Haala Faith

the Haala Faith is a religion followed by millions of people in the Ikuna Region, and former Patagan Empire as a whole.

## Politics of the Haala Faith

The Haala Faith is an official state religion of Pataga and Kamutia. The faith has minority followers in Krapati, Silang'guba, and Dafabsid.

## Statistics of the religion

80-90% followers of the faith are contained within the Patagan Republic and 16% are located in the Kingdom of Silang'guba, while the other 4% are located in Krapati.

## The Foundations of the Religion

### Creation Myth

The Haalans also believe in the Aruthunian Creation Myth, which states that the universe was created when the Celestial Being cracked causing a large explosion, which caused the spillage of Celestial Matter which quickly lost it's purity and began the separation of the Celestial Being into four Beings, which the process is still continuing today. Life began when impure Celestial Matter became so dense that it once again became pure enough that it could sustain sentient life.

### Beliefs

The core beliefs of the Haala faith have been changing and evolving in their entire history. The faith preaches that one must live a sinless life of virtue and piety if they are to have a good afterlife. Haalans also believe that a unified Patagan state is the key to bringing paradise to Pataga, and as such the faith has an ethno-nationalist component to it. But over the years the Haala Faith has split apart and fractured due to internal schism or disagreements over doctrine.

### Ceremonies

The Ceremonies of the Haalan faith is also similar to the Ceremonies performed by the Aruthunians, namely the readings, incorporation, unification, and funeral. however, the major difference is in the scripture and symbolism in each of the ceremony. For example, bathing in the water is done to purify the soul from sin in Aruthunianism, while in Haalanism, it is done to reenact Haala's death from the oppressive Silang'gubans.

## Organization of the Halaa Faith

The Halaan Faith is mostly decentralized as it is mostly unable to create institutions of faith in it's early days due to it being persecuted by the Aruthunians. Nowadays, scholars and Halaan Schools are the main authority of the religion, but they might differ in their interpretation, but some major general sects have formed today

### Halaan Sects

#### Lumalangu Sect

separated from the mainstream Haala faith because of a disagreement over how to follow the scriptures. The Lumalangu are considered to be far more extreme than their Bagulangu counterparts, as they believe scripture should be taken literally, and followed over worldly laws. They also advocate for violently invading and conquering Silang'guba to fulfill the Haalan end times prophecies. As such many within them are prone to acts of violent extremism, especially towards Silang'gubans and the various faiths that originate from Aruthunianism and as a result, the group is heavily watched by the Patagan government for extremist activity and to prevent hate crimes. The Lumalangu also were split from the mainstream Haala during the end of the Nine Years' War. This was over a conflict with the Bagulangu over what to do after defeating the Silang'gubans. With the Lumalangu proposing to conquer Silang'guba entirely and use the region as a jumping off point to retake Patagan Dafab and Patagan Mazan, both of which had shaky Patagan control at that point.

#### Bagulangu Sect

##### Haala First Party

The Lumalangu Sect has been involved in Patagan politics for almost as long as the sect has been around. Their members mostly coalesce around the Haala first party, due to both having extremist and fundementalist beliefs.

##### Empire of the Orient

A more widespread form of the Lumalangu Sect formed the Empire of the Orient Party, where unlike the other sects, this group believes that paradise can only be achieved through complete religious devotion of the entire Ikuna region to their sect of the Haala faith.

The Bagulangu separated from the original Haala faith because the Bagulangu believe that the religious ideals should be relaxed in the modern age. this is the most widely followed sect of the faith. The Bagulangu sect was formed in the wake of the Nine Years' War. The Paru at the time, Bagulangu, saw what stagnation sticking to old ideals had done to the country and faith. As a result of this he set out to reform the Haalan Faith, and eventually the faith changed with the blessing of the Patagan president.

#### Makaluma Sect

The Makaluma sect is a branch of the Bagulangu that is a syncretism of native Kamutian folk beliefs and the Bagulangu Haalan faith. It was created roughly in the post independence era of Kamutia, after the Nine Years' War.