latter Workers:
#Mýsitemytera (Mushroom Mother) - Mother of the Shroomfolk; Worker of Fungi and Mushrooms.
#Amara - Holy daughter of the Queen and the first Princess of Petal; Worker of Parties, Gambling, and Sakura Trees
The Queen Bee's sacrifice produced chaos; as the Six Workers ceased overseeing their domains to mourn the Queen's sacrifice, ushering in the Deyot period. Amara and the Mushroom Mother are considered latter workers, beings who were either formed by the main Six Workers or ascended to become Workers
===The Six Pillars===
 The Six Pillars of Beeism
Name 	Descriptions from the Nectrealic Texts
Good Works 	"Offer patronage, offer charity, offer to the weak, and offer to the Queen."
Hard Works 	"Work hard, work together, and work orderly."
Knowledge 	"Seek knowledge, as bees enrich their hive, you enrich your mind."
Communion 	"Harmonize with the hive rhythm through regular gathering."
Sanctity of Nature	"Nature was created for us and for the bees. We must respect all moving parts of it."
Beekeeping 	"It produces delicious product and good material, it also keep wasps away."
=====Good Works & Hard Works =====
Beeism calls upon all followers to participate in two principal deeds, good works and hard works. Good works are focused on the ethical deeds in a person's life, emphasizing altruistic efforts like patronage and charity in order to be viewed favorably by the Queen Bee. While hard works are focused on the organizational aspect of the faith, emphasizing working together and efficiently. The two deeds are emphasized in the faith due to their importance over the conflict between the Queen Bee and the Wasp Queen.
During one's life, their soul is dipped in honey by bee angels, and their soul may make the honey pure or taint the honey based on their morals and actions. A righteous soul's honey is pure and is used in the Great Sky Hive by the Queen's workers to strengthen her, while an unrighteous soul's honey is tainted and is useless to the Great Sky Hive.
===Holy Sites ===
— The Great Honey Tree was formed by the Worker Yonkaweyi laying pollen onto the ground. There sprouted the tree with leaves of dripping honey and powered by a Royal Jam core.
==Church Structure==
— The Grand Apiarius also known as the Yaten Alevumine in Beepecki, is the ecclesiastical head of faith of the Church of the Queen Bee, which is said to commune with the Queen Bee herself. The Grand Apiarius holds absolute authority within the church, however the title often delegates decision-making to the Cardinals
— Cardinals are members who hold a position in the Apiacy Council, chosen by the Grand Apiarius, who act as keepers of the Grand Hive, or the Yaten Evum, and advisers to the Grand Apiarius. 
— Bishops are locals priests who hold religious power of their town and temple. Their duties include maintaining their local hives and organizing local sermons.
— Order Knights are the holy few of the faith, knighted to fight for the faith when in need, chosen by a bishop to train in the military to either become a member of the Queen's Knightly Order or a body guard for church members.
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