Shield of Death Gospel

Traditionally, dwarven religious doctrine connects the Dwammar to the domains of Life, War, and the Forge. Death is rarely mentioned in their holy texts, save for when the dwarven afterlife is described.
When a dwarf dies, funeral sacraments are held by both priests of Thyris and priests of the Dwammar. There is however a sacred book, the Shchit Yevangeliya Smerti, or Shield of Death Gospel. In it, it is described how the Dwammar are not only champions and preservers of Life, but also the safeguards of Sacred Death.
More specifically, this gospel proclaims the covenant the Dwammar made with primal spirits of death, and through them the covenant made with mortal dwarves. In other words, the Dwammar pledged to cooperate with primal spirits in order to protect dwarven souls and secure safe passage to the afterlife.
If this gospel is genuine, then this means dwarves need not rely on Thyris for a blessed death. The gospel however was deemed apocryphal, and not currently accepted doctrine. The reason for this can be found when the new era was forged, after the Fall of the Varn. As the Varn ruled over Erdos, the Dwammar were unable to influence dwarven souls. Furthermore, the gospel suggests a collaboration of the Dwamar with the primal spirits of the Old Faith. This was seen as weakness—surely if the Dwamar held domain over death, they need not rely on anything other than their own divine power.
A concession was thus made, and the Shield of Death Gospel was removed from the Cannon.
Were it to be recognized again, the possibility of a Dwammar cleric of the Grave Domain becomes a reality.
However, the gospel has often be misrepresented and missinterpeted. Partially due to ignorance, and partially due to deliberate slandering. In the eyes of some of the faithful, the Shield of Death Gospel represents the evil Death domain, and those who accept it, as necromancers.

Type

Text, Religious

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Paper