The Kyrvolge

## The History of the Kyrvolge

A homeless peoples, the Kyrvolge are destined to wander until their word has been spread to the four corners of the Earth.
The Kyrvolge would start as a local religion in the frigid north not too dissimilar to the traditions of the Kodotans and Forsvarians, but then transform into a salvific cult sometime following the fall of Velos.
After their religious center was burned and their prophet killed at the hands of Skard Rolfsson (or as he is called in their literature, Skard the Godless), the followers of this religion would become wanderers, moving from settlement to settlement in small caravan communities, preaching their gospel and liberating cows wherever they went.

## Practises and Beliefs of the Kyrvolge

*A peculiar faith, distinct in practice and esoteric in nature.*
The Kyrvolge are a people rich with customs and rites, accumulated over a century of worship. Examples include their marriages, which are sealed with leather cords wrapped around the wrist, or their movements, which follow cowpaths and dung trails. They also possess a rich literary history, though no two books are as important as the Testimony of Müuseric and the Testimony of Daanjl, the two texts that make up the backbone of the religion.
No other animal is as sacred in the Kyrvolge faith as cows. Viewed as messengers of the Cosmic One Ahorgamü herself, to even look at it wrong is a transgression, much less to lay one’s hand on it. Thus, Kyrvolgrs will often go to great lengths to liberate domesticated cattle from the settlements they visit, often by force if necessary.

## The Testimony of Müuseric, Lord of Winter

*Five Noble Archons, Born to Consecrate the Cosmos and Rid the Earth of Dark.*
In the Beginning, there existed two separate realms of Light and Darkness. The Realm of Light is ruled by Ahorgamü, the Allmother, and the Realm of Dark is ruled bu Ankownyu, Lord of Maggots. For some time, these two realms peacefully coexist until Ankownyu learns of the wealth of the Realm of Light. Jealous, Ankownyu and his armies wage war against Ahorgamü, converging the two realms together into the Earth life inhabits today.
The war lasts millenia, and to assist herself Ahorgamü births seven children: the Original Man, five Noble Archons, and the Wanderer. Eventually, with her offspring’s help, Ankownyu’s armies are eventually destroyed and the Lord of Maggots himself is sealed at the End of the World. However, the war is not without sacrifice, as the Wanderer is cursed with immortality and the Allmother is mortally wounded.
As Ahorgamü lays dying, her divine milk flows across the Earth, giving life to the land, creating oceans and rivers, and dotting the skies with clouds. To prevent her death, her children sacrifice her body to elevate Ahorgamü to the cosmos, where the remnants of the Realm of Light lay. To this day she still remains there, the celestial North Star that guides the lost.
The Four Noble Archons too, take place in the stars as constellations, in a bid to anchor the North Star. Meanwhile, the Original Man and his descendants are tasked with ridding Darkness from the Earth, so that one day Ahorgamü may return.

## The Testimony of Daanjl, Prophet of Bovinia

*In death, there is life. In life, there is liberation.*
As centuries had passed from the death of the Original Man, mankind had strayed from its true purpose. Degeneracy, hedonism, and hate was rampant among the population, and the descendants of the Progenitor had divided themselves into warring nations and city-states.
Daanjl was once a rogue Svearian Húskarl, leading a band of raiders in the frigid wastes of Forsvar. However, one day his men would meet a significantly stronger Vesterian force, and his band would be slaughtered almost to a man. Mortally wounded, the bandit would be visited in a vision by the Wanderer, who gave him the task of bringing back the lost herd of humanity to its original mission of ridding the Earth of Darkness. Miraculously healed and given a second chance at life, Daanjl would begin to preach his message to nearby villages, quickly spreading the new faith across the land.

## Important Figures

*Daanjl, Prophet of Bovinia*
*Hurges, Bull of the East*
*Vanasyu, Bull of the West*

*Aldr, Bull of the South*

*Josmir, Bull of the North*