The Prophets

The Prophets The foundation of the Askiran religion, like many theological doctrines around the world, is based on the concept of a supremely potent being or beings that wield the power of creation or destruction over the lives of their followers. The Askira refer to their Gods as the Prophets. According to the Askira's ancient texts, they reside in the stars; in a place the Askira call The Celestial Temple.

Askiran theology first took on its modern form five thousand years ago, when a strange object appeared in the sky of Askira. The Askira named this object – and the four others that arrived one by one each millennium thereafter – Orbs or Tears of the Prophets. They believed the Orbs were sent by the Prophets to guide their lives and help them live in enlightened harmony with the universe. Each Orb possess a different characteristic; some are apparently able to alter the flow of causality and time around them, while others manifest hallucinatory images and visions known as Orb shadows. During the Askiran Persiben Heresy the Orbs where hidden away within the vaults of the Vedek Assembly. To this date they have only been released during times of great turmoil and strife in the world. The Prophets themselves are considered to be spiritual beings, whose purpose is to dispense wisdom and tutelage to all Mankind. With their guidance, and the interpretation of the Orbs by the Kai, the Askira are strong in their beliefs. The existence of the Prophets has not been a completely benign one, Askiran texts and contact with the Gods, indicates that at some point in the past a conflict ensued in the Celestial Temple, against the True Prophets and their dissenters over power. Apparently unable to resolve their differences, the Prophets expelled the dissenters among them, forcibly ejecting them out of the Celestial Temple and exiling them to the Fire Caves, in Askira. These outcasts are feared as the False Gods by the Askira, and are known as the Pah-Wraiths.