List of Religions

This is a list of all the religions present within the RP. This can include religions which currently exist, completely imaginary ones, or corrupted versions of present ones. Explain the beliefs and ethics of the religions, and anything else you may want to include.

## Rustmondian Religions

Note: The canon-timeline for Rustmond is as the mixed-race descendants of the Europeans (Hungarians more specifically, though evidence shows that they have a much more mixed European ancestry than previously thought) and Chinese (Hong Kong specifically, though once again there's a mix from all of China in general.) in the far future. As such, many religions have been corrupted over millennia and eons, which may cause some discontinuity with the other nations.

### The Rallanomy

The Rallanomy refers to the centralized church bureaucracy which acts as the authority in Rustmond's largest religion: Rallahism. Rallahnomy is built around a divine set of morality based around obeying authority, and ruling with the Mandate of Heaven. That God (Or Rallah, in their own language) will maintain favor with those who act with his wishes, and that nations or governments going against his will would naturally collapse. As Rustmond continues to be prosperous, the legitimacy of the government is maintained, while it is questioned in times of hardship.

The central story of Rallahism centers around the creation, and eventual fall of the Old World in a catastrophe known as the Reckoning, with elements mixed in from Noah's Flood, Revelations, WW3, and the Human Collapse that led to the Human Diaspora. Following the collapse of the Old World, two new nations rises in the New World known as "Meria" and "Ussha". To guide the new nations, Rallah sent his Messenger to redirect the descendants of Man away from sin and back onto the path to Heaven, so that one day they can ascend into the Bureaucracy of Heaven as well.

They believe themselves to be the descendants of the Merians, while many believe the Azapi, the other main theocratic nation in the world are the distant descendants of the Usshans. They believe one day the Messenger will return once more, and the two will bring about the end of ways, depicted in the book of Evelations. When great weapons rained from the sky and cities are wiped from the Earth, until only the faithful remain.

Within the Great Exile, the members of the church cross-referenced ancient scripture to track down the Messenger's Star, the star apparently present at the coming of their Messenger to Earth, and relocate the Rustmondian nation to it.

All of the Rallahian texts are written in a language named "Rellic", which is not spoken by the average person, and can only be read by church elites.

The Rallahnomy, ever since the Theocratic Revolution, has maintained control of the Rustmondian government, with the head of the Rallahnomy and President of Rustmond being the same position for many years now. Their holy book is known as the Liblica, which has been through countless revisions and additions until the final version was created some 2000 years ago. Their main holidays are Cherishmas, where they commemorate the coming of Heaven's Messenger, and Esher, which is a day of redemption to celebrate the eventual redemption of mankind.

### Christian Sects

Somewhat related to the Rallahnomy are the Old Christian Sects of Rustmond. Claiming a history that dates to the beginning of the oldest of calendars, claiming to go back all the way to Erdin, mankind's legendary original homeworld, from which humanity emerged to eventually conquer the stars, at least before the Great Fall. Their founding story has many similarities to that of the Rallanomy, leading to some claiming that the Christian religion is a precursor to Rallahism.

The founding story of the Christian religion is that of their lord and savior, Jesus Christ, who draws many parallels to the story of the Rallahian messenger, leading many to believe that they were different interpretations of the same person, or perhaps a corrupted version of Jesus Christ passed on through generations. Following this logic, many have concluded that if the Rallahians were truly able to track down the star present at the birth of their savior, then the current star that they have come to to orbit is the star of Bethlehem.

Their main holy book is the Liber, or in Latin, "The Book". Much of the scripture from the Liber is found as well in the Liblica, though both have their independent chapters.

Since the Council of Ikea, most Christian churches have been rendered subordinate to the greater Church of Rallah, though dissidents still exist.

The Christian religion, unlike the centralized Rallahian religion is broken down into smaller sects, of which will be explored below:

#### Old Catheric

The Catheric tradition tells of a council of holy men who used to lead them back on Erdin in a city known as Babylon. But after the fall of Babylon, as the world fell into chaos and the world of Erdin was destroyed, the church decentralized, and the Council now exists as a heavenly entity, known as the Papality. The Papality consists of a council of Saints who watch over mankind, but are subordinate to God. These saints can sometimes intervene on behalf of God.

