Children of the Light

**Children of the Light** is a religion originally based off of Inum.

The religion is based on a dualistic, manichean view of the world: Lufos, the god of light, heat, and life, and Lufos' antithesis Skoris, the goddess of darkness, ice and death. They are locked in an eternal struggle over the fate of the world.

Lufos is also called the Lord of Light, the Heart of Fire, the God of Flame and Shadow. Skoris is known as the Lady of Darkness, the Soul of Ice, the God of Night and Terror.

The red priests of Children of the Light associate fire with life. They see shadows as creations of the Lord of Light, who are the servants of light and the children of fire.

The religion of the Lord of Light is found primarily in Ediaric. Lufos is worshipped in red temples, which can be found all across the planet. The Temple of the Lord of Light is exceptionally large, said to be the greatest in all the world.

There are few followers of the Lord of Light in Divindi.

## Culture

Followers of Children of the Light pray before fire, thanking Lufos for ending the day, while beseeching him to bring the dawn and banish the darkness.

The fires are lit at sunset, and the prayers continue for more than an hour afterwards. Fires are also lit each morning at first light, where the red priests welcome the sun. Other priests might attend to their fires during the entire night. A common phrase of prayer is "the night is dark and full of terrors".

During wedding ceremonies, a red priest recites ceremonial prayers, which are answered by the wedding guests. The priest and the one who will keep their family name await the bride by a fire. The other person being married (the one who will take the others name) is then escorted to the priest, who asks the person to identify themselves, and next asks who comes to claim them.

Both are asked whether they will share their fire with their spouse-to-be, to warm them "when the night is dark and full of terrors". The couple are to leap over the ditchfire together, to emerge as one. Following the ceremony is the wedding feast.

Priests of Children of the Light believe that "life is warmth, and warmth is fire, and fire is God's and God's alone." When a person has died, he is said to have "ascended to the Hall of Light, to sit beside the Lord".

Red priests are trained to see visions in the flames of their fires. These visions could be about the past, the future, or things happening far away from the location of the priest. Visions cannot always be seen in the flames, but when seen the visions are never wrong.

Some priest proclaim they don't feel the need to eat food, that Lufos provides them with all the nourishment they need.

## Public Agenda

The religion of the Lord of Light is centered on belief in the existence of two deities: "A god of light and love and joy, and a god of darkness, evil, and fear, eternally at war". Lufos is the god of light, which provides heat and life, and struggles against darkness, cold, and death, represented by the opposing deity and Lufos' sister, Skoris.

Due to the dualistic worldview of this religion, its more fanatical followers believe the Lord of Light is the "one true god", and all other gods from other religions, apart from the Original Ten, are demons and false idols that must be cast down and burned. This is not the case for all followers though, as some believe in other gods and deities, especially Lugári and Sostéri.

On the other hand some Followers of the Children of the Light believe that Lugári and Stradi are the same people, and that Sostéri and Loxis are the same people. This connection is heightened by the fact their names are similar, just swapped.

## History

Followers of the Children of the Light believe that Eclipsisk gave her children her godhoods: light godhood to Lufos, dark godhood to Skoris. In their mind Eclipsisk is only the god of illusions and sometimes energy, and she like the other Ten Original Gods have left Purapía.

This is when the power struggle started between Lufos and Skoris, waging an eternal war over the fate of the world, a world full of life and light, or one full of death and darkness.

## Priesthood

To be a Red priest one needs to be blessed 'White' or 'Green'. Most are orphans or without family or friends when they join Children of the Light.

Red priests are taught prayers and spells, and are trained to see things in fires. It takes many years of training to see the shapes beyond the flames, and even more years to learn how to interpret them. Numerous priests, both male and female, are trained in their red temples.

The priests of the Lord of Light wear loose red robes.