#metria

Jose and Metria!

Metria is very excited for him, now that he has his prosthetic and it works underwater.

Nominally, the dominant faith of Ues is Sohnism: a monotheistic religion with its start in the coastal city-state of Metria. Over the course of thousands of years, and a fair number of holy wars during the early days of duchies and kingdoms, Sohnism spread along the Midland Sea, and from there both north and south to almost completely saturate the continent. To put it simply, Sohnists believe that the sun itself is some form of deity, and that it takes a direct role in the affairs of the inhabitants of Creation. 

Now, you might have noticed that Sohnism is nominally the dominant faith. I say that because while most people are Sohnists, not everyone is the same kind of Sohnist. Over the course of history, Sohnism has splintered into over a dozen varieties, some so wildly different that it’s difficult to imagine they came from the same base.

For reference, the original form of Sohnism, sometimes called Old Sohnism or Traditional Sohnism, is still practiced in Metria and its colonies. In this form, the sun is an all-seeing, all-knowing god who directs Humans with messages in their sleep, then watches them during the day to see who understands his words, and who acts on them. Those who consistently do are welcomed to his solar paradise when they die, while those who understand his words and refuse to act are forever damned to wander the cold blackness of space, eventually becoming the stars we see at night. There’s a saying in Metria that out of the entire population, only one Metratic person per day will understand and act on Sohn’s words spoken to them the night before. A lightly more cynical version of this saying continued by claiming that the head of the High Priest of Metria has never been that person.

Aquiland follows what is known as Reformist Sohnism, which developed as a way to integrate modern knowledge of the sun and the rest of the sciences into the religion. In Reforming Sohnism, the sun is a conduit through which Sohn views Creation. They still believe that Sohn sends them messages in their dreams, but in this case these messages are more of tests to see who is ready for the responsibility of following his orders. Those who understand and don’t act aren’t considered damned, but instead simply unready. While Reformist Sohnism started in Xerstra, it quickly spread to the Kingdom of Aquiland and its vassals, and remained the dominant religion there after the revolution.

Shapechangers, by and large, do not believe in Sohnism. In fact, most are agnostic. This is due to two factors: the feral, pre-colonialism Shapechangers weren’t civilized enough to consider an organized religion; and no Uesean religion explicitly covers the existence of Shapechangers . Some apply labels to them as Demons or Spirits, but these depictions are hardly flattering. Shapechangers did learn one important fact from organized religion, though.

Hi yes @bittybattybunny‘s Little Contractor AU is still wonderful and I really like it.

So here’s more fanart, but now featuring OCs!! Because lord forbid I don’t add my OCs to EVERYTHING I LOVE Click for comments on desktop

Snatcher gets to meet Metria the Mer-Whale - who is A++ best waifu material. Sorry Arulius. You will never not be short compared to her. Just take the L.  

Hattie gets to meet her too, and her “nephew”, Jose, my resident one armed sass machine (who i have deaged to about 10 from his even sassier 15 because Hattie can always use a friend) 

Mermay is a time for Merhugs! 

Size refs for my babies! 

Metria is just.... #wifegoals