--Religion--
Divination (Divins)
The true name for the Common religion, Divination, is the belief in the Third of Kibstolya’s founding tales. Divination believers often call themselves part of the Common religion, or don’t name themselves at all (since the belief is widely accepted as truth). The largest pillars of the Divins are the space tales, the belief in the body being dust of the soul, and the following of Kibsil. Worship is not mandatory, in fact, hardly any actual Divins spend significant amounts of time worshiping Kibsil, and instead simply agree with him for his existence to recreate the human species after the third time. Unfortunately, since Kibsil is not present in the system and vainly fighting Monarchy Battles far away, Divins don’t particularly revere him.
Tsi-xak
A denomination of the Common beliefs that are widespread in the Lowest South area, mainly Kicus, Kimins, and many Gaucors also participate in Tsi-xak traditions and celebrations. Tsiios celebrate Kibsil as their true ruler, often referring to their human kings as Monarch-gifted souls.
Regarding his time spent in the Monarchy Battles, Tsiios will inform you that he is fighting for his freedom, which, from their viewpoint, is quite a reasonable thing to do.
Xlua’tam - worshippers of the Yuxia-Mitje
An alternate denomination derived from the general Common beliefs. Transcribed from the Common Kibos personal pronouns and use of the word “you”, the Xlua’tam consider themselves the inner spirits and descendants of the monarch Rik’tjet, a distant acquaintance of the more commonly known monarch Kibsil. Rik’tjet, known to the Xlua’tam as the Empress Mother (Kibos: Yxia-Mitje /yuuhia michae/), is not only their goddess, subject of worship, but also their caretaker.
Xlua’tam reject the notion of Kibsil being the world’s creator, and rather, believe he is solely the world’s destructor. Kibsil is not respected or revered, instead, he is known as the Anti-life, (directly translating to “no child” — Pam’eyuha). Through this, Xlua’tam also believe that those identifying as Monarchs are evil, while others are gracious, warrior beings — called the Empresses. The religion is complete with complicatedly spectacular tales of Rik’tjet and her Empress’s Army conquering worlds destroyed by evil Monarchs, similar to the power-hungry and overconfident Kibsil.
The Xlua’tam are mainly confined to Alsnah, Manyx, and some parts of Abercia, but constant reports of Upper Southern groups immigrating to Pathway Northern cities have created a thriving Xlua’tam community in places like Cherlen in Magdefaire, and most notably, a rather large group that traveled to the city of Cocendi in the Sasdren region, many a hundred years previous.
Interestingly, the Xlua’tam do not possess a specific story of creation — they believe the world was spun by the Universe’s Empresses at some point, and the Empresses were spun from stars. Note the derivation of the Kibos word yxi, meaning star, directly transcribing to the word yxia, meaning empress. The Kibos word for Monarch is a sharp contrast both in sound and meaning — “ik’sep”, a heavily bilabial word.
While the Xlua’tam believe the world was weaved into existence by the Empresses, they don’t forget to mention, in their oral tale “the Will of Hers” — xlua saet, that the Monarchs were not created by the fierce Empresses, instead, remnants from a more violent time before.
Meitam - a manifestation of Common
Ma’ukot
Hasāna
Associated solely with the closed-off region Hasang, and the Hasangularian Theocracy, the Hasāna religion is one that is commonly touted as Kibstolya’s “biggest cult”.