Arella (place)

(Acal) Alaku

## Overview

Arella is not only a being, but it is also a higher realm that operates omni lock on the 7th dimension of the astral plane. All beings on Arella have the genetic capability to warp some aspects of reality, but not all can, unless they belong to the original Arellan bloodline. Those who live in Arella are known as Arellans or Arelans, and speak Tāymoḻi or better known in the Earth realm as Tamil.

## History

### Pre-Creation

Arella was created after its namesake, saw that Earth would become corrupt. As the primeval goddess roamed around Arella, she began to become bored with her creation, and wanted more. She then asked deities of Earth to bless her home and they all made it sustainable to live. Arella then crafted beings which looked like that of humans, but added her perfectionist touch. She then took her magic, and bestowed it upon each being; giving her son the best power she could've which is the predisposed ability of omnikinesis. Along with her son, she birthed several spirits, or deities, who take care of the realm in her absence.

### The First Family

Arella's son, Denik, was the person who estabilished a society (along with Elisiya, Corela, and Minuis) and become the first High Priest of Arella. Denik then establish a counsel, and they all built *Nāṉku Kirāmaṅkaḷ* or The Four Villages of Arella, making Anoti the capitol. The leaders of the counsel also found union through each other, and went through with the first Ceremony of Union (*Oṉṟiyattiṉ Viḻā*), which is similar to marriage but can be any type of soul union between people. This ritual can be performed at the *Marriage Temple of Koides, Katal, and Manatu*. The four lived long, happy lives with one another, with Denik being the last one alive.

### The Five Cities of Arella

* **Anoti:** The capitol village of Arella, represents spirit and the harmony, balance, and conjunction between the four natural elements; established by Arella herself, and gifted to Apari once he ascended.
* **Tannir:** The first village to branch off from Anoti; established by Denik; represents destruction, logic, and reasoning, and the element of fire.
* **Karru:** The second village of Arella; established by Eliyisa; represents creation, change, healing, and the water element.
* **Yarkai:** The third village to branch off from Anoti; established by Corela; this village represents order, formality, perfection, the aether and the element of air.
* **Ivu:** The last village to join Arella; established by Minius; represents survival, intuition, darkness, desire, carnality, and the element of nature or earth.

## Gender, Sex, and Identity in Arella

There is essentially no such thing as gender, sexuality, or race. All Arellans help each other based on priority and there is no discrimination on Arella. All Arellans follow the two divine principles of the '*Teyvīka Aṇpāl*' or Divine Masculine and the '*Teyvīka Peṇpāl*' or Divine Feminine. Regarding gender, race, and sex on Arella it is a minor subject, but there are four main groups:

* **Āṇmai:** These beings are naturally more tuned into the divine masculine principle of destruction, fire, logic, reason, adventure, strength and other energies like it. These beings are most comparable to men or masculine people in other realms.
* **Peṇmai:** Those who are more in tune with the divine feminine principal of creation, water, change, nurturing, healing, patience, emotion, flexibility, and any other energies that surround it. These beings would be most comparable to the women or feminine people in other realms.
* **Etuvumillai:** These beings are in tune with order, the air, destruction, reasoning, formality, perfection, ethereal realms, and any other energies surrounding it. These beings would be most comparable to the non binary or agender people of Earth, and will sometimes share the same pronouns. Beings who are of this gender will usually feel little no sexual urges, desires, or impulses.
* **Ērāḷamāka:** The last group represented in the realm of Arella are those who are in tune with chaos, nature, intuition, survival, emotion, desire, carnality, darkness, cthonic realms, and any other energies surrounding it. These beings would be most comparable to those who are genderfluid or bigender. These beings mostly operate off of emotion and desire.

On Arella, most people start out without a 'gender', and overtime they are able to discover what it is on their own, without pressure or emphasis. These 'genders' are more spiritual than physical and will usually tell what abilities and powers an Arellan will begin their lifetime with. The reason these groups don't usually have a big influence on Arellans is because they are internlly diverse, and a being could naturally be drawn to any energy, and be any gender.

## Arellan Spirituality

The indigenous people of Arella were at peak freedom and there were essentially no rules to anything there. To avoid total spiritual discord, the first counsel established temples, statues, and shrines in each holy place of the realm to each deity and spirit who blessed the realm; the biggest being for Arella, their patron. It wasn't required for people to believe in/worship these deities, and it also wasn't required for anyone to learn or practice magic on Arella (especially if they were not born with abilities). Arellan spirituality isn't and wasn't required on Arella. Their godly realm is known as Caet, and there is no monarch, although all of these deities were made at different times, they are all equal in power and ability. Some are ascended masters but all of them are god-level entities.

