Verses from the Dawn of Time
Within the Orkina religion, the Rekrabia tells the story of the world's creation and the Ancient Gods who would mold the world into what it is today. The Rekrabia is the first book in the Enlightening Texts, a collection of books used to foster a deeper understanding of the Ancient Gods and the world they created. The book was written after the founding of the Orkina Temple, being completed in 3624 AE.
Those looking to fully understand the nature of the Ancient Gods will begin their journey by reading this book and drawing their interpretation of the story they just read. From there, the pilgrim will embark on a long pilgrimage across the entire continent of Stelwen to further their understanding of the gods, culminating in the pilgrim developing their thesis on the Ancient Gods and selecting their patron gods.
Foreign Legacy
For the longest time, the Rekrabia served its role within the Roctane religion and circulated among its followers. With Stelwen being relatively isolated from the rest of the world before Serra Dreddar rise to power, getting a copy of the book was quite difficult. However, after the founding of Derraken, foreigners had an easy way into Stelwen for the first time in years. From here, the book first circulated among scholars and historians who eagerly studied it as their first proper look into the mythology of the Roctane.
Despite being a religious text, the Rekrabia cultivated an audience who enjoyed the book as a piece of literature despite its religious undertones. The book's circulation outside of Stelwen was the catalyst for Roctane mythology's boom in popularity among novelists and artists. Among these works of art is Otake Kitamura's Rekrabian Chronicles, a rewriting of the Rekrabia that draws away from the book's religious origins while telling the same story as the original. While the popularity of Orkina mythology among foreign artists who separate their gods from their faith has been seen as disrespectful to some Orkina faithful, more progressive followers have embraced it. Furthermore, the open to interpretation nature of the faith, particularly regarding the Ancient Gods themselves, means outsiders learning about them and using them as a means of expressing themselves is seen as perfectly in line with Orkina traditions.
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