Aerlunism

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**Aerlunism** is a religion based of the 3 celestial bodies of the world; the Sun, Moon and Earth. Aerlunists believe that a Deity controls each one and that Aerlun, Goddess of the Moon, is the Queen of the world. The religion is divided into 3 different Cultos, or secret societies that worship one of the gods, the main being Cultos Aerlun. Aerlunism is the state religion of Enosis and the Divine Mandate of the Sea.

## Deities

There are 3 Deities in Aerlunism: Aerlun, queen of the moon and mind, Solios, King of the sun and war, and Terri, Mother of Earth and life. They are all the children of Somnium, who was the deity of the Void and Space, but tore himself apart rather than live in nothing.

### Aerlun

Aerlun is the Queen of the moon and wisdom. In the Mythos (Stories) she is said to rule her Brother and Sister. She is the youngest of the siblings. When she was born, it was said she collected her fathers brain which had fallen out when he ripped of his head. She then assembled it to create the moon. It is also said that she blew down the storms of earth and the waves of the sea.

### Solios

Solios is considered the King of the sun and Strength. In the Mythos, he is said to have been the middle child. He was cast out of his fathers arms. He, when born was enraged. He was so mad that he caught on fire and he fell on his fathers hand, which caught on fire and caused light. With there being light, he calmed down and shined the light on the young earth. He is also said to want to spread the light and fire of the sun all over the world.

### Terri

Terri is said to be the mother of the earth. She is the oldest child of the family. In the Mythos, it was said that she was born when her father ripped off his feet. It is said that she fell down and kept falling, but hated falling. So, she spat out and created the world. Her fathers blood fell down and created the Oceans, streams lakes and the like. It is also said that, like her father, she grew bored of nothingness and created plants and animals. However, she wanted someone to maintain the world so she created humans.

### Cultos

The Cultos are said to be the factions of the gods. They are secret societies of devouts of that Deity. There are currently 3; one of each god. Each society has their own rituals that they preform to please their god/ess.

## Mythos

The Mythos are the stories of the world according to Aerlunists. They describe the natural world and how things came to be. Most mythos are still being deciphered by scholars and there are currently only 2 complete mythos.

#### The Creation of Stuff.

Long before our time of war and peace, there lived nothingness. A thing so empty that empty could not even describe the void of the world. From the void a great eruption came, more terrifying than the roaring of volcanoes and wild winds. The great god Somium came forth from the nothing, there he bequeathed in reached agony of this void, for what is a creature with nothing? And so the great void Somium declared that there would be things, but in the darkness he saw not a thing. So, the god, caring not about his life for what is a life with nothing, tore off his leg and fell the rocks and the water of his blood. At the bottom of the void it collected, and it fell in weird ways forming the mountains and streams and sea. But with there now being something, the goddess of the world, Mother Terri, was born from the sea. With this being set the god of the void ripped off his arms and out poured his blood in the form of Fire and Lava, creating a Sun and with it his son, Solius was born as the sun. Lastly, he pulled off his head which dripped the blood of light, and what came forth from the light was the moon. With the moon the goddess Aerlun was born.

#### The Song of the World

After the earth was created Terri walked around an empty land. The meaningless rock sat there and she looked at the sky, seeing her younger siblings, and looked to create more on her realm. She wandered and saw all the seas and mountains from her fathers breathless fall. She then went to the highest peak and began to sing a sweet song about life. At her feet the shrubs and plants of the earth arose and began to spread like wild fires in a vast forest. The life of earth rejoiced at last! But the plants were not enough and the goddess sang of creatures and the beautiful words manifested them. Still not satisfied with the earth, she made another type of creature. She designed them to be smart and a bit chaotic, but at the end of the day to love each other as friends. She sang of humans.