Rósteinot
Rósteinot is the primary faith of the western Mountain Dwarves, the most far-ranging of any dwarven subculture. While Rósteinot acknowledges several of the deities of the surrounding Samsaric faiths, it diverges in its backing mythology. The Rósteinot believe that the gods are immortal and undying, and that mortals cannot be deified. However, they agree that the gods are fighting an eternal war against the spawn of Tsēwumat and Ayimzûgud. Tsēwumat, who is the mother figure of the pantheon but consorted with the demon god Ayimzûgud to overthrow her husband and plunge the world into darkness. Thus, she forsook her duties and was driven mad; and her children and their children fight against her and her demon spawn to this day.
The dwarves believe that after the sun god Anūr was slain by Ayimzûgud, the world was plunged into darkness and nearly life driven to extinction, the remaining gods hanging on by a thread. However, two deities, the Mother of Stone, and Father of Rock, prevailed in their mountain strongholds, where they crafted a new race- the dwarves. Grown and hewn from rock, the dwarves were the first rejection of the power of Ayimzûgud, and their survival gave the deities hope and worshippers. Uniting behind the Mother of Stone, and Father of Rock, who became joint inheritors of the Divine Throne, the gods drove the foul Tsēwumat and Ayimzûgud, as well as their dark spawn, into the shadow realm, trapping them. Athough the surface world was reclaimed, the dwarves remained close to the heart of the divine monarchs, and while other races would populate the surface realm, the dwarves alone were favored by the divine monarchs.
Rósteinot believers argue that their portion of Samsaric mythology was purposefully removed by humans in order to justify their own false superiority, as another race being favored by the divine monarchs would weaken their authority. They claim that perhaps this move was influenced by Ayimzûgud in order to divide the races of the world and further his dark plans from exile, and that arrival of Rakkaz the Black and the subsequent pogroms of dwarves were certainly engineered by Ayimzûgud. Though most Rósteinot have since forgiven humanity for their supposed sins (especially those of the south, who weren't affected by pogroms) they certainly maintain an air of superiority and unshakeable faith.
While the other gods do hold places of prominence within Rósteinot, the faithful acknowledge that their holy sites largely lay in the lands of other peoples. Since most dwarves continue to live within the mountains, these sights are only rarely visited, generally only seen by traders and merchants or the minority living among humanity. However, when a nation wishes to build sites of worship for gods they share with the region's dwarves, they often contract dwarven architects, who are more than happy to be paid to both upcharge and build a statue or church dedicated to their gods.
The dwarves believe that after the sun god Anūr was slain by Ayimzûgud, the world was plunged into darkness and nearly life driven to extinction, the remaining gods hanging on by a thread. However, two deities, the Mother of Stone, and Father of Rock, prevailed in their mountain strongholds, where they crafted a new race- the dwarves. Grown and hewn from rock, the dwarves were the first rejection of the power of Ayimzûgud, and their survival gave the deities hope and worshippers. Uniting behind the Mother of Stone, and Father of Rock, who became joint inheritors of the Divine Throne, the gods drove the foul Tsēwumat and Ayimzûgud, as well as their dark spawn, into the shadow realm, trapping them. Athough the surface world was reclaimed, the dwarves remained close to the heart of the divine monarchs, and while other races would populate the surface realm, the dwarves alone were favored by the divine monarchs.
Rósteinot believers argue that their portion of Samsaric mythology was purposefully removed by humans in order to justify their own false superiority, as another race being favored by the divine monarchs would weaken their authority. They claim that perhaps this move was influenced by Ayimzûgud in order to divide the races of the world and further his dark plans from exile, and that arrival of Rakkaz the Black and the subsequent pogroms of dwarves were certainly engineered by Ayimzûgud. Though most Rósteinot have since forgiven humanity for their supposed sins (especially those of the south, who weren't affected by pogroms) they certainly maintain an air of superiority and unshakeable faith.
While the other gods do hold places of prominence within Rósteinot, the faithful acknowledge that their holy sites largely lay in the lands of other peoples. Since most dwarves continue to live within the mountains, these sights are only rarely visited, generally only seen by traders and merchants or the minority living among humanity. However, when a nation wishes to build sites of worship for gods they share with the region's dwarves, they often contract dwarven architects, who are more than happy to be paid to both upcharge and build a statue or church dedicated to their gods.
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