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_________________________________________________________________________ |The Gods of Many Faces | _________________________________________________________________________ |The Gods of Many Faces were late, and strong Powers to arrive in our | |Realms. They are sometimes called the Ten Thousand Gods, and work | |through many animal spirits and forms. It is unknown how many Powers | |they truly are, only that they arrive to aid their faithful in such | |diverse forms as six-armed women with three faces and a snake's tail for | |legs, or as a giant white elephant trampling down legions of infidels. | | | |The Gods of Many Faces are among the most closely tied with their | |followers since there seems to be a God for everything to their | |followers. One to watch over the hearth fire, the hearth, the bricks, | |the mortar, and even the soot in the mortar. | | | |The Gods of Many Faces have taken hold especially in the Edotian Islands.| |The strange and terrible Gods of Many Faces are brilliant, and ruthless | |in their pursuit of the Jihad. They value freedom and individuality | |above all else. It in their tenants that each being in the Universe was | |made manifest by the Universe for it to better understand itself in all | |its infinite aspects, and thus, each being should be free to pursue its | |individual path in order to aid the Universe in understanding itself. | |And yet, these mysterious Gods hold certain universal truths to be | |absolute. Those of love, honor, duty and family. Servitude is generally| |seen as a great path towards Wisdom, but servitude taken voluntarily by | |the Servant, and with humble graciousness by the Master. | | | |If the Gods of Many Faces should triumph in the Jihad, a civilization | |with no written laws would govern where each would be free to choose his | |path, but tradition and an unspoken code of honor would govern each being| |in its heart as it strives for perfection in form, movement, and spirit. | | | | | | To this Writ I set my Hand, | | Jarrod Melshimber, Servant of Truth, | | Witness of the Ages, and | | Seer of Kyldiss. | |_________________________________________________________________________|