Draeconach Church

Summary

The Church of Draeconach is a loosely formed religion in Northern Amasynia but has seen some following in Myrken Wood in the past few years. Spread mostly amongst commoners, farmers, and recluses; the churches main beliefs are that there is one god, a creator, The Diem, and that the Diem sends Good and Evil Dragons to earth to help, protect, punish, or otherwise police the happenings of the world. The diem otherwise just lets everything just sort of happen with objectivity, he is neither good nor evil but rather a neutral creator with a focus on balance and fairness. The souls of beings that pray to the Diem and live just lives join him in Valhalla, a great hall of merriment and gluttony. Those that don't have their souls sent to the hellfires from which he forged the dragons. The furnace, or hell as it is simply known, is run by a great red dragon named Noctus sometimes referred to as the Devil.

Origins

It is said that the patriarch of the Draeconach Religion was an old man who lived in the spinster mountains who encounted a silver Dragon while looking for flowers. The Dragon invited him into his lair where he lived for the next five years. The Dragon fed him, taught him of the true nature of the universe, and taught the man songs and hymms used guard off evil and pray to the true creator of the universe. The old man left after five years to spread his teaching around Northern New Dauntless.

The Dragon, insolent as he was, had disobeyed the Diem's wishes by revealing his nature and interfering in the lives of men. As punishment the Dragon was turned into a human so it could meddle in the ways of men all it wanted. It is said the dragon has lived a hundred lives, usually as a neer-do-well or commoner, causing all sorts of trouble around the lands of Amasynia. Practitioners of the faith have taken to calling this dragon's reincarnated soul The Rover, blaming any ill luck or bad circumstance on his transient ways and knack for causing trouble.

Practice

Practitioners of Draeconach do so with short prayers and by thanking supposed saints in Valhalla (usually referring to deceased family members.) They also play hymns and jigs intended to beg protection from friendly dragons and stave off those of evil. There are no churches or in the church