Fiction:Drakenism

Avaruhiisim is the main religion of the and while for most of its history was largely unknown to the gigaquadrant at large. However, in recent years it has spread to foreign powers such as the and. Avaruhiisim is a dualistic, polytheistic, and animistic religion notable for having no set doctrine or dogma and no central authority. In general though Avaruhiisim opposes absolutism and tends to emphasis being sincere, bith to one's self and to others. The lack of absolutism means that one can actually practice Avaruhiisim alongside other religions making it very popular.

The Beginning
In Avaruhism the world was not born from nothing, nor does it have a beginning in the traditional sense of the word. The multiverse before existence as it is currently known was truly undefinable for it had no definition. Even Nothing, despite being incomprehensible, has the definition of being Nothing. What came before had no definition and thus was something that cannot be described, defined, or experienced. The "beginning" happened when what came before contracted, becoming two things with definition, Everything (infinite possibilities) and Nothing (no possibilities). The interaction between these two created Something (limited possibilities).

Ignis Divine
Ignis Divine is the first Something that was created by the interaction between Everything and Nothing. It is the source from which all reality sprang from and is the basis for the souls of every living being. The first spark of Ignis Divine ultimately sided with Everything over Nothing creating Eros as the basis for creation, which caused Thanatos (which opposed creation) to spring from Nothing and begin its quest to destroy reality.

The First Souls
The first souls in existence where twin beings named Navah (the first female) and Sol (the first male). It was these two beings that performed the first sexual act creating the force known as Libido. Libido is where all creative drives and the will to live comes from. It is a wellspring of trust, autonomy, initiative, industry, identity, intimacy, generativity, and integrity. These in turn give rise to even greater concepts such as hope, will, purpose, competence, fidelity, love, care, and wisdom. It was this force that forged the raw power of Everything into the reality of limit possibilities due to restriction by Nothing.

However as Libido created Thanatos bled into the world and created the force of Destrudo. Destrudo is the source of all destructive desires, both to self and that outside of self. It is the source of mistrust, shame, guilt, inferiority, role confusion, isolation, stagnation, and despair. It seeks to tear down creation and dissolve reality into Thanatos, leaving only Nothing

The Soul
Id is the first part of soul formed the moment one is born. It only considers what it wants and is unresponsive to the demands of reality. While considered important for gives one the desire to achieve the things they need to survive, it can be destructive since it does not consider others or the reality that one cannot have all they want. Ego is the second part of the soul formed after the Id. It is the part of the mind that finds reasonable and realistic ways to achieve ones desires. It balances out the needs of oneself, the needs of others, and the demands if reality to find long term ways of benefiting oneself and others.

Super-Ego is the third part of the soul formed after the Ego. It is that which responds to the demands of society. It only thinks of others and not for oneself. While it allows for one to consider others, it is destructive since it would have one forget about themselves and not consider their own needs.

Reincarnation
Avaruhiists have a rather interesting concept was reincarnation to say the least. Unlike other religions who believe in such things, Avaruhiists do not believe that reincarnation happens when someone dies and then returns to life in a different body with a different personality. Instead they believe that reincarnation is a continuous process that happens across one's lifetime. In Avaruhiist belief as the individual goes through life they experience multiple internal deaths and rebirths as their personality, views, and beliefs change as they experience new things. In this way the individual is constantly reincarnated as one is never the same person as they were yesterday.

Afterlife
The Avaruhiist afterlife is divided into two parts, Thanatos and Eros.

