The Words of Driisar

Words of Driisar
Leader(s)	The Hand of Driisar
Scripture	The Four Verses
Deity/Deities	Driisar (The Mother), Jarocin, Ithenne, Sennow, Amrothis, Vosk
Theology	Polytheistic / Dragon-centric creationism focused on individual purpose and "The Long Fading"
Religious Practices	The Speaking, The Rite of Naming, The Last Naming
Associated Nations	Covenant of Grusaak
Age (Lore)	[Missing FoundedYearLore]
Founded (Lore)	[Missing FoundedYearLore]
Founded (Real Life)	21/08/26 (74 days old)
Status	Regional

Overview

The Words of Driisar is religion that follows a white dragon (also called "the mother" or Driisar) believed to have shaped the world alongside a handful of other Dragons before vanishing without explanation, taking with her the knowledge of why every race and soul was created. Her followers live by four verses she left behind, all urging them to seek and speak their purpose aloud, since without the Dragons a soul no longer returns to her after death but instead slowly fades into nothing. this is the official and main religion of the covenant of Grusaak, followers of Driisar do not show there faith through rituals but more through actions showcasing there purpose.

Beliefs

The Doctrine of Purpose

Those who believe in the words believe that Driisar, or The Mother, is one of the Dragons from eons ago that created the world. We believe there were 4 seasons of creation, “The Spring of Creation”, which was the creation of the universe then “The Summer of Creation”, which was the creation of the world, followed by “The Autumn of Creation”, which was the creation of life, and finally “The Winter of Creation”, which was the disappearance and loss of Driisar and the rest of the Dragons with no explanation ever left apart from stories spread down through generations.

Followers believe that all races were created by Driisar as one piece of a bigger whole, but during the Winter of Creation, the knowledge of their purpose when Driisar and the Dragons vanished at the end of the Autumn of Creation, they did not simply leave they took the knowledge of why we were made with them. Every race, every bloodline, every soul was shaped for a reason. That reason was not destroyed. It was scattered and lost. Many believe that to find the purpose of their creation would bring back the Dragons, and thus the Summer of Creation, and that they would be greatly rewarded. All followers and subranches of the religion have there own ways to try and appease Driisar and bring about her return whether it being by fighting, sacrificial offerings or peace there are many sub groups who believe in different ways to bring about her return one of the main reasons for pursuing this is also because many believers also believe that we had angered or disappointed them and that is why they left so we should act in a way that they should want which is where the words of Driisar come from, after her departure it is believed that she left behind 4 verses which also equivalent to the 4 seasons of creation.

The Verses

“The Verse of Spring”: "Ask the Mother's question of yourself before another asks it of you."

“The Verse of Summer”:"Purpose unspoken is purpose wasted speak it, and let the Mother witness."

“The Verse of Autumn”: "We were shaped last because we were meant to finish something."

“The Verse of Winter” "You were not made whole alone seek the fragment you were not given."

These verses are what all followers stand by there is some contention between believers of what some of them actually mean but they all follow these verses in some way.

Cosmology

From every old story it is described there was more then just Driisar, some forgotten some still remembered but never being as important as driisar but there being two types of dragons, lesser dragon and greater dragons the greater dragons has immense impact on the world and was usually had there own major contributions while the lesser ones had very little impact though all dragons share the same disappearance all disappeared at the same time below is the description of all the greater dragons.

One of them being Jarocin The Shaper of Bone and Root Squat and heavy bodied, built low to the ground with thick gnarled scales coloured the same colours you would see on bark and riverbanks a dirty brown in every description with Jarocin having shaped alot of the known world.

Another dragon being Ithenne, The Namer of Waters Long she was eel like more serpent than traditional dragon scaled in shifting blues and greys that were said to change with the water she moved through she had shaped how the waves moved where the currents went and what secrets the water holds.

Sennow, The Binder of Breath, was pale and smaller then alot of the other dragons gave breath and thought to the mortal races during the Autumn of Creation working alone and without any ceremony no myth claims to know why only that it was done last and done carefully.

