Akai religion

14:12:32: <Vespia> lol
14:13:01: <Tits> An interesting technicality of the Akai feudalism is that the nobility directly owned the population and by proxy the land they owned
14:13:25: <Tits> What Jieke did when he outlawed slavery was simply transfer the ownership of those slaves/peasants to himself
14:14:15: <Vespia> Interesting. Everything in Vespia is deemed the property of the Tazen. The nobles rule by proxy portions of his lands and are considered "renting", while the citizens are deemed "field hands"
14:14:27: <Tits> Well that also is the case in the Akai
14:14:34: <Tits> The Ditu has supreme ownership
14:14:53: <Tits> Well the Ditu literally is a God so rules and laws exist on his whims
14:15:02: <Vespia> Huh, no wonder Vespia and Akai are allies.
14:15:08: <Vespia> We share much in common. :P
14:15:16: <Tits> The only thing stopping a Ditu was convention
14:15:24: <Tits> Much of which Jieke destroyed
14:15:25: <Vespia> The Tazen is considered the avatar of the gods. The Ditu is god.
14:15:43: <Tits> Ditu literally means "God on Soil" or Earth
14:18:09: <Tits> He is believed to be the reincarnation of the firstborn son of the Outer Lord - Waishangdi.
14:18:46: <Vespia> You need to create an article on Akai religion.
14:18:56: <Vespia> It's too unique to be happenstance for the readers
14:19:05: <Tits> I should
14:19:16: <Tits> Issue is I change it literally every time I talk to people :P
14:19:24: <Vespia> lol
14:19:35: <Tits> But yeah I really should
14:19:56: <Vespia> I'm too lazy to fill out the Zheaniism article, and the info is still under development. :P
14:20:08: <Vespia> I'm a perfectionist
14:20:40: <Tits> But the first Ditu is believed to be the betrayed firstborn of Waishangdi, the God Jinzhu
14:21:01: <Tits> Who is a sort of Nylarnohotep esque figure
14:21:12: <Vespia> I wouldn't be surprised if he was banished to Earth as punishment
14:21:23: <Vespia> And forced to rebuild his power through Akai as his earthly realm
14:21:34: <Tits> Pretty much that
14:21:48: <Tits> Betrayed by his brothers who tricked Waishangdi into believing that he planned to usurp him
14:22:06: <Tits> The other twelve Gods
14:24:07: <Tits> The Ditu's once great body was scatted into shards
14:24:12: <Tits> Which became man
14:24:37: <Tits> And the mind of him was trapped in a form of greater human
14:26:11: <Tits> And was condemned to eternally reincarnate until all reality is dominion
14:26:48: <Tits> His brothers however were also thrown into their own exiles
14:27:06: <Vespia> Hmm...
14:27:13: <Vespia> The other shards
14:27:29: <Tits> They lack the consciousness
14:27:40: <Vespia> Couldn't you rationalize that the largest shard became the Ditu, while the smaller weaker shards became the Akai?
14:27:50: <Tits> I imagine that was the case
14:28:01: <Vespia> This would grant the Ditu not just the right to rule, but the idea that he was the source of life for the Akai
14:28:17: <Vespia> Making his rule that of a father, and his actions only in defence of his children.
14:28:37: <Vespia> This would allow him a wide range of powers
14:28:44: <Vespia> Not just the divine right to rule.
14:28:49: <Tits> "The perfect shard, of which it was left untouched. He gave life to the lesser shards through his brilliance."
14:28:59: <Vespia> In the eyes of the Akai, the Ditu literally created them.
14:29:21: <Tits> hmm this is a good idea
14:29:49: <Tits> And peharps the Akai view those shards that were not ruled over by the Ditu as becoming the barbarians of the world
14:29:52: <Tits> uncivilised
14:29:57: <Vespia> The Ditu is God. The Ditu is Father and Mother. The Ditu is Immaculate Perfection.
14:30:17: <Vespia> What do you think?
14:30:31: <Tits> Ditu = god on soil literally
14:30:37: <Tits> So the first one is rather tautological
14:31:38: <Tits> The Ditu also is in possession of the thirteen monoliths
14:32:09: <Tits> Which are the representations of Waishangdi's will and contain the portals/bridges to the other worlds
14:32:30: <Tits> were the Brotherly Gods are trapped
14:32:37: <Tits> They look like 2001 style monoliths
14:32:46: <Tits> 12 of these are black and one white
14:32:51: <Tits> Well a golden white
14:33:07: <Tits> They are currently kept deep down in the vaults of Xungong
14:33:21: <Tits> Guarded by a monastic order of scholars
14:33:31: <Vespia> Dang man. Your religious lore is deeper than mine.
14:33:33: <Tits> Who dedicate their lives to keeping them isolated
14:34:04: <Tits> They cause madness for those who are unworthy and true enlightenment for those who are
14:34:23: <Tits> The Ditu visits them at least once in his life
14:34:33: <Tits> As a sort of test
14:35:11: <Tits> It is kinda why if you look at my flag there are thirteen rectangles (the monoliths) and the eye repersenting enlightenment. It is why the Lazins took it at their sigil.
14:35:17: <Tits> An occult ritual.
14:35:51: <Vespia> I can't imagine how long you put all this together.
14:35:53: <Vespia> It's deep.
14:36:12: <Vespia> I usually create images, and then create meanings for them afterward.
14:36:31: <Vespia> You just came in like and OG and willed everything to be as you wished.
14:36:34: <Vespia> Kudos.
14:38:42: <Tits> Inspiration is the hell of a durg
14:38:43: <Tits> *drug
14:38:51: <Vespia> lol
14:39:07: <Tits> most of it was done a few years ago
14:39:14: <Tits> With a few amendments over time
14:40:11: <Tits> It sort of evolved into existence
14:40:27: <Tits> Hulang hasn't been in the presence of the monoliths just yet
14:53:11: <Tits> Baiqiang is different to Tiandao Jiao in one area and that is that it declares the Lazins to be the true Ditu's of Akai and that from their line the Shangditu or the Supreme God on Earth shall emerge
14:54:09: <Vespia> Hmm. Religious denominations with clear differences on doctrine? You've set a high bar Tits.
14:54:34: <Tits> High bar for what?
14:55:42: <Vespia> Deep lore
14:57:48: <Tits> Ah
15:00:09: <Tits> Essentially the Shangditu would ensure the perfect tutelage for his subjects and would achieve civilisation
15:00:16: <Tits> enlightenment