Thanatos is the Avaruhiist idea of hell, a fathomless red sea of all who gave into their death drive and became nothing but part of a whole, without self. When an individual dies their persona must cross Thanatos to reach Eros, while doing so Thanatos attempts to destroy their will to live so that it may consume their persona. In Thanatos one is simply part of a whole with out self or form, unable to experience pain, suffering, loneliness, love, empathy, or connection to others, for they have become nothing. However one can be rescued from Thanatos if they regain the will to live or are pulled from it by one of their loved ones crossing it Eros will guide them to those they love who have become trapped. Eros is the Avaruhiist idea of heaven, a massive, burning beacon of Ignis Divine from which all creation sprung fourth. When one successfully crosses Thanatos and enters Eros, they become a being of pure Ignis Divine and is granted the greatest gift of all, the ability to fully understand others and oneself while still maintaining their individuality as a separate being. Reunited with their loved ones they are free to live a life where pleasure is constant and pain is only temporary, as opposed to the land of the living where pain is constant and pleasure is only temporary.

Sofhira and Kelihra
Despite how it might appear to an outsider in Avaruhisim there is no such thing as opposites. Instead their are the Kelihra which ruffly translates to shadows, peels, shells, or husks, and the Sofhira which translates to light, core, center, or truth. Destrudo is not the opposite of Libido it is its Kelihra just as Libido is the Sofhira of Destrudo. In a similar vein Thanatos is the Kelihra of Eros and Eros is the Sofhira of Thanatos. Much the same Nothing is the Kelihra of Everything and Everything is the Sofhira of Nothing. In fact much as a peel, shell, or husk of fruit protects the soft insides the Kelihra protects the Sofhira, and while the Kelihra is bitter and toxic the Sofhira could not exist without it a vice versa meaning they are both important to maintain.

The Caucus Race
The Caucus Race is a universal law in Avaruhiist belief that dictates a set if rather, for lack of better terms, chaotic order to the universe. To them we are runners in nonsensical, pointless race with no sense, direction, or set pattern. Just repeating events and states of being. For them there will always be pain, suffering, war, hatred, fear, etc, just as their will always be pleasure, joy, peace, friendship, love, etc. There is no end just people, events, and places running around and crashing into each other endlessly, everything temporary and yet permanent at once, coming and going like an inconsistent tide. There is no finish line, the only way out is to die, but that is why one lives on and makes the best of their life despite the universe being pointless and nihilistic. Because by doing so one can not only give their own life meaning, but also gain the strength needed to reach the afterlife when their time has come and escape the Caucus Race.

The Invisible Thing
The Invisible Thing is the supreme entity of the Avahuriisim, it posses not form or presences that determines it's nature. Rather The Invisible Thing is a representation of all that is and all that is not, possible and impossible, and makes the impossible possible, as well as the possible impossible. A paradoxical entity it exists in all possible forms and has none at the same time. It is the will and intention that created the Tree of Life, nurtures the Tree Knowledge, and willed the first spark of Ignis Divine into existence. It is beyond any logic or understanding, but does appear to be benevolent as it fights against Thanatos and ensures that all souls make their way to Eros so they can find peace and happiness. The closest Avaruhiisim gets to a representation of it is the Sheireiki, the divine feminine presences, a colorless, naked, female figure with her eyes closed, possessing multiple feathered wings cover in eyes, having multiple hands with eyes in the palms, and existing in multiple rings of fire with more eyes.

The Pantheon
Kirasuden=
 * Name - Kirasuden
 * Titles - The Great Teacher, First Wise God, Path Walker
 * Represents - Rulership, Wisdom, Martial Arts

Tarkanis=
 * Name - Tarkanis
 * Titles -
 * Represents - Construction, Structure, Improvement

Archeon=
 * Name - Archeon
 * Titles -
 * Represents - War, Courage, Strategy

Sazael=
 * Name - Sazael
 * Titles -
 * Represents - Death, Decay, Disease

Ava=
 * Name - Ava
 * Titles - Mother of the Vanara, Giver of Life
 * Represents - Motherhood, Love, Protection

