Snail People of Uod

The White Book The White Book is the central religious text of the Mindat. A thousand years ago, Mindat sorcerors evoked their deities into corporeal form and ritually slayed them, using their energies to power great magicks. They see themselves as free of "slavery" to extra-planar beings seek to harness their powers within. The White Book is a guide to this process. It has never been adequately translated out of the Mindat language, and while quoted frequently, is never read aloud. It describes a process and trails of harnessing one's soul, which is called "walking the labyrinth". The book itself is bound in white leather and is upwards of 400 pages. Many of the pages, or parts of the pages are left blank to be filled in by the adherent recording his progress or completing exercises.

Utan the Destroyer, Patriarch of the Heteri Pantheon, and God of Warfare, Power, and Death. "A Feast to my enemies!" Utan is a God to the Gods. He destroyed the Old Gods, freeing the Heteri people, giving birth to the rest of the pantheon. All the other gods are considered his slaves. Legend has it that Utan was the first chief of the Heteri people and slew the elder gods, gaining immortality by feasting on their blood and flesh. He raised up his brothers and sisters, chiefs of the Heteri tribes to rule along side him as gods. He learned the secrets of warfare, herding and animal husbandry and taught them to the Heteri people. In honour of this event, the day of spring, Heteri communities hold a great feast in Utans honour, sacrificing a capture enemy warrior in a funeral pyre. But first, his blood is drained and mixed in casks of ale and wine for all to drink. There are no true temples or priests of Utan. The Heteri people recognize his as the greatest of gods, but realize...

Thedine & The Society of the Black Earth Origin Nature: Sentient The Church sees Thedine as a sentient being with a stern,but even personality and a motivation in the best interest of all mankind. This is not to be confused with love or compassion, as Thedine has little patience for apathy or sloth. Followers speak of betraying the trust or duty of Thedine, but not of Thedine's duty to them. Origin Form: Entity Thedine is iconified as a blank faced elderly man. His eyes are always prominent, but no other facial features are depicted. Thedine is said to dwell upon a subterranean throne, but all devotees see this  as metaphorical, and understand his true presence to extra-dimensional. Origin Genesis: Created/Inherent Although the creation of the spirit Thedine in this sphere is well documented in Chlendi spiritualist lore, the High Argaevalignian Church of Thedine maintains that the world was created through the sweat and blood of Thedine the Eternal....