Omna Aldhwehnja

Omna Aldhwehnja is a druidic religion native to the northlands of Beogar as well as the Achennan people of the Ulsterlands. It has mostly died out by this time, but many of its tenets and rituals have survived in various druidic circles.

Mythology & Lore

The major creation myth of the Omna Aldhwehnja was the Omna Vanoradhe. As such, they worshipped the eight fey lords, Edhwernn, Thurwenn, Gildhwearn, Malorain, Auregain, Ardhwil, Gwennaceal, and Ceawlbadh as more minor gods of a sort, while their major focuses of worship were Vanor and Gildhanor, the two trees. One of the earth and one of the fae, one to give life and one to give power.
While these beings are described here as gods, this is not entirely accurate, as they were less seen as powerful deities and more as beings of great power and import to be revered and respected. The religion also features much less mythology than is normally found in polytheistic religions due to the fact that the eight fey lords were seen as dead and that Gildhanor and Vanor were intelligent, merciful, and incomprehensible natural forces.

Divine Origins

The origins of the Omna Aldhwehnja is a hotly debated topic in academic circles concerning this religion. This is partially due to the fact that, for much of their history, the Aldhaerian people utilized living trees and, later, wood tablets, as their favoured medium of writing. This has left a distinct lack of written records regarding their history or their religion.

Cosmological Views

The Omna Aldhwehnja actually mostly correctly described the cosmos. They said that the many realms lied within the stars, and that the great rivers flowed in the spaces between them. This is similar to reality, in which the different planes, or realms as the Omnian priests would call them, lie within the sea of stars, the astral sea, with powerful rivers directly connecting many of the different planes aside from their shared presence in the astral sea.

Priesthood

The Omnian priests were actually mighty druids who worshipped nature and the spirits within it. Different sects or orders of the priests were called circles, a practice that continues today with the naming conventions of druidic organizations. Unlike many of the priests of today, these priests did not wield clerical magic at all, instead drawing solely upon the power of the wild. They were also far more militaristic than the vast majority of modern priests, as the druids would usually lead the military forces of the local people.

Deities

• Gildhanor
• Vanor