## Deity Claiming

When an Arellan is born, a High Priest is able to determine which deities have claimed them. They are not determined directly after birth; whenever the Arellan chooses (if they choose) to have their 'crown deities' discovered, a priest will hold a ceremony in order to determine the deity who has claimed an Arellan. A charge will mirror their crown's characteristics, personalities, and start out with similar abilities. However, a deity can claim anyone which is why only a High Priest is able to tell.

A crown deity is a patron deity that is in charge of that certain person. Most Arellans are polytheistic and will worship (and honor) all Arellan deities, but their patron deity is who they have a working relationship with directly after being claimed. An Arellan can also have a working and personal relationship with more than one deity who might act as a 'deity guide' and stay with that person until their patron is revealed.

## Path to Priesthood

The 'Path to Priesthood' is an Arellan tradition, also known as Yattuva Pata ( or *Ācāriyattuvattiṟkāṉa pātai*), is a path in the Arellan religion that only certain people (who are chosen by the gods and Arella herself). There can be multiple high priests, but the highest is known to be passed down though the pure Arellan bloodline. Most high priests will be claimed by the goddess, Arella; as she is the goddess of divination and pure magic. There has been some exceptions, but high priests are the only ones who can tap into Arella's pure magic and channel her in order to see the fate of other Arellans. The Priesthood also performs the different ceremonies on Arella.

## Ceremony of Union

The Ceremony of Union or *Oṉṟiyattiṉ Viḻā* is a sacred, honored tradition between two souls. It can be for romantic, family, or friendship purposes. The two souls will usually bond together. It is a ritual that takes place on the beach where the parties meditate with your other(s) on *Katalin Kaṭaṟkarai* (Katalin's Beach) for a day to see if their souls are true and honest. The next day, the participants of the ceremony go to the *Manatu Kōyil* (Temple of Manatu) and make it official by repeating an incantation text from *The Mutal*.

## Trivia

* On Earth, Jay identifies with no certain sex or gender (despite being known as male), but is actually Ērāḷamāka, and is naturally in tune with both the divine feminine and masculine which gave him the genetic capability of wielding pure chaos. He is also the most powerful pureblooded Arellan since Arella herself.
* Anoti had no patron before Apari because it was always intended for him.
* The Arellan Pantheon is made up of eight major deities and some minor deities. They all have shrines and temples on Arella. As for the deities who blessed Arella, they have statues in certain spots of the realm. Some inhabitants of Arella regard them as their deities/gods as well, though, most do not. Honored divinities include:
	+ **Oshun:** The river orisha of love, beauty, fertility, and sensuality. She gifted Arella's realm with a river, waterfall, drinkable waters, forest peacocks, knowledge of love, and honey bees.
	+ **Yemaya:** The orisha of oceans and water, the main gift she gave to Arellans was the gift of birth, pregnancy, a beach, and the creatures of the sea.
	+ **Ochossi:** A forest orisha, Ochossi gave the Arellans a sense of justice, guardianship, and protection; along with forests that would provide any and every plant known to him.
	+ **Dionysus:** The Hellenic god of wine and religious ecstasy, Dionysus gave Arellans the gifts of rituals, wines, wine cultivation, and theater.
	+ **Hestia:** The virginal Greek goddess of the hearth, Hestia gifted Arellans the gift of sacrality in many forms. Along with Yemaya, the sacrality of the home, love, religious rites, and spirituality.
	+ **Aether:** The primordial god of light, Aether gifted Arellan with daytime and light; while keeping time out
	+ **Nyx:** The primordial goddess of the night, which is what she gifted the Arellans along with bravery and fear.
	+ **Crius:** The god of constellations, allowed Arellans to have the gift of seeing celestial bodies from Arella.
	+ **Archangel Raphael:** An angel of healing, Raphael gifted some Arellans with the power to heal with their hands.
	+ **Eros:** The Hellenic primordial chaotic god of erotic love, lust, sensuality, and sexuality; Eros gave Arellans the emotional capacity to fall in love enough to share one another.
	+ **Psyche:** The Hellenic goddess of soul, consort of Eros; Psyche gave some Arellans power over the soul, and gave all of them the depth to possess emotions and the ability to evolve spiritually or connect with their astral forms.
	+ **Persephone:** The Hellenic goddess of the Underworld, Persephone gifted Arellans with seasons; despite there not being time. She also blessed them with agricultural knowledge.
	+ **Thoth:** The Kemetic god of knowledge, Thoth gifted Arellans with knowledge of magic, writing, sacred geometry, and evergrowing wisdom.
	+ **Anubis:** The Kemetic god of death, Anubis gifted Arellans with gift of dying and having an afterlife when you have fulfilled your purpose.
* The Arellan gods, though they have influence in the Arellan realm, they reached their influence all the way out to other realms and gained more followers in the 2100's.