*The religion believes that when a soul is pure, having lived according to sayim, it is reborn an harbinger/messenger between the living and divine (the Grand Confluence). These harbingers are known as djinni and they can be both great or minor. Those who violate sayim to such a degree that they cannot reenter the Grand Confluence and thus the Great Cycle, are known as...[no clue yet]
*Each member of the actual clergy is baptized by a particular element [each represents different personality aspects], which will be their guiding element and to that which they make five oaths to. Those who oath to fire are known as...[unfinished]
I like Ghul. It is actually an arabic/isalmic word - and I can make the term synonymous with Anuirean demons/daemons, i.e. they are basically the same thing, shadow world creatures.
While it is known that before Desimaar, the lands known as Binsada were ruled by the pre-Irboudan (also known as the Horse people), nearly a millennia before that, during the days of Great High King, the lands served as a base for a great sidhe war host; a legacy that continues to shape Binsada. | |
During the Great Exodus, Maestian and Basarji settlers attempted to settle the lands with little success. Invariably, each of these attempts feel prey to the goblinoid tribes which that had occupied most of what is known as the plains-states now. Until XXXX, about 300 years before Desimaar, the heresiarch Kalifa al-Mamul, leader of the Genasi movement, led pilgrimage of 13 clans to the promised lands guided by visions from Basaia. After 30 years, they came to Binsada and were eventually driven north and east to what would become Irbouda during the first Mamulk Khanate, ruled by a diarchy of Khan Azes el-Mamul, in whom all temporal power was invested, and Gherra al-Mamul, in whom spiritual power was invested. | Beyond the Veil {Theories on What the Sidhe Were Doing/Potential Myths/Legends} |
Genasism The Genasi movement (aka Genasi, or Genites) holds that at creation everything that is and everything that can be was made from the elements: spirit (aether), fire, earth, wind and water. Furthermore, what has been created can only at best be reduced to the elements (it is considered an abomination to bring into existence what hasn't already existed). What has been created is finite and as such constantly cycles building and returning what has been made to the elements. The gods are the embodiment, paragons and harbingers of the elements and thus, creation. |
Beyond the Veil: The Nexus While it is said that The Nexus is equidistant from all the elements. It is still governed by the spirit. In cosmological terms, the Nexus could be on the Astral or Ethereal planes or even apart from both. | The souls of men cannot be created or destroyed. At death, the souls of men are washed in the great Nexus where memory and experiences are broken down and returned to the elements, leaving a blank slate to be returned to mortal vessel. Yet those of great faith, are not swept cleaned, instead their spirits are refined with elemental essence, thus becoming stronger). After many cycles of rebirth, they no longer cycle and instead they become messengers of the gods and are known as Gen. |