Dobondotism

**Dobondotism** is the religion of the Boek tribes of the Trollsbay.

While the modern practice is most often associated with Cultist behaviour there is evidence to suggest that early Dobondotism was focused primarily on Druidic practices, which shifted towards the Warlock practice practices during the 13th century.

Dobondotist shamans are recorded entering what is known as the Dream World, through a ritual known as the Hohldihla. This is believed to the the world where the aspects can be found (although not where they originate from). The modern practices holds that the world is composed of a great number of these aspects, many of which hold influence over one another.

### Great Aspects

The most powerful of aspects, known as Great Aspects, are: Primordial Wings, End of All-Things and the God Without Shape. Corresponding to Understanding, Death and Change respectively, also often associated with Wind, Winter and Fire.

* The God Without Shape is the youngest of the Great Aspects and is said to have "Ascended her Path bringing fire, flame, and death to carve out her domain. Aided by the power of the Beast of Stone, which had been imbued with the Fury of The Living."
* It is not known when End of All-Things ascended, however it is believed that the ascension was aided by death of All-Things.
* Little is known about Primordial Wings ascension, some believing it to have been the first aspect from which all were born. Primordial Wings is said to hold consort with the Winds of Knowledge, and, while both are considered distinct entities, one is rarely reached without also reaching the other.
* It is also said that, before their death, All-Things held dominion over their own, now destroyed, domain.

### The Beasts

Each domain is said to have a single Beast, an creation made for a single purpose, associated with it:

* For the domain of Change is the Beast of Stone; A mournful Beast, created for a single, unchanging purpose. The hide of this Beast is thought to be indestructible. Which was built to aid the God Without Shape in her ascension, but now guards the Path.
* For the domain of Death is the Frozen Beast; A great creature, mortally wounded and banished deep beneath the Ice aeons ago. Yet it still lives, for it still knows the Hunger. It is not known when the Frozen Beast was created, however it is said to have been wounded by the God Without Shape during her ascension.
* For the domain of Understanding is the Winged Beast; A great lumbering creature, barely capable of holding its own weight. But it can Dance and it Dances in skies, guarding something few can know. Created by Grandmother Sky, who sought to keep prying mortals away from Primordial Wings, lest their minds shatter in witness of it's glory.

### The Living

The Living are immortals who once sought to become great aspects, however failed to cast off human emotions fully became consumed by them.

* Grandmother Sky is consumed with compassion, seeking to aid all.
* River Daughter, who is said to have once loved the God Without Shape, is consumed by sorrow.
* Earth Brother is consumed with envy, directed towards the great aspects for they have what can never be his.
* The Lost/Eternal King - Believing to have originated as a monstrosity, many scholars believe them to have been the King of the Lost Kingdom of the Boek. The Eternal King has an insatiable hunger for flesh, and "brings the chill of death".

### Monstrosities

While it is not confirmed it is believed that many of the monstrosities found in the Trollsbay are the result of complications arisen during travelling the Dance of Dreams, notable monstrosities include:

* The Gibbering Husk - Believed to have been a Tehanek Mage who attempted to visit Primordial Wings and was cursed with immortal endless servitude to Primordial Wings. It is said that they know everything but understanding none of it as this knowledge within their mind has scoured their soul clean of any trace of who they once were and lead to the deformation their body and they are reduced to a creature talking endlessly, much of this is unintelligible or in an unknown language but it is claimed the Tehanek mages were capable of finding wisdom in their words.
* The Kuukuswlaws - A monster inhabiting the bay where the Ynn, or Inn as it's known by the Boek, meets the sea. Whispers heard in the bay often around Innsmouth which drive people to madness and, finally, suicide by drowning, are linked to this creature in an unknown way, and it's presence is thought to be the reason Inek left the area unsettled for hundreds of years.