Suaru Spiritism

## Basic Explanation

The Suaru have a far more primitive Spiritualism compared to even that of a typical polytheistic pantheon. Rather than worshipping specific gods, spirits are the main source of spiritualism. While gods do exist to the Suaru, they are seen as not to be interacted with, as they are less of benevolent humanoids and more akin to eldritch sea monsters. One god to be especially avoided is, Naogala, the storm lord who comes in the form of a Necrofex Collossus. The only one able to commune with the Spirits is the Riina, the Riina is a specifically feminine title, because the spirits are strangely biased towards women.

## Saa Yomu

### Explaination

Saa Yomu are 'Spirit Charms' they are things like Authentic Nautilus Shells, hearts of the sea, rabbit's foot, lilies of the valley, and other decently rare items.

### Use

These Saa Yomu are used in many rituals conducted by the Riina, from making Suaru remedies to imbuing items with Spirit's.

## Na'Tenui

Na'Tenui is the Nether in Suaru culture. The nether is not the place for the dead to live, the nether is rather an entirely separate world. It is believed that the nether was always like that, that the Nether was always a burning hell scape. Most of the Monsters of the Nether are referred to as Ralui, which are evil and vengeful spirits. Lesser Ralui such as zombified pigmen will not attack if the person has a Riina's blessing.

### Superstitions

Entering the Nether without the Riina's blessing will attract the attention of Ralui. If you cannot get the blessing of a Riina, you may perform another ritual, where one shoots an arrow into the sky, crouches and looks to the floor. They must walk two blocks forward and one block backwards. If the arrow hit's you, you do not get the blessing.

## Uli Vernui

Uli Vernui is a Suaru festival occurring on the ninth of every month. The Suaru invite their allies and friends to the festival, they hold multiple sacrifices to the domain spirit, share food and drink, and play instruments. They will also occasionally hold duels and competitions if the sacrifices don't spawn any enemies. The Suaru will typically keep all of the items gained from the sacrifices, but they are allowed to give it out freely to key contributors.

## Spirits

Spirits are seen as far more mild mannered when compared with that of the gods. While their appearances vary from a beautiful woman to a giant tortoise, they typically intervene more in the events of man. Spirits can be of many things, there are many island spirits, but they are only the spirits of their specific island.

#### Minor Spirits

Minor spirits are the spirits of a rock, tree, or flower. These spirits are given names, but only the Riina has the ability to speak with these spirits, and even the most talented of Riina struggle to hold a conversation with these spirits. These spirits are generally ignored without worry, and alone they cannot alter the human world. Though if enough minor spirits are greatly offended, they will form together to become a fully fledged spirit, though this is very rare and may take centuries of offenses to occur.

#### Lesser Spirits

These spirits are those of animals, and are not meant to be ignored. These spirits understand that their role is to be exploited by humanity, but their bodies must be treated with respect. If they are not treated with the proper respect, they will turn into Ralui, vindictive spirits bent on ruining the life of the human who wronged them. Ralui are typically peaceful towards an innocent human, but if any human attempts to stop the Ralui in it's revenge, they will become targets. Ralui generally bring misfortune, but can very rarely take control of a fresh corpse which can cause many problems. A skilled Riina may be able to convince a more mild mannered Ralui to calm down and forgive the human who wronged them. Unless the Ralui has entered a corpse or is extremely enraged, they will generally be satisfied after ruining something said human enjoyed, or if they pass away. Enraged Ralui will may not be satisfied with ruining the life of or even killing the human, on occasion, an extremely enraged Ralui will swear to end an entire dynasty, though this heavily depends on the disrespect.

#### Major Spirits

Major Spirits are not to be ignored, they do not hold command of huge domains, and generally have smaller things. A major spirit is that of an island, river, mountain, or lake. These spirits are not to be offended, as they can seriously ruin your life, these spirits have forms and can commune with anyone. Monthly offerings are expected from humans residing in their domains, each Ipon must have their family prepare their best meal which is offered at the end of each month. If these criteria are not met, depending on the temper of the spirit, a variety of things may happen. In the worst case possible, the people are driven out from their land with minimal casualties. The best case is the spirit is sympathetic and may help to increase the bounty of their land. Though the best case is very rare. They can also be spirits of majestic animals, such as an albino shark or ancient tortoise.

#### Gods

Gods are not to be communicated with, they have little interest in the goings on of man. The gods do not have 'domains,' they are monsters of astronomical proportions. Avoid these monsters at all costs, they typically stick to the waters, but occasionally they can be viewed towering in the horizon.

#### Gods in Uruldu

Naogala- The storm lord, a large necrofex colossus known to have a short attention span. Naogala is one of the stronger gods, capable of submerging entire islands on a whim. This beast cannot be reasoned with nor distracted, there have only been a few cases of people surviving encounters with this god.

Sanuata- The void monster, one of the weaker gods that usually comes in the form of a diseased and rotten whale. Sanuata does not have a voice but is known to be keen on revenge. When he opens his maw, void plague comes out into the air in small purple particles, which can infect anyone it touches. Sanuata currently has possession of the original Riina palm scratching's, which hold many stories lost to the Suaru, and which is also said to hold the secret to reviving minor spirits.

Mari- The swift goddess, she comes in the form of a pale pink serpent with many frills of similar colour. She is 100 feet long and 12 feet thick, this goddess can be spoken to. Though the objective is to avoid all gods when possible, if you are so unfortunate enough to come across this goddess in particular, your only chance at getting out alive is feeding her ego. This goddess is very egotistical, and acts rather obnoxious, if you make one false move, she won't even give you time to realize you messed up.

Haururu- The silent one, this is considered to be the weakest god in strength, but encountering it will drive the most daring of men insane. She comes as a squid covered with luminescent eyes, with skin as black as the night sky. She stalks the water at night, and an all encompassing mist followers her. Anyone caught in this mist will be her target, she sings very eerily without letting up, the mist begins to get denser and the victim can barely see 7 feet in all direction. She floats around shining her luminescent eyes. The only way to escape is to distract her with raw fish, no one knows what happens to those who don't escape, because they come back different people.

Arataaroa- The old one. This god is the most mind shattering, avoiding it is impossible, once you've been made aware of it's presence, it's made aware of yours. Typically you are far to trivial for it to care, but it can be very sadistic, it is known to despise the sound of bongo's. This being is believed to have once been mortal, while known as Arataaroa by the Suaru, meaning survivor of end times, he has many names. It is believed that he has lived through many universe cycles, living through the end of the universe and surviving on to a new big bang. It wields a book and a wand, the book being called Runusu and the wand Vuoro, both capable of shattering the earth. It typically comes in the form of a human covering in a bright coloured robe, it has no voice or face, but can be reasoned with if you offer it ancient artifacts.