Ashian

In his hands he held the gift of three fires. Each with the power to raze the Void, and ignite the world anew

Ashian is a Trinity-Centric denomination of religion within The Three Corners of Civilization, most notably Kapesh. It is based in the firmly held belief that all things, even the Gods, are only allowed to exist through The Trinity. It defines The Trinity as a deity, a thing which is seen by other religions as a force rather than a god. It also deifies Wordbearers as small Gods.

The Ashian denomination is known for its worship of The Word of Fire. It is named after those who witnessed the snapping of The Word of Fire, ash covered priests who witnessed the Wordbearer discover a piece of The First Tongue. The religion originally stemmed from Trinaism. Though through its close connection to The Word of Fire, the denomination transformed rapidly, and broke off of Trinaism.

• Sacrifice
• Hierarchy
• The Kingdom of Kapesh
• Galliard Crown
• Wordbearers
• The Word of Fire
• Fire
• Order
• Rebirth
• Excellence
• The Wills
• Magic
• Fate/Destiny
• Prophecy
• Divinity of the Zolaen Gods
• The First Tongue
• The Old Tongue
• Vizir
• Humans

• The Trinity
• The Zolaen Gods
• The Word of Fire

In regards to the Origin of Zol, Ashian scripture believes that The Trinity preceded the Zolaen Gods. Ashian scripture says that The Trinity was core to the power once held by Goh’zul, The Abyss. The Trinity chose The Watcher as its avatar, and granted him access to The First Tongue, allowing for the creation of Zol.

Ashian scripture believes that the civilizations of Old Zol had an intimate understanding of The Trinity. This understanding was what lead ancient society to become advanced and holy. However, in its later years the people of Zol strayed from the balance of The Trinity.

Ashian scripture views Humans as a sacrifice in the context of The Undoing. Ashian belief says that Humans fought alongside the Zolaen Gods against The Shroud of the Void. In the later stages of the battle, The Shroud of the Void began to take over the minds of Humans. So the Humans willingly gave up their Great Magic, giving the Zolaen Gods the upper hand to seal the Void Gods away permanently within The Void. However, this was at a great cost. In an attempt to evade imprisonment, The Shroud of the Void used all of the power it had stolen from the Humans in an attempt to destroy The Watcher. The Shroud was unsuccessful in killing The Watcher, but his destruction still caused The Undoing.

Similar to Trinaism, the Ashian church has a strict adherence to the idea of hierarchy. However, unlike Trinaism, Ashian worship is not segmented into many smaller churches across The Three Corners. Instead, The Ashian church is a single organization, The Church of Three Fires.

At the churches head exist two individuals. The Word of Fire, and The Grand Conflagrator. The Word of Fire holds a unique role within the church. This is because he is seen as a piece of divinity himself. The Word of Fire does not lead the church in teachings, but instead exists as a messiah. The Word of Fire is seen as a royal, holy protector and a source of wisdom. The Word of Fire appoints a Grand Conflagrator. The Grand Conflagrator leads the whole of the Church of Three Fires in religious matters. The Grand Conflagrator is responsible for directing the teachings of the church, maintaining hierarchy, and resolving issues of faith.

The Grand Conflagrator leads the headquarters of the organization, The Cathedral of Three Fires in Stigmata. Beneath The Grand Conflagrator are High Conflagrators and Conflagrators. Individuals of these ranks are permitted to oversee churches of their own. Beneath them are High Priests and Priests.

The church also sees the Galliard Crown, and the kingdom of Kapesh as holy.

• The Church of Three Fires

Modernist belief largely focuses on worship and reverence of The Trinity, The Wills, The Word of Fire, Galliard Crown, and Kapesh as a whole. It views Humans as the brave sacrifice which saved the world from total antihalation. It is thought that only Humans can only restore their Great Magic through the church’s wisdom. It also holds the belief that all things are intended, and that The Trinity will see Zol reach an age of glory once again, so long as its followers stay true.

Fundamentalist belief focuses on the ideals of sacrifice, hierarchy, and Human Sovereignty. It has a reputation of being the most brutal Trinity-Centric belief system within The Three Corners. Fundamentalist Arkian belief is is known for supporting one-sided societal structures like high nobility and Slavery.

• Kapesh
• Stigmata

• Ashian belief supports Great Magic and the Triumvirate.
• Ashian belief is similar in many ways to Zolaen-Centric belief. However, it holds The Trinity above the Zolaen Gods. It also views

• Church of Three Fires of Kapesh