Lorini faith

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  • Centered around worship of the Oracle and the Creators (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • First emerged and established by c.7500 BCE (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Fell out of prominence by 4000 BCE (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Returned to significance by 3600 BCE (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Developed on Yonada under domination of the Oracle and the priest caste, but continued upon settlement on Lorina (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Lead by a High Priestess (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Creators
    • Pantheon of divinities originally inspired by historical figures on Fabrina (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Vari the Mighty (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Lead figure amongst the Creators (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Father figure (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Derived from Tomaneru Vari, head of the Yonada project (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Baima the Wise (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Dedi the Questioner (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • The youngest of the Creators (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Miura the Farmer (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Sustains both body and soul (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Nalai the Midwife (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Nidra (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Antagonist figure, but also source of fire and light (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Derived from Ganidra, Fabrina's primary star (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Tilu the Source (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Brought forth earth and ice from the heavens (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
      • Significant deity of the Fabrini religion prior to exodus (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Oracle
    • Established from the tradition of the Oracle of the faith of Tilu in the Fabrina faith (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Viewed by some sects as a tool of the Creators, the tool they used to enact their will (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Other sects viewed the Oracle as the living embodiment of the Creators, their will manifest physically (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Some religious sects focus exclusively on the Book of the People, while others additionally incorporate oral traditions built about the Oracle and Creators (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)