Aspectism Ideas [Move if ooc cant be in Rp]

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Aspectism Idea

 

Hello all, I have recently had a few ideas concerning our growing Wood Elven culture. Just a disclaimer I would love to get feedback, but please no salt about anything other than this post and my ideas. If I find the feedback more positive thoughts than negative against this I will ask for them to be implemented. If accepted I shall create a roleplay situation which it is discovered or whatever!

 

1.        Aspectist gatherings

 

2   Funeral ceremonies

 

3   New Blessing ideas

 

4  Place after death

 

Aspectist Gatherings

 

The main idea behind this is to gather all of the Aspectist’s of a certain area to gather creating more roleplay between our cultured friends. These gatherings will take place in a place of nature, away from anywhere remotely influenced by any descendent or corruption. Those who are gathered shall give offerings to the aspects, be it both or one asking for her ladies blessing on their harvest or the father of the hunts blessing on a hunt.

 

These meetings will usually consist of a head of the culture for that area, be it a druid or not. (S)He will lead prayer, and tell those there shall discuss what is happening with the land they use, the following topics for example:
Areas of Corruption                                                                                                                        Hunting restrictions/problems                                                                                                         Harvest restrictions/problems                                                                                          

 

These are just a few examples I thought of, the main point here is to gather people together, like a town meeting in a way.

 

 

 

Funeral Ceremonies

 

Funerals, yes they happen often because people rarely perma-kill but I believe that we should have certain rituals, and ceremonies on to the ones we already have like planting a plant over the buried body of the deceased.

 

1.        The body is cleaned, and stripped of its clothes, then wrapped in plants and hides. If they have a favourite of either, or have certain connections like some seeds do they will be wrapped in it.

 

 

 

     The body is carried by multiple people, being held up using any means possible and taken to the site of burial, a place in nature.

 

 

 

3      A hole will be dug not too deep or shallow then a plant will be planted in the dirt after the corpse is covered with dirt again. The plant will symbolise their personality in life, for a warrior a strong tree.

 

 

 

4    Those at the ceremony may choose to pray over the death to grant the area a bountiful and good growth.

 

 

 

Rituals may be added for different Aspectist groups, or rituals taken away though the plant being planted above the body stays with all. A druid may usually lead prayers and seal the hole with strong roots with the planted plant or a nearby tree.

 

 

 

New blessing Ideas

 

This may be the most discussed and more likely to not be implemented of the ideas I have on this list, because a few of them involve writing lore which may or may not be implemented, so before I go ahead with writing lore I want your opinions of this idea

 

1.        Blessing of good hunt. As of now most aspectists say prayers in way for Cernnunos to grant us a good hunt. I want to take this one step further by making it so the person who says this prayer gets advantages from the horned man. Though it would be a rare druidic tome in which has been lost over many years

 

2     Blessing of growth, same basic principle as no. 1 but those who are blessed with this are blessed with whatever they plant/harvest is top notch.

 

3     Blessing of oem’ii. This one does not require magic or anything but is a blessing bestowed by the leader of an area onto those pregnant with a child whom are also devout Aspectists. The blessing giving them a ‘higher chance of a healthy child’ (You can heighten the roll if you are doing such).

 

 

 

Place after death

 

There isn’t anything written on Aspectist’s beliefs about what happens after death, after you complete the cycle and start a new one with your corpse. What I was thinking is that there is a plane in which the Aenguls both reside, doing their designated jobs in keeping a forest’s cycles proper. Those Aspectist’s who have followed the Aspects ways properly and not taken anything for no reason, or burnt any trees will be accepted into this world to eternally keep the balance, hunting and farming. The place would be called El Oem’ii (lands in elvish) those sent there would have to care for the land in the ways of the Aspects for as long as the grass still grows

 

Ok, so that took a while and a lot of explaining. So provide feedback please not just a ‘yes’ or ‘no’, back your ideas up I won’t take anything to heart if you dislike it so be honest, if you think anything should be changed go right ahead!

 

[Cave_Creature 467]

I support having more detail in the areas you've mentioned, but I think that the specifics should be different. Probably something that should be discussed among all the Naelurir. Aspectists tend to adopt their own customs and beliefs as far as ritual and afterlife go, but some basis should be established for consistency.

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11 minutes ago, Cave_Creature said:

I support having more detail in the areas you've mentioned, but I think that the specifics should be different. Probably something that should be discussed among all the Naelurir. Aspectists tend to adopt their own customs and beliefs as far as ritual and afterlife go, but some basis should be established for consistency.

Alrighty, so you're saying you wish a basis on all the topics to be established and certain groups are to branch off from that?

[Elad™ 560]

Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.