Univism

An unorthodox religion, Univism is the core religion of the Durin people. Univists are typically outcasted for being considered religious/political radicals. Originating from Duriglow, Univism found its way to the North and South upon Durin's first encounters and carried its way to Tyro. Being the core belief of the settlers of Kirn, Univism found some headway in Tyro unlike the North and South.

## Overview

There's no direct deity worshipped within Univism and instead worships a culmination of ideas and experiences of what is known as The Creator, which manifests infinite power as a result of its presence. The Creator is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Real and an idea. Impossible to experience and yet fully experienced. Univist scholars conclude that there's no way to know if something created the universe as a whole but can conclude an infinite presence of a consistent power among players. Their belief boils down around the following mindset:

* Every player yearns for and acts to obtain the best-lived life.
* The morality of an action is determined by the net-benefit of all involved, including the player and those around them, in the longest of terms.
* Harming those around oneself hurts themselves as well, as we're societally-driven beings. Being moral to others benefits oneself as well.
* Since morality leads to the best outcome, the best-lived life the individual can get is the moral life.
* Therefor, being immoral rejects opportunities to benefit oneself and those around them.
* Immoral actions are an act of self-harm that deny oneself from a better future.
* As a result of an action, every force in the universe builds up over the result and determine the outcome.
* Therefor, it's like a punishment (call it a sin if you want to) from the forces of the universe when acting immoral.
* These ultimate forces make up The Creator.

* In order to live a moral life, you must live by certain rules, much like laws of physics.
* Certain factors, such as natural player behavior, determine these laws.
* In order to obtain the moral life, one must serve The Creator and no other idols.
* Idols and atheism distract the players from serving The Creator and following His laws.

## The Morals of Univism

### The Moral Code

Univism calls its members to be moral by doing the following:

* Love others as you love yourself
	+ Love in Durin culture means wanting the best for another individual, even at one's own expense
* Never lie:
	+ Always speak the truth.
	+ If you feel like you should say something, say it!
	+ If you feel like you should NOT say something, don't say it but don't lie to do it!
* Don't idolize other gods
	+ Sacrificing to other deities is straying from serving The Creator.
* Denounce sin
	+ Univists should denounce evil and do their part to repel it from the world.

### Univism and War

Univism, in terms of the justification of war is entirely against the practice. Simply put, Univists do not bother with conflict, seeing themselves above it. However, they will gladly defend themselves if there is no other choice.

## Self-Sacrifice

Unlike other religions with item offerings, Unvists developed the belief of self-sacrifice, where they give up themselves and their desires to serve The Creator through a moral life. They believe this act of self-sacrifice is the only way to properly attain a good life. Additionally, they view self-sacrifice as the only way to truly serve The Creator, rendering other methods useless and idolatrous.

## The History of Univism

Univism originates from what is known as the city of Duriglow. Due to Durin secrecy, little is known about this homeland. However, sacred texts and prophets reveal some basic and key points of Univist history.

### Duriglow

Duriglow lays in a far away land of unknown location. Here, this city was founded by the first prophet, The Player. The Player is often mythicized, supposedly having slain a great dragon in a lost realm. What is known for certain is that this prophet founded the city of Duriglow and laid the basic ethics and philosophy on which Univism is founded. Duriglow would grow over the years after The Player's death and eventually developed into a republic city-state able to exert its influence far over. The Durin Constitution was developed and played a key role in the development of the republican and constitutional ideals of Univism. It also was the first legislature to define Moral Law.

### The Age of Prophets

After the Durin Constitution laid an era known as the Age of Prophets. This age had the most devout of its followers with great prophets like Isenic and Treln. Isenic concluded morality was a fundamental law that made up the universe, much like the laws of physics. Treln followed Isenic and provided the common thought process behind Univism.

### Univism in the North and South

Upon a ship of Durin arriving in the Southern Archipelago, they suffered massive persecution. Being foreigners of an unknown land and of political ideals different from the greatly authoritarian type in the South, Univists were considered insane radicals and many were executed. Those who did manage to escape fled North, scattered about and turned into mercenaries seeking refuge as payment for their actions. By this point most of the few were willing to sacrifice some basic Univist morals to stay alive.

### Univism in Tyro

The first settlers in Tyro being Univist allowed for a new homeland for the scattered Durin survivors to accumulate and rebuild. Led by Arcane, they developed the Colony of Kirn and settled down. After the collapse of the Company, they found it possible to entirely self-devote themselves to Univism and their home.