The Bean Tribe

The Bean Tribe is a religious group that is directly related to Grakaka from Olin's First campaign, while also having unexplored ties throughout every in-universe campaign. After Olin's first campaign it was broken into two sects because of Grakaka's foundational understanding of the religion versus that of the orthodox members.

## History

### Origins

The foundation of the religion is built on a series of letters written by an ancient group of ministers and wizards called simply The Messengers of Bean. Because of the harsh geological conditions during the unknown amount of years between when these letters were written, the text is smudged and torn, and can only be partially deciphered. The tribe itself began with an Orc archaeologist who uncovered the letters. The magic energy emanating from the letters was too great to discount, and they were looked at much more carefully by Orc translators.

### Teachings

The letters spoke of a mischievous but kind celestial being who only showed himself in the form of a bean. Further translations say that this being came from another world, and is not akin to the deities of any faith of this world. It seemed that this Bean was leagues more powerful than any pantheons of our world, and would be considered an Overgod because of his seemingly limitless power. The text doesn't offer any clear explanation as to what Bean truly is, but it does have guidelines for what a spiritual relationship with him looks like, and speaks of an afterlife distinctly different from those of the religions of Faerûn. Once the body of a believer in the Bean dies, it is said that it's soul would be equal with the Bean, as well as entwined with the Bean. It is said that the soul will go through a new life in another plane, and would not be phased by celestial beings, but instead that it would work for the future, and a way *out.* The letters do speak specifically about a chosen people and a damned people, and, when this was uncovered years after the tribe's founding, the tribe took this to mean Orcs and Humans respectively.

Note: The letters, from what can be transcribed, say nothing about Orcs or Humans

## Grakaka's Sect

The religious hierarchy demanded Grakaka become a general as he was forty years before when he'd returned from adventuring, but he couldn't carry out pillages and killings due to race alone. The old Orc understood that he must spread his religion to all people by preaching it to those he could. Grakaka stayed with the tribe for a year, and argued with the hierarchy about his position many times. While he stayed with the tribe for this year, he became a children's teacher, and spread logical and objective understanding to the children. After the year, he decided to gather the children he taught and their parents together, and explained to them he couldn't stay with the heresy he saw in his religion. The group of parents and their children who were both spiritually moved by the man and agreed to leave as well. They uprooted themselves from the tribe and moved North, just outside of the Schpengal region. The Orthodox Tribe, as the original had now named themselves, attacked and hunted Grakaka in the years after, but was often bested by Grakaka's tactical genius.