Valkur

Valkuryte doctrine taught that nothing made one more alive than struggling against the forces of nature and that no feeling could surpass standing upon the deck of a ship, feeling it rock upon the waves of the sea and the spray of wind and water against one's face. It was a philosophy of taking chances and pushing the boundaries of possibility, both for the exhilaration and the betterment of humankind. Valkur's dogma actually deprioritized loyalty to Valkur himself; it was discouraged to always rely on Valkur to remove dangers, coddling that would only lead to stagnation. One's shipmates, the people they most held dear, were those whom they owed their first loyalties, and second to them was the vessel upon which they sailed the seas. After crew and ship, devotion was owed to Valkur himself, for it was he who protected all that took to the waves.