Asul’fiyem

[MayRndz 1130]

        


 

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Order of the Sun
 

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“To will change upon the self is to change the world. Only through will can all balance be attained." 
- Awaiti
 

The sun's order serves as a council of druids who protect the balance, fighting to be the endless light in the darkness. They seek to not only comprehend themselves and nature, but to become those who heavily guard it, as well as to have a mutual respect for those who are around them. Their lives are simply one set of roots interconnected to a tree; a tree of life containing various cultures, deities, ideals, and overarching lifestyles. The belief that what's around them should be understood to the best of one's abilities and in some ways respected in order to truly understand the balance.
 

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“The stars awaken a certain reverence,

because though always present, they are inaccesable;

but all natural objects make a kindred impression,

When the mind is open to their influence.

Nature never wears a mean appearance.

Neither does the wisest man extort her secrets,

And lose his curiosity by finding out all her prefection.

The flowers, the animals, the mountains,

Reflected the wisdom of his brightest hour.”

                                                                      Excerpt from "NATURE"
 

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Core Values   “It is by undivided devotion that I can be known in such a form, truly seen, and entered into.”   Those within the order commit themselves to the balance, ready to devote themselves to fighting dark-spawn and corruption spreading across the realm. Ready to face the highest level of potential dangers. Those who adhere to its principles stick together as a pack of wolves. They guard each other fiercely and that is how their values are maintained.  “Honor is a reward of virtue, you cannot expect it but rather allow it to be given.” Honor is something that though all within the order possess deep down, it is not acknowledged and rewarded by regarding one any higher than the others. Those within the order don't flaunt their accomplishments nor expect those to honor them until they have proven themselves to their duty itself.     “Let that passion burn through you, it is that sanguine flame that drives you forward.” Followers of Asul’fiyem hold their heads high with pride allowing their emotions to drive them to success to become a motivation to continue going. They put their feelings within their actions, and channel it to their ascendancy.  “This world is broken, and we must be the ones to herald its future, to heal and restore it.”   Pride is found through success, the order out to seek taint and what has been lost so that they may restore it properly to the natural balance. The ever repeated tale of careless or malicious mages wielding voidal and dark magics to harm, knowingly or unknowingly, the Balance is something that must be swiftly stopped before it can be told again. Don't find enjoyment in the violence, but seek it in accomplishments.

“To find purity is to understand that it requires one's own will”

Though those within the order actively seek to understand other cultures around them, and the various lifestyles so that they can better comprehend their own job they still believe that dark-spawn and those of darker arts are impure and a taint even to the tree whose roots create this realm. Ontop of this; It is an accepted truth that even the attuned druii that follow the creed’s teachings are still Descendent and are inherently unnatural and impure to the Balance. This simply means that, as impure servants to the Wild Gods and the Balance, we must never assume our right to anything. Our right to life in the natural world, and to death in the Eternal Forest, must be earned by proving ourselves to the Wild Gods.

Beliefs
 

The way of the sun is one of intriguing descent, where everyone is welcome and there is no set culture that one must follow, shunning the ideals of druidism requiring an ame heavy culture around it to focus more upon the cycle of life and the balance itself. Following along in their ideology for respect towards culture would lead one to find respect for not only their own beliefs but those around them. Their goals to comprehend others to a better extent to make communication itself better.
 

Freedom is a core in which unites one body in peace and content; Members of Asul’fiyem finding peace in the ability to freely roam the world - encouraged to do such, so that their expertise could be vastly expanded across the lands. 
 

 The balance isn't a cycle of constant peace. Instead an entity that is under constant pressure and change, where everything is a part of it but moving and creating new ideals and styles, something that the order believes they should change with - create new ideals and lifestyles that flow like the rushing river. To live in sync with change instead of trying to stop it - but to prevent what is unnatural such as voidal rifts and taints, and the work of necromancers.
 

 

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Ilmyumier

Those of the order bear markings created to represent the sun and moon as an endless cycle of both chaos and peace- life and death; a balance within a world that is made up of ‘one tree with many roots’. The ideals they stand upon and fundamentals of a sun permanently shining to show there is always light even in the dark. More often than not the druids of the order infuse their markings with kuila so that they may glow even in the darkest of places.



 

Structure
 

Suns Conclave - 

All are considered equal within the order of the sun, however a wild council is elected by those within the order to represent the druii and spearhead the work ensuring proper communcations among druii. They are role models and those who lead the order.
 

Pillar of the Eclipse - Zaelyn Arvellon
Pillar of the Sun - Avyndriel
Pillar of the Moon - Elenora Divardi
 

Wayfarer -

Members of the order that are attuned and learning various druidic arts. These are both teachers and students who all work in unison to learn from one another. 
 

All can teach through their own means and ideals - so long as they are doing it in favor of their duties therefore there is no set of tasks or trials which specifically have to be completed - but centered around what makes the dedicant learn and progress best for themselves. It is common among this order to send students out to other teachers and the wild council to ask questions - or even ask if another may have a task they believe is fit for the Neophyte.
 

Neophyte -

Those who are regarded as Neophytes are dedicants as well as those who are seeking to learn about the order - and those within it. Thus anyone undergoing trials or seeking knowledge from the order is referred to as a Neophyte.
 

 

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Rites and Traditions
 

Rite of Passage
 

Death is an acknowledged part of the cycle for most sects of  druidism. While it is a somber occasion for most, with many followers being closely knitted in the pursuit of balance, it is also a cherished passing. The duties are dangerous and those who commit to them lead uncertain lives while seeing them fulfilled, sometimes offering a sacrifice of their own soul to repair what has been broken. All druids of the order are given an honorable, respected, and grateful funeral in the hopes of ushering their spirits faster into the Eternal Forest. The dead are laid upon a pyre and sent out over open water - arrows blazing with flame each shot by a druid to remember the fallen warrior. The fire remains lit until the body is burned to nothing and returned to the earth to fertilize the soil living upon the lands that druii once protected. 
 

Attunement
 

When a druii is attuned to nature it is something regarded as a celebration of someone new choosing to walk the path and join the order. Often attunements are regarded with others of the order watching in reverence until the newly attuned druid rises from the water to speak their totem aloud - met with their totem being chanted by those lingering around and blessings of good faith. Gifts to assist in their endeavors of a druid or unique trinkets can occasionally be given as the day is spent celebrating sometimes with feasts or just lingering in the company of those who are regarded as near family.
 

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[HazelWazel 448]

The Scorpion Druid hummed to herself as she crouched to the ground, her false hands grasping at her boots laces giving them an abrupt tug to tighten them up.

 

"Here we go again. No path but forward."

[Amayonnaise 1541]

The Sun Rises

 

[StarGazzer 286]

A grizzled elf wonders down the paths of this new land, A journey that has been taken many times before. Carrying the weapons of his faith, and the relics of his kin's past. A single set of goals guide him as he pushes forward, Serve nature, Protect his kin, Honor his Haulen.

 

This path leads him to the finding his old friends, and mentors. A New light shines on this chapter of his life. 

 

 

[Laeonathan 3982]

Ornthalas loves the sun druids. All of them.

[Periphonics 358]

Fal’leon gives a small hum, there is some consideration to be had for the Corvid, it seems. He will keep this missive on his desk for now.