Fuulseg Faith (Veros)

The Fuulseg Faith is known as the greatest opposition against the Demathian Faith, and shares the same polytheistic values of recognizing more than just one God, however revering Veros as their Master and All-Powerful amongst the others that face them. Followers of Fuulseg are often considered to be cultists, though just as the Demathian Faith, many different chapters and conclaves exist to practice their own beliefs and rituals. Some cults are more nefarious than others, each collective more or less sinister in stance and ritual, though all worship Veros as their Sundered Magnate. The history of Veros and their stories primarily coincide that of the Demathians, with more reason and redemption elaborated upon in its scriptures. There is no one-true book such as the Demathian's Holy Tombe, however most chapters have their own scriptures, personalized in belief.

## Veros

Veros is an androgynous being that represents both male and female, created by the Death-Keeper in their native realm as a pair of mortal twins. Given to Visni as His steward, Veros served with Him at His heel, that is until they both found perfection in which they were tasked to protect and nurture. In eternal light, Veros felt that the people still suffered, their inability to feel strong emotions such as sadness and furor; taking away what was most sacred in life. After thousands of years in dormant state, Veros was forced to create a new realm with Visni. Despite a contrived hand, Veros decided then to put wickedness into the world, not to harbour suffering, but to bring back the very heart-beat of humanity. As Visni would be enraged this, He banished Veros to rule over the first Six Hells, so that they could forever suffer in the wickedness they created. Unbeknownst to Visni, however, Veros was able to thieve artifacts, empowering them through the merchants of the underworld. With this, Veros is able to commune just as vaguely as Visni can, a pact each made before their eternal war commenced. As Visni's power of light exists, so too does Veros' darkness.

As records show, the mortal twins in which Veros was created from devoted their lives to the Death-Keeper's Order, and were moved to an academy at a young age to prove their devotion to the Death-Keeper. In knowledge and strength the unnamed twins gave their lives, and consequently, their afterlife to look over the people of their realm, and then Haethis.

Veros is seen as the needed balance of Haethis amongst their followers, their own eternal affairs suffering the very same in prolonged reputation.

The worship of Fuulseg, the supposed kingdom of Six Hells in which Veros overrules, means to keep the balance of love and suffering. In Visni's view of perfection, Veros is commonly considered His true enemy, and in turn, is often feared and loathed amongst the people of Haethis. There have been known cases of blood and life sacrifice amongst the Hands of Fuulseg, all done in ritual to appease Veros' lordship.

## Beliefs

Hands of Fuulseg commonly believe that Veros was once forced by Visni against his will, and provided balance in which humans truly needed to survive. There are scriptures that remain in most Fuulseg chapters, written by Veros' prophets themselves. There are four known prophets to have existed since the dawn of Haethis. The forth, and last discovered, is said to be still alive. These people of varying race and culture have been heralded through time as Unrighteous Commanders, some having destroyed personal artifacts of Visni in older wars.

It is said that giving one's devotion to Veros would grant them with peace in the afterlife, as the heavens Visni keeps are but mirages used to manipulate the people of Haethis. They believe that if Visni were to ever win, he'd simply forget about them in their entirety. As the Fuulseg faith is based heavily on the necessity of earning loss, and accepting difference, many have grown into the cults that amass all across Haethis by the words that they preach, and not by any threat lain bare.

In ones life, members of the Fuulseg Faith are instructed to enjoy their lifetime, to reap bliss for the price they've already paid. Their celebrations are often immodest, carnal, or bloodied, often revered alongside rituals where drink, sedatives, and stimulants are typically involved. Hands of Fuulseg believe that anything born of Haethis' realm is deemed valuable, a statement delivered by the second prophet a milenia ago.

## The Eight Prophets

Through established history, the words of Veros have been delivered primarily by The Eight Prophets, the first speaking brought by the form of stone tablets from the first prophet in the year 292 AE. It was then that the first prophet declared their mission, where the final death of the eighth prophet would bring Haethis' demise. These claims have been largely denied by the Demathian Faith, as they believe that Visni would not allow for one to speak above Him regardless. All prophets have been said to give up their names and identities, and would never be referred to as anything but their number in order given.

## Queen's Quill

Queen's Quill is a separate chapter of the Hands of Fuulseg, existing for at least 1,500 years to present date. The first prophet emerged from the Queen's Quill in the year 292 AE, delivering the embodiment of the eight prophets to be. Though it is said by their commanders that the first prophet died long ago, there are still rumours always reaching into Haethis of this not being the truth. Many believe that because Queen's Quill exists to this very day, the first prophet is still living in some capacity.

The name, Queen's Quill, is said to be derived from a settlement dismantled long ago, where a queen that ruled the land took her people into the dark embrace of Veros. Together, they banded the Queen's Quill and rebuilt their small society in a hidden reach, delivering the words of their first prophet first by penmanship to discourage unwarranted attacks from the Demathian faith. As they beleive for the first prophet, many Hands of Fuulseg are adament that the queen from their cult's beginning is still alive, though in deep hiding somewhere in Haethis.

In battle, this cult has been seen time and time again, enough so that none in Haethis doubts their actual existance.