They observe many traditions not observed by other sects, and have some theological differences with the others.

#### Anglic Saxonism

The Anglic Saxonists, or the Saxonists for short, claim to be the descendants of an early church that broke off the Catheric tradition early on in its history. They trace their roots a nation called Angland. They have a somewhat centralized church system, and practice different traditions, and have somewhat different beliefs from the other two.

#### Orthodoxic

The Orthodoxic Church, also claim to have broken off from the Catheric tradition early on in its history. They claim to trace their roots back to an Erdinian empire known as the Yzntine. They as well practice different traditions, and have somewhat different beliefs from the other two.

### Illangelicals

Followers of Father Illian, the Illangelicals follow the word of the Liber and the Liber only. Preaching from a hidden underground radio broadcast, known as the "Followers of God", Father Illian has reached the hearts of minds of many Christians within Rustmond. Rejecting the Rallahnomy, and wishing to carve out their own path and their own independent churches in Rustmond.

While the Rallahnomy isn't exactly known to be liberal, the Illangelicals usually take the social conservatism of regular religious folk and push it to the extreme, calling for the death penalty for homosexuals, as well as reversion to a Theonomy, *the right kind this time*, and the enshrinement of the 10 Amendments, given by the Holy Constitution, into law. They call Rallah a false idol, and rejects the idea that the two faiths could be related.

Critics often say their incredibly strict interpretation of the Liber, as well as their extremely socially conservative views alienate them from the Rustmondian mainstream. But as of now, they stand as the only meaningful religious resistance within Rustmond.

### Confucianism

Aside from the Rallahian and Christian sects, Rustmond also has a much smaller Confucian community, who contain much of the other half of Rallah's teachings about the Mandate of Heaven. It should be fairly obvious to put two and two together and figure out where Rallahism came from, but the Rallahnomy has been in denial for at least a few thousand years and will probably continue being in denial for a few thousand more.

As it completely breaks their story as the one true religion, Confucians are relentlessly persecuted within Rustmond, to prevent anyone else from putting two and two together.

## Azapi religion(s)

### Abudhi

**Abudhi**, the official state religion, is a polytheistic, orderly, and progressive one. It very closely reflects Azapi ambitions on the societal, economical, and technological levels. Abudhi has many different gods and deities, yet the most worshiped and central one is Zen Dayma - the one who brings order. Zen Dayma, and other less important gods, entered a universe full of chaos, and made order there. Now, he is busy somewhere else, and has tasked humanity (which he created) to restore order in the Universe while he is away. This is necessary because in Classical Abudhi physics, everything but those who follow the teachings of Zen Dayma naturally seek towards chaos; chaos is inherently bad in the eyes of Abudhi followers (sometimes called Abudhins - the ones who obey) and as such order must be restored.

However, Dayma and the others gods did not leave specific instructions, for exactly how order needs to be brought about. This, in turn has led to the Chaotic Schism in Abudhi.

#### The Chaotic Schism

**The Chaotic Schism** is one of the more tragic events in the long history of Abudhi, and by extension, Azap. When the religion started spreading rapidly, the Chaotic Schism happened, due to disagreements (sometimes violent) on how to best bring about order in the Universe. Currently, there exists two main factions in Abudhi; the militarists and the pacifists. The state changes the official religion of Azap periodically, always going from militarism to pacifism depending on the current government. There have been a few anomalies in the cycle, however. For a long time after the founding of Abudhi (date: unknown) the pacifists kept the power for an incredibly long time, which lead to the humiliating defeat and colonization by the Cemule.

## Other Religions

### Teiraa

**Teiraa** is a religion followed by The Children of Taaraz and the rest of the BHA. It is an Arabic religion which believes in what they call "The True God - Taaraz".

In Teiraa, it is believed that followers of the religion ascend and meet with Taaraz. They believe they must bow down to Taaraz, and feed him the souls of the non-believers. It is believed that Teiraa should be spread through any means necessary, as those who don't fully believe it can still have their souls consumed by Taaraz.

Teiraan believe that those who love Taaraz and worship them with their soul, will live in the afterlife with everything they could ever want, and be strong, immortal, and happy forever. Teiraan people are generally violent towards non-believers, and lack empathy for those who who are not Teiraan.