A Comprehensive Guide to the Noctees: Beliefs · 8:19pm Mar 9th, 2015
Noctees have almost as manydifferent deities as Nightmancer families there are, each one representing a night in particular, like the patrons or saints in popular culture, but what is always present in every Noctees' pantheon is the presence of a deity named Naqesis, the protector of the Noctees and the goddess of the Night itself. She is supposed to guard the Spirit of Shade, which is believed to be the source of Nightmancer's powers.
The exact details to the cult of Naqesis and/or any other patron are shrouded in mystery. All families are very protective of their holy places, and their religious rites are held behind closed doors. Investigations for this same purpose have only casted poor results, and the Lunar Coven is not any better since all Thestrals had turned to Alicornism over time. Only the most ancient libraries have something similar to a record about their past ways of worshiping, and even then it's still not formal enough to assume its accuracy. The only reliable fact that could be extract from passing through endless piles of hoofscripts is that Naqesis, apparently, has a brother, named Eion, who represents the day, protector of the barbaric race of the Valkytes (to learn more about them read A Comprehensive Guide to Valkyte Society), and what can be related to be a son or nephew, Baxdur, the eclipse, who is supposed to inherit the world after Eion and Naqesis' demise.
It's not known whats the actual relation that hold these brothers and descendant, neither the myths that portrait it, but amidst the few gathered data about them lies the general view that while Naqesis is a wise and comprehensive goddess, yet whimsical as the aspect of magic that she represents, Eion, her brother, is a proud and warring god, more prone to physical confrontation, responsible of watching over something vaguely referred to as the Spirit of Aggression. Although they may have their differences, both of them are referenced to be opposing parts of an equilibrium, one not having more power than the other in order to preserve the world as we know it. This is where enters their descendant, or "inheritor" enters the equation.
While Naqesis and Eion are portrayed as opposing yet benevolent gods, Baxdur is always alluded in every script with fear and repulse. It's mentioned that he is the guardian a secret race that have lived between us unnoticed to this day, but what people would worship him, or how does they do it is even more fragmentary and unavailable than the few facts that could be found about his uncles. Even his actual gender remains a mystery, though its debated wether if he has one or he is androgynous. The only believable enough fact about him, because is the only one that never varies, is that he is an evil god, with the magical powers of Naqesis and the violent attitude of Eion, willing to overthrow his elders and bring about the end of times that only by the efforts of his two relatives, and perhaps peoples, hasn't come yet.
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