Lucrezianism

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**Lucrezianism** is a religion based around the god Lucrezius. It was created in the hundreds of years ago by the Prophet Haron and spread from the far west into the known world. A member of Lucrezianism is called a Lucrezian. The symbol of the faith is the candle. The holy scripture is the Veritas.

## Faith

Lucrezians believe that in the beginning the god Radun created the earth, universe as well as light and darkness. But as Radun created the light, the darkness manifested into a diety called Dulacre and declared Radun the eternal enmity, because his light forces the darkness to withdraw and the only way to end this is to put out all light forever.

But the universe was already full of suns and stars, so Dulacre had to flee on the earth where he hides in the darkest and deepest place, where no light can touch him. But soon, Dulacre discoverd the soul of man and saw that every human lives between light and darkness. Dulacre than made the plan to succumb every man to darkness, making them evil and despise everything that is good, because the light lives in every good deed and is missed in evil doings.

Radun saw what Dulacre had in mind and sended the prophet Jero to the people, so they will follow the light and give Dulacre no chance to make the world his own and declaring war on the light. The followers of Jero prayed to Radun and he gifted man good harvest, weather, fertility and everything they needed to live. As a compensation, he wanted humans to be good to each other and letting off things that are consicerd evil or "dark" like theft, lying and murder.

Thousends of years later, Dulacre still managed to seduced people to darkness and gifted them dark magic, turning them into undead monsters and sorcerers. With this army, Dulacre declared war on the world with the goal to raze everything good or "bright" from the world, making it his oyster. But Radun had a plan. He declared a farm boy, who he knew only did good deeds, never lied, feared Radun and was without sin to be the "Chosen One" and fight against the powers of evil. This boy was Lucrezius.

With Radun behind him, Lucrezius managed to get people on his side and fighted of monsters that lurked in the dark. It is said, that with the power of Radun he never lost a battle and his army had minimal losses, while the monsters suffered maximal damage. With the time, the people made him a king and he used his power to conquer other kingdoms he knew were on the side of Dulace and made himself an emperor. The Empire of Lucrezius fought a long war against the powers of evil, until Dulacre had to retreat back to the dark pit he came from. People rejoiced, but Lucrezius knew that this wasn't the end. Dulacre wasn't defeated and some undead monsters and sorcerers reteated as well, wating for the right time to strike back again.

In the cathedral of Fenrys, Lucrezius stated his worries and got visited by Radun himself. Radun gifted Lucrezius a cloak saying "Wear this, and you will become one over many." Lucrezius wasn't alone in the cathedral. Three soldiers and his most trusted general Haron were there too. Lucrezius put the cloak on and ascended into godhood, declared "God of Virtues" by Radun himself. As a god, he now watches over mankind making sure they follow the right virtues that will bring them to the light. He also defend his followers from the evil of the darkness and makes sure that magic will never make a appearance again. Whenever a Lucrezian needs help and prays to Lucrezius, he will gift them the right virtue to overcome his problem.

After the apotheosis of Lucrezius, Radun declared Haron the be the prophet of Lucrezius and tell everyone what has happend in the cathedral. After this event, Haron and the three other soldiers wrote everything they knew about Lucrezius and Radun down and the soldiers published these writings as the "Veritas" which became the holy scripture of Lucrezianism.

But the prophet Haron didn't just preached about the ascent of Lucrezius, but his return as well. When the time comes, Lucrezius will return to the earth where he gathers his followers for a final strike against darkness and defeats Dulacre and his servants once and for all, annihilating darkness forever and marking the "Age of Light"

### The Holy Scripture

The Veritas is seperated in six chapters which has been assumaly written by the three unnamed soldiers and the prophet Haron. The Scripture covers everything from the beginning of all existence up to the return of Lucrezius. The chapters are:

1. The Beginning
2. Radun
3. The Prophet Jero
4. Lucrezian
5. The Prophet Haron
6. The Return

### Henotheism

Even tough Radun may be the first god that came to existens and also the creator of everything, he is not the primarly focus of Lucrezianism, which is actually Lucrezius. Radun is more seen as a god of fertility, while Lucrezius is worshipped as the the god of virtues and holds the title as the defender of evil. Lucrezius pray to Radun from time to time for good harvest or if they wish for children, but besides that, Radun gets rarly praised in Lucrezianism. Hunters for example pray to Lucrezius more commonly than Radun, because the believe Lucrezius (as the god of virtues) will gift them Luck and endurence, while Radun is just the creator of the deer he is after.

## Teachings

In Lucrezianism, everything that is considerd a "good deed" serves "the light" and everything which is seen as "evil" is "pure darkness" which succumbs the soul. The soul in Lucrezianism is gifted by Radun and protected by Lucrezius and is eternal, which means it goes back to Radun and Lucrezius after the demise of the mortal body. What occurs after death isn't exactly stated, but it is said in the Veritas that "(..) a man becomes one with the light and rejoices with the god as a child does with his mother after a long sepperation, feeling nothing but sadness (..) but behold one that lives in darkness, because his soiled soul will not see Dulacre, but rather nothing but darkness that leaves the soul it was concieved and feast the man for eternity, making him feel nothing but pain." Lucrezians serve the light if they behave well, help others, don't cause anyone harm, are charitable and hard-working and pray to Lucrezius. If a man steals, kills, exploits, lies and becomes a threat to the people, he lets darkness into his heart. If a soul gets too dark, he may turn into a monster and becomes a servant of Dulacre. If a Lucrezian kills someone who is succumbed by darkness, either for self-defense or he is seen as a thread, he does no wrong. Killing a dark soul is always justified by the gods and therefore forgiven, because in Lucrezianism, the war against darkness only ends after Lucrezius defeats Dulacre once and for all.

### The Four Truths

**The Four Truths** (also called: The Pillars of the Faith) are seen as irrefutable truths in Lucrezianism.

* Lucrezius comes before Radun
* Lucrezius was infallible when he walked the earth as a human
* Everything stated in the Veritas is true and cannot be changed. If someone dares to, his souls should become dark as the deepest cave
* Lucrezius holds the flame from which all light descendet. Only Lucrezius can bring you to the light. Only he shall bring salvation

## Schism

There are some religions that derived from Lucrecianism

* Radunism
* Novices of Dulacre