Mother Snake Society

Mother's Trinity

The **Mother Snake Society** (Zhuspek: //) is a Zhuyaanese cult born of the Folk Religion (*míhnzōngjhiào* //). It is a secret religious and philosophical society that blood and flesh, and is often referred to as a "flesh cult", "blood cult", or "death cult". The clear date of its formation is lost to time, but it is suggested that the Mother Snake Society has been active in some form for thousands of years. The Mother Snake Society is lead by several prominent clans of nobility, of which are confirmed to be the Guo and Yu Clans of the Xiaahzehng (*Xiàz'eng*) System, Tan Clan of the Saangkhe (*Shǎngki*) System, and Lai Clan of the Tauq-Yuu (*Tokjhǔ*) System.

As a religious cult, the Mother Snake Society worships their goddess Nuu'a (*Nü'raa* //) and return her to the goddess' proper place as the mother of mankind. Though their religious goals are easy to discern, their secular desires remain mysterious and difficult to ascertain. Despite this, it is the Chronate's understanding that the Society is more-or-less non-problematic at this time.

## Beliefs

### Origin of Mankind

"*Nü'ra knew the wretchedness which the Gods of Heaven, Earth, and Water coveted the others' realms and the powers therein, and grew tired of their ceaseless bickering. They had their own realms to cherish, had they not? And Nü'ra knew that her listlessness came from having nothing of her own. Desiring something of her own to admire and find pride in, Nü'ra found it in her to steal three elements from those three realms which were so heavily guarded; heat to forge a soul, clay to mold the flesh, and water to breathe life into a creation. When combined, her creation became as you are, now – a man drawing breath. Before she could admire what she had wrought, the Gods of Heaven and Earth and Water found Nü'raa and bound her in iron chains and lashed her to the Nine Pillars of Creation. Humanity, in that time, spread throughout the Realm of Dì, too virulent to eradicate and too cleaver to stop.*"
– Second Treatise, "Mother Snake's Tale" (*Shé mā gù*); *Chìmùshī shū*
The Scarlet Priest, the first of his order, wrote in the *Chìmùshī* a different interpretation of the Origin of Humanity.

*The conventional telling of the trinity is that the gods worked in harmony to make humans. Because.*

*But, the Society says that's bullshit. The gods were covetous of each others' elements, and were controlling of their own. The Mother Snake desired her own children and stole the elements from the three base elements of Heaven (heat/soul), Earth (clay/flesh), and Water (water/blood) to mold humanity into a pleasing image. For her crimes, she was imprisoned.*

*Only they know the true sorrow of Mother Serpent, only they hear her cries and know her ways. Mother Serpent loves all of her children, and it is only her children who can free her and usher in a purer world.*

*People who are lost or vulnerable told that Mother Serpent loves you, she loves you for who you are, she loves you and your scars, all have a place in her world and she won't forsake you like the jealous gods did*

### Mother Snake's Trinity

As with the Folk Religion's Trinity of Humanity,

## Known Clans

* Guo
* Yu
* Tan
* Lai