The Church of Anokaos

## The Current Host of Anokaos

The current Host, although he doesn't know it yet, is Lucariker. Commonly known as Luca. He has already began sacrificing his farm animals, and is looking for a person to sacrifice. He also has created a shrine to Anokaos and the first holy site that is intact in the world for Anokaos. It is located on Zufakeit Hill. He suspects some sort of higher being is speaking to him, and he calls it Anokaos. Although he does not know he is the host to this higher being.

## Origin

The origin of the Church of Anokaos is relatively unknown, but some speculate it has been around since possibly forever in some form or another, and this is just another manifestation of the belief.

## Anokaos

Anokaos is incredibly old, and a god who has seen universes rise and fall. Although he is a unearthly being and therefore has no body, not able to walk on the mortal plain and can only do so much to effect the world. So he needs a host. He searches for someone to be his host after the last one is deceased. In some ancient cultures who believed in Anokaos, they trained individuals from birth to be the next Host of Anokaos. But ultimately it doesn't matter who it is, but Anokaos prefers people who like chaos and death more than others who don't since he can convince them and control them easier.

### His control

Anokaos effects the world by getting a host. In many cases the host doesn't even know that they are the host to Anokaos before it is too late. The only way to get him out is to either die, or do a very ancient and complicated ritual which will be detailed later on. Anokaos gets his power from sacrifices and Chaos, so he try's to convince the host to sacrifice people and animals and cause wars or other chaotic events which cause more death and chaos. He can control the mind of the host for short periods of time. In those short periods of time the Host is unable to do anything as Anokaos pilots their body and does whatever he wants. The time period of his control depends on the amount of sacrifices he has been given recently or the amount of Chaos in the world. The longest recorded time of control was centuries ago but the control lasted almost 3 months. But that was during a period of horrible war and suffering which allowed Anokaos to control the host and lead massive armies to crush his enemies causing more chaos which snowballed into a massive incrase of power for Anokaos. However after the host died due to living 200 years more than he was supposed to, Anokaos was beaten back and his followers were killed.

## How he Speaks

Outside of being controlled, Anokaos can only speak to the host in hushed almost frantic whispers. To normal people this would be difficult to understand, but the Host somehow upon becoming the Host can understand the whispers almost instantaneously. The host could be driven mad from these whispers, because Anokaos can speak to them whenever. Even in their dreams. The things Anokaos usually tells the Host are either Prophecies, Requests, Demands, Unwanted Information, and sometimes insane gibberish. Below is a list of some of the things Anokaos has said.

### The Whispers

1. A prophecy/unwanted truth. It began with random gibberish which frightened Luca. After a minute of this gibberish suddenly clear words were formed. "Water will flood the lands you call home. All of your friends will abandon you as you sit on your hill. No one will save you this time."
2. A Demand. It was sudden and sharp, stinging Luca's ears with the sudden noise. "These animals do not satisfy me. I am weak. I need a person to be sacrificed to me. If you don't, you will be hurt."
3. A Unwanted Truth. A hushed scream awoke Luca late at night, then silence. "The one you call friends the most will abandon you and the rest of your friends will take there side. You will be utterly alone." Luca did not sleep the rest of that night.
4. A Prophecy. It was immediate. "There will not be a future for your empire Luca. Your enemies will defeat you, but do not worry, it will be for the greater good."
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## The ritual

To escape Anokaos, and stop being his host you must survive deep underground without eating, but constantly moving for 3 days. This helps focus on survival and this helps block Anokaos out. You also must not kill any creature for a week since anything killed by the host is considered a sacrifice. This lowers Anokaos's power. Finally, you must destroy all items that you have made towards Anokaos, whether that means a item, or a structure. This begins to kick him out. After seeing this, Anokaos will leave you, since he can't control you easily or convince you easily any longer he finds you useless and finds a different host. This process might seem simple, but during the process Anokaos will whisper to you constantly, trying to convince you to stop what you are doing as well. If you can survive it, then you are free. Indefinetly. He will no longer try to make you there host.