Amrothis, The Kindler was remembered as burning faintly along the edges even at rest and had copper coloured scales and was considered the eldest of the greater Dragons besides Driisar in most versions. Amrothis had shaped flames and filled the center of the earth with magma, they say that volcanic eruptions are somehow connected to him like its his own way of punishing us for not pleasing him.

Vosk, The Voice Beneath, was rarely described at all in the old stories what survives paints him as dark almost black. stone grey ,small eyed and blind or near enough, dwelling in caves less known but is often one of the main dragons spoken about by kobold deepfolk member so of the religion who calls themselves as being created him his vision.

Driisar was described across every surviving fragment of the old stories as white but not like bone or snow but something closer to a pearl, or light, a white that seemed to hold a faint shimmer of every other color without ever settling into one. her scales are said to have been small and tightly overlapping near her face and throat, growing larger and more square like down her spine, catching light like the underside of a wave. Driisar is remembered as unsettlingly gentle in shape. Her head is narrow and small in proportion the rest of her body more bird than reptile with a delicate curve to the brow that storytellers describe as giving her a permanently soft and almost sorrowful expression. Her eyes are the one place color is allowed to break through the white a bright blue, almost like diamonds. her wings are just continuations of her scaled body smooth and armoured like the rest of her it catches the same shimmering but not quite as white as her scales.the motion in which they move is is in a slow wide unhurried beats more like something breathing than something flying. She's never described as radiant or blinding the way a lesser storyteller might reach for with a "divine white dragon." Instead the emphasis is always on softness an approachable, almost maternal presence, which is why "The Mother" became her more common name among followers even more than "Driisar" itself in casual worship.

Life after death

Followers believe that when the Dragons still walked the world when a soul returned to Driisar it was folded back into the great pattern of creation given form again, given purpose again, spent again on something that mattered. Death was not an ending but a return.

After the Winter of Creation, that promise broke. Without Driisar to receive them, souls are believed to linger dissolving into nothing over years or centuries. It is called “The long fading” by followers

It explains why believers try and bring about the return of driisar with such urgency and why there is so much focus around having a “purpose”

Culture

Worship

The Speaking: The speaking is a yearly event where followers of Driisar in a communal worship congregation style, where believers publicly declare their purpose or life's work or even something minor done to appease Driisar aloud to be "witnessed." Refusing to ever Speak is considered spiritually dangerous and unspoken purpose can't be found, let alone fulfilled.

The Rite of Naming: Before any hunt, battle, forging, or birth, a follower speaks their intention aloud to Driisar by name, not as a request for blessing, but as a declaration. The Gods are gone but the act of naming one's purpose out loud is believed to be the closest thing left to being seen by them.

The Last Naming: Since the soul is believed to wither rather than return to Driisar, funerals are not about comforting the dead its about recognising there purpose. During the funeral friends, family loved ones all mention the deeds they had done in the name of Driisar and they are forever remembered by a tree being planted on there place of death. The body itself is burned, never buried

Leadership

Priesthood (The Hollowed)

The hollowed act as the priests within the religion it isnt rank based and all hollowed share the same power, they organise and lead speakings, and both the rite of naming and the last naming. The hollowed aren’t cloistered they live embedded in the community they serve, often still working a trade alongside their duties. They often are alot more charitable and are seen helping out older people to fulfil there purposes.

Usually to become a hollowed a young believer would attaches themselves to an existing hollowed, sometimes for years as a follower. They watch every asking, every speaking, every finishing, every last naming and also follows them during basic hollowed duties but aren't permitted to lead any of them. Followers are expected to keep working an ordinary trade during this time and the faith is wary of anyone who wants priesthood as an escape from labor rather than an addition to it.

The Hand of Driisar

The hand of Driisar is the leader of the religion and the Covenant of Grusaak, The Hand of Driisars only job within the religion is to handle decisions that would effect the whole religion and all final verdicts fall to the hand of Driisar the and Hand of Driisar is decided via trial by combat

View of other religions

Negative view of other religions but not one of hostility, while willing to listen to the views of other religions and see what they think will be less likely to accept them as an actual religion and having a genuine existance