Molianism is a religion that began in The Selfless Crowd under the reign of King Joren von Loudstammer XXIII around the year 1350, back when the Selfless Crowd was a monarchy and was then known as Saarbnaieraenioau (pronounced Sar-bear-AN-oh). A combination of various Apocalyptic mystery cults, animism, and vernacular superstitious practices, Molianism was a key force in defining what would later become known as the Selfless Crowd's identity, and even brought about the first period of mass anarchy in the Selfless Crowd's history.

Tenets

Molianism is centered around the belief that an angel who only revealed himself as "Molian" (hence the name of the religion itself) possessed a human being named Faarengaard after he had found one of his prized pigs in the mouth of a giant white wolf by its leg. According to the Molianist Epic "Faarengaard Molianarat", Faarengaard wrestled the white wolf for seven days to save his pig. Losing his pig, Faarengaard slew the wolf with an ax, and went mad, allegedly while Molian penetrated his mind. Emerging from the forest as the angel Molian, Faarengaard passed on esoteric knowledge of when the Apocalypse would arrive and how to a set of thirteen men and their wives known as the Molianariat. To the general population, however, Faarengaard/Molian said that "eternal glory shall be thine in the eyes of Molian if thou liveth, breatheth, and dieth for thy Molianariat". Faarengaard then disappeared into the forest again, never to return.

to be continued...