Jura= The supreme and ultimate dragon, Jura is not a god in the sense of species, rather Avaruhist mythology asserts that he is a daemon that rose to stand with the gods themselves. Jura is described as a mighty black dragon with wizened scales, six shinning silver wings, great maple leafed shaped dorsal spines, and is enveloped in a aura of fire of all colors. His divine powers are so immense they actually infuse themselves into the dreams of those with a heroic destiny. Jura's wing beats, foot steps, roars, and gaze carry the force of a thousand hurricanes, earthquakes, thunderstorms, and lightning bolts respectively, and his breath causes the seasons to change.
 * Name - Jura
 * Titles - Fire Dragon, Crimson Lord, God of Retribution
 * Represents - Balance, Retribution, Cycles

A force for retribution put in place to write wrongs and maintain the balance of nature Jura's the very presences of even Jura's voice or shadow fills all wicked mortals with dread. When smiting the corrupt, those who prey on the weak and helpless, or those who would disrupt the balance of nature Jura is merciless, unleashing natural disaster after natural disaster as his talons slowly grasp forward to sever the sinners life. While noble, at time kindly, and a protector of the innocent, Jura is a force of nature beyond any logic or reason and with a gaze that sees past the petty divisions of mortals.

For all his great power Jura is unable to create such being the domain of other gods. However, his destruction is merely part of the cycle of things that facilitates new creation. It is Jura's job to bring an end to eras, civilizations, etc that have grown too stagnate and corrupt. By removing them Jura restores the equilibrium so new things can be made. Like a forest fire or volcanic eruption the finality Jura brings scorches away the old wood that strangles away any challenging sprouts and enriches the soil so a new forest can grow in the old one's place.

Byaku=
 * Name - Byaku
 * Titles - Laugh Maker, Dream Eater, Sleep Guardian
 * Represents - Dreams, Imagination, Joy

Leless=

The Beast=
 * Name - Not given one.
 * Titles - Not given any.
 * Represents - Evil

Badroc= Badroc is the Avaruhiist god of cooking and cannibalism described as a massive being of bulging, blood red muscles and huge cracked bones, complete with massive claws and fangs, a long tongue tipped with a sword, as well as glowing red eyes that constantly drip with blood. He is armed with a massive, two handed, burning mace that a river of blood gushes forth from which he uses to stir his massive black cauldron made of cosmic entity's skull and is filled with flames and lava that he cooks those who would dare to waste food while depriving others of needed sustenance necessary to survive. The cult of Badroc is famous across the Gigaquadrant for the practice of licking pots clean after they have ritualistically boiled sinners alive in them. Badroc has a rivalry with his sister Cordab, not because of any real animosity, but because their siblings and that's what siblings do.
 * Name - Badroc
 * Titles - Potlicker, Flesh Boiler, Gout Drinker
 * Represents - Pots, Cooking, Cannibalism

Cordab= Cordab is the Avaruhiist god of pans, fired food, and pissed off house wives. She resembles a thin, emancipated, dark figure that cannot truly be properly defined other than her glowing yellow eyes that pierce passed the physical body into the very soul to see what lies beneath the folds of fat, flesh, and nerve to see the true nature of the individual. She wields a great frying pan made from the blade of a circular saw and is always on fire which she uses to fry the fat out of those who grow corpulent and complacent while others struggle and starve. She then takes this fat and pours it burning into the corrupt and greedy so they will become corpulent enough for her to fry for more fat in a never ending cycle to punish the corrupt. She is also a protector of home who gives mundane items the power to become lethal weapons. Like her brother she has cult that fries their enemies in pans and then licks said pans clean, but they are much more secretive and thus not as popular.
 * Name - Cordab
 * Titles - Panlicker, Flesh Fryer, Face Whacker
 * Represents - Pans, Fried Food, Irate Housewives

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Trivia

 * Avaruhiisim is combination between the name of the goddess Ava and Haruhiisim.
 * Avaruhiisim is loosely based off a combination of Kabbalah, Pyschodynamics, and Psychoanalytics. It was largely inspired by the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion.
 * Badroc and Cordab stared out as jokes that... went places to say the least. So Gorzill decided "ah why the hell not!"