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Death Priest Of the Grave Path


"Would you like to let the gods of the Grave Path into your Life?"

Personality

This stallion is a bit strange to say the least, but that might just be his religion which he finds completely normal. There is nothing strange at all about sacrifices and the like, drinking blood and providing the gods with stew and beer and the occasional drink of blood during wartime.

Azrael is a rather calm individual when tending to his garden and livestock, Containing Moles he domesticated himself. Being a Priest of the Buried god primarily and the Bleeding god during wartime is tough work. Even not in wartime the Bleeding god demands sacrifice, though not of enemy blood until then.

He can be a fierce fighter when provoked Azrael is an excellent hunter, he'd have to be in order to catch deer without fang or claw for the Bleeding God. Azrael is protector of their little plot. He protects both his sister and his friend Sbande.

Roleplay

Roleplay// Others involved // Herd // Age // Progress

Welcome Welcome// The Grave Path // Grave Path (Religious cult) // Adult // In Progress
How May I Serve you?// Calendula // Grave Path (Religious cult) // Adult // In Progress

My Life as a Teen

My Life as an Elder

Family Life

:[Family Tree]: xXx

:[Father]: "Lacuna" (Osteocyte) [Geyser Eelborn]
:[Mother]:: Lantana [Ice_Dragon_Demon]
:[Brothers]: Anopticyte [Geyser Eelborn], Hypophosphotasia [Twitchapher the 3rd], Cranium [Ice_Dragon_Demon] (From Osteocyte)

:[Sisters]: Duranta [Geyser Eelborn]

:[Nieces]: None
:[Nephews]: None

:[Mate]: None
:[Sons]: None
:[Daughters]: None

:[Daughters-in-Law]: None
:[Sons-in-Law]: None

:[Grandsons]: None
:[Granddaughters]: None

Notes

The Grave Path is a religion that worships…well, death. It consists of the eight Gods of the Living and the eight Ladies of the Dead. Each god is a god of some aspect of some part of the natural world, and each goddess is the psychopomp for the dead. The gods take care of the living, while the goddesses prepare the dead for reincarnation back into the living world.

Each pair of deities has a specific drink and meat dish that is consumed at their ceremonies (prepared or consumed with herbal compounds making it easier to digest the meat; members of the Grave Path may grow used to consuming meat if they do it regularly enough). However, each deity has their own sacrifice. At ceremonies, the food and drink of the god is consumed and a sacrifice is made to summon the god or invoke them. Gods may be communed or communicated with at these ceremonies. Priests and priestesses often double as healers, witches, or warlocks, and may serve specific gods or many or all of them.

-Following a defeat in battle, a quick and furtive ceremony to Madame Web is held. For this reason, priests and priestesses of the Captive God and Madame Web often keep extra stores of their food and drink of choice. The food is usually consumed on the go. She requires no sacrifice, for she is assumed to be everywhere.

They keep the skulls of their dead comrades in the hopes that it will cause them to be reincarnated back into the family.

"The skulls of deceased members of the religion are kept by their family in hopes that they are reincarnated into their family. These skulls are venerated and decorated at private altars in the home. The skulls of great leaders, such as the founder of their religion, are kept at their original temple. Each new settlement sets aside an altar for their founder’s skull."

In colder climates where winters are longer or more brutal, there is a variation on the religion called the Wintry Grave. Two extra deities are added: the Frozen God and Madame Ice. Their preferred food is steak and preferred drink is vodka (in this variation, the Storm-Struck God and Madame Lightning prefer mead), with lynx and owl sacrifices respectively. A ceremony for the Frozen God begins the winter season, and a ceremony for Madame Ice ends winter. As one would expect, weather priests of both variations get into flaming rows when they meet—inevitably when both are totally drunk.

The Drowned God
o Domain: Water
o Food: Chowder
o Drink: Rum
o Sacrifice: Sea birds

· The Burnt God
o Domain: Fire
o Food: Barbecue
o Drink: Whiskey
o Sacrifice: Salamanders

· The Buried God
§ The Buried God is the chief of the gods.
o Domain: Earth, land
o Food: Stew
o Drink: Beer
o Sacrifice: Moles

· The Poisoned God
§ The God of the Harvest (the Grave Path practices agriculture).
o Domain: Growth
o Food: Any dish made with venomous snake meat
o Drink: Wine
o Sacrifice: Crows or ravens

· The Bleeding God
§ Before battle, the Bleeding God is honored in a carnal ceremony. An enemy is captured before battle and is bled, sometimes to death, but not necessarily, and their blood is drunk by all of the warriors. Sometimes the captive’s flesh is consumed as well.
o Domain: War
o Food: Raw meat. Extra points if it’s cannibalism
o Drink: Blood
o Sacrifice: Deer

· The Storm-Struck God
o Domain: Weather
o Food: Fried food
o Drink: Vodka
o Sacrifice: Birds of prey

· The Captive God
§ The Captive God is the god not so much of the practice of slavery, so much as the slaves themselves. He is the god of freedom, hope, deliverance, fortitude, and strength. His rituals are usually performed quietly and tend to be subdued.
o Domain: Slavery
o Food: Sausages
o Drink: Tequila
o Sacrifice: Small birds such as sparrows or finches (something small that can be readily attained)

· The Tortured God
o Domain: Healing
o Food: Jerky
o Drink: Brandy
o Sacrifice: Rabbits

· Madame Wave
o Domain: those that died at sea or by tsunamis or other water-related deaths
o Sacrifice: Marine animals such as dolphins or fish

· Madame Flame
o Domain: those that died in a fire, volcanic eruption, or other heat-related incident, including fever or heat stroke
o Sacrifice: Robins

· Madam Grave
§ Madame Grave is the chief goddess and the eldest of the deities. She made the world from her spit.
o Domain: those that died of old age or in an earthquake, cave-in, etc.
o Sacrifice: Vultures (especially turkey vultures)

· Madame Venom
o Domain: those that were poisoned or died of food poisoning
o Sacrifice: Snakes (especially venomous ones)

· Madame Sword
§ Following a victory, Madame Sword is honored in another carnal ceremony in which the most highly honored warriors drink the blood of a sacrificed enemy captive (preferably high-ranking).
o Domain: those that died in war or battle
o Sacrifice: Enemy captives

· Madame Lightning
o Domain: those that died in a weather-related natural disaster
o Sacrifice: Frogs

· Madame Web
§ Following a defeat in battle, a quick and furtive ceremony to Madame Web is held. For this reason, priests and priestesses of the Captive God and Madame Web often keep extra stores of their food and drink of choice. The food is usually consumed on the go. She requires no sacrifice, for she is assumed to be everywhere.
o Domain: those that died in captivity
o Sacrifice: No sacrifice necessary

· Madame Torment
o Domain: those that died of illness or non-battle related injury
o Sacrifice: Lizards