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*[[Black Monk Monastery|Bank of the Black Monks of Saint Herod]] the bankers: only the righteous walk the Path of Debt! | *[[Black Monk Monastery|Bank of the Black Monks of Saint Herod]] the bankers: only the righteous walk the Path of Debt! | ||
| + | :Visitors may be privileged to witness some of their rituals, such as the enhancement of Holy Fuel. | ||
*Whilst the original [[Dictators OXP]] only features agricultural junta and technological imperial versions, there is also the theocratic [[Church of the Holy Witchspace Guard]] which Montana05 is developing as a third version of Dictatorship. | *Whilst the original [[Dictators OXP]] only features agricultural junta and technological imperial versions, there is also the theocratic [[Church of the Holy Witchspace Guard]] which Montana05 is developing as a third version of Dictatorship. | ||
*'''Church of the Cosmic Wanderer''' - a place to visit on the orbital stations in the [[Life in the Frontier]].oxp | *'''Church of the Cosmic Wanderer''' - a place to visit on the orbital stations in the [[Life in the Frontier]].oxp | ||
Revision as of 04:18, 17 November 2021
Religion in Oolite is found in the Lore and the OXPs.
Lore from the Canon
- The Dark Wheel has references to Randomius Factoria (chapter 3).
Lore from outside the Canon
- The Rough Guide to the Ooniverse mentions the following:
- Aesbion (Rough Guide) was home to the God-Emperor who ruled during the Imperial Era from the Exalted City, close to the Cathedral of Winds
- Aronar (Rough Guide) is home to fervent Giles worshippers, who are yet fervid gamblers!
- Reorte (Rough Guide) is an ever-changing theocracy with new gods being invented daily
- Tianve (Rough Guide) has devotees to the Pulsar God Tiaxus, who can be propositioned to delay his Sunrage.
- Schism by Drew Wagar describes religion on a Generation Ship.
- Ascension by Drew Wagar describes religion on a low technology world
Recent Additions
- Church of Giles the Creator
- Sector1/Tibecea - see fiction at end
- Zarece (Rough Guide) - minor snippets
OXPs
- Tionisla Orbital Graveyard features a variety of religious symbols depicted on their monuments: crucifixes, stars of David, menhirs etc.
- Missionaries OXP (Dr Nil 2006) gives us four varieties:
- Happy Eye preachers
- CGC (Church of Giles the Creator) missionaries
- Witchspace Lobster worshippers
- Zenarchy monks.
- Comments in the BB threads by Dr Nil et al:
- The Church of Giles the Creator are orthodox creationists. Monotheistic and dogmatic. CGC is quite old and very influential.
- Witchspace Lobster Worship is Oolite animism. Classified as primitive superstition by CGC and the rest of the establishment. They seem to worship totems in the form of crudely fashioned elongated asteroids.
- What's The Happy Eye? Don't know. Brainwashed smiling faces offering their pamphlets at spaceports and on stations? They look happy. A new age sect? They claim to be the fastest growing spiritual franchise in the Ooniverse.
- Ebortsa's lucky charm is a by-product of Gilean demonology
- Hognose - includes obnoxious lobster missionaries
- Interstellar Tweaks - includes crusading lobster missionaries
- Bank of the Black Monks of Saint Herod the bankers: only the righteous walk the Path of Debt!
- Visitors may be privileged to witness some of their rituals, such as the enhancement of Holy Fuel.
- Whilst the original Dictators OXP only features agricultural junta and technological imperial versions, there is also the theocratic Church of the Holy Witchspace Guard which Montana05 is developing as a third version of Dictatorship.
- Church of the Cosmic Wanderer - a place to visit on the orbital stations in the Life in the Frontier.oxp
Links
- A moment of existential angst (2010)
- Lore for the importance of canon and its definition
- Why do NPCs travel from the station to the witchpoint beacon to hyper-jump? (2021)
- Captain Hesperus and the war-god Ooyookallinphat (2008)
- UK census - Jedi still seventh most popular religion (2012) Views of some of the veteran ooliters on religion
