Talk:HELIOLATRY/Archive
Heliotary subpages
Hey folks, this page is getting pretty unwieldy-large at this point so I'd like to propose the moving of sect info to separate subpages. An infobox can be added to each so things like dates active, iconography, objects of worship or suchlike can be in one easy-to-look at box. A summary of each will remain on the main page.
A couple of headings suitable to most could also be added to each subpage, e.g. History (subheading for Season 11 Black Hole), sub-sects/divisions, relationships to other sects. If there's other subheadings you also feel would be suitable (even for just the one cult), please let me (Schazer) know on Discord. If there's no objections to the proposed change either here or on discord, I can make sure to implement any special requests while shuffling text around onto different subpages.
New splinterings following Sol's collapse
A list of minor sects that arose following the collapse of the Sun, the swallowing of the moon, and the rise of Sun 2. These would ideally be described/their circumstance explained in just one sentence, with the opportunity remaining for someone to pick one up, run with it, and make a whole new subpage.
- HELLIOATRY (worships the Hellmouth instead)
- HELIOLATRY (cult of spelling things correctly)
- HELIOATRY 2 (normal helioatry, but with a 2 appended to everything cuz we're worshipping Sun 2)
Sunbeamaratinga (talk) 10:38, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
The Voidlings
Wrote a small blurb for a new sect that worships the Black Hole instead of the Sun, following its emergence:
The Voidlings
One of the newest sects of HELIOLATRY to emerge, following the swallowing of Sun and Moon by a Black Hole and the emergence of Sun 2, the Voidlings hold with the belief that Sun 2 is an imposter and should be shunned and not worshipped. Instead, they believe that the Black Hole is the true successor of the Sun, as that holy body was consumed by the Void, and that eventually the Void shall return their worship with its embrace.
Members of the Voidlings are one of the easier sects to pick out amongst the followers of HELIOLATRY - echewing more comfortable wear for the desert of the Hellmouth, they instead attire themselves in heavy black robes and cloaks, adorned with the swirling blue and purple patterns of their object of worship. They tend to be one of the more evangelical sects, and shouting wars can often be heard between the Voidlings and other sects - calls of STARE INTO THE VOID and STARE INTO THE SUN getting tossed between groups of worshippers in one or another of Hellmouth's streets.
The members themselves tend to try and cultivate an occult vibe - though the one with 'Wizzard' on their hat will quickly proclaim that 'No, we're not all totally fans of Terry Pratchett and we're definitely not just cosplaying the Unseen University. Stare into the Void!'. Sect meetings tend to involve a lot of squabbling over various nothings, immediately followed by large potluck meals full of the strange foods of the Hellmouth - giant scorpion milk is a particular favorite. Rituals soon follow, the ominous droning so common to the Hellmouth rising into the night air as the Voidlings beseech the Black Hole for its blessings, to grant them its power to consume, so that they may soon bring the Hellmouth into the Void's embrace, and then go back for thirds.
Faynefluff (talk) 01:54, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
