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The Ash Covenant (灰の信条)
The Ash Covenant or more commonly known to its devoted followers as Hai No Shinjo Is a Polytheistic Religious and Exclusive Order Mixed of Outcast from different walks of life who believe that they dont deserve to be unequal just because a religion dislikes their Race, Sexuallity, and Gender. So instead of feeling sorry for theirselves and being a Social Justices Group its a group of people banding together under one unknown person. These group of people have one unknown agenda and no one outside of the order knows. The group is not known to be violent but they are frosty to outsiders who do not want to join. The Creed Of Ashes began during The Crusade and spreaded in small parts around the world only to slowly die leaving almost little to no mark as they where just known as common Mercenaries or petty assassins at that time. What they did stand for was handeling disputes.

The Creed of Ashes had and still does have 9 branches 1 branch based on 2 of its Gods but each God or Kamigami has a Covenant or (Uji) that each have a trait to help the The Creed in any way.The Covenant Of Ash

=  The History  = The Creed was founded In August (1096) during the Christian Crusade to protect innocents slaughtered against the Knights Templar and Crusaders. The Leader of The Order was a african slave named Ryu Yaburikauwa whos father as well as his family was sold to a japanese samurai but was sent to england to be a slave on a farm after the samurais fall making Ryu Only know japanese for most of his life. He was harassed by the knights mercilessly making him lose faith in christianity as he wondered "why would a god let this happen" in which he heard the rice call to him giving him a mission. Maybe he was delusional, Maybe he really did here a voice but at the time of his anger he thought worshiping an rice grain that does nothing is no different. in October 1097 the creed was made from people who had the same agenda, Nothing but Pesants, Exslaves, Bastards, And Homosexuals who all believed that they deserve a chance at a good life and they were willing to fight for it. there where 9 head knights of this order of outcasted peasants that all ran Clans in the style of The Yamato era. There would be clans dedicated to one thing and one thing only if you wanted to change jobs you had go talk to the commanders and do a test of fate depending on how good you are you would get the job at a certain level depending on how much experience you get you get a higher rank. All of the leaders had been executed except Ryu Yaburikauwa's wife because to them she seemed frail. She Gave birth to Ryo's Child giving him up to a family after she killed a few knights and got publically executed.

In 1281 a man with the bloodline of Ryu Yaburikauwa named Ryua Kouchiki one of the Mongols in the Japan Invasion. After the Mongols he was taken prisoner but then escaped years later with a japanese girl who had fallen in love with him, the rest is unknown.

=  Afterlife  = The Creed Of Ashes conception of heaven includes a place known as the RiceFields where they will be able to eat the purity of rice and look down apon their brothers and sisters hoping for theyre uprising one day.

The beliefs of this creed is that rice is the most pure food for it is white and can soak up water, they also belive it can also cleanse your body from the insides as well but with each covenant there are many ways of showing devotion such as, The God Of Sexual Desire And Celebration encourages acts of making love to one another regardless of gender as long as you do not harm your brother or sister, The God Of Time encourages people to not waste anyones time especially your own, The God Of Work expects you to be a hard worker but not someone who work themselves to death, The Goddess Of Nature encourages loving and taking care of nature as well as gardening, The Goddess Of Love encourages loving as ones Spouse as well as, The Gods Of War encourage peace through conflict or peace through governance. The Goddess Of Knowledge Encourages learning as much as you can each day, and The God Of Mercy And Justice Encourage to search for ths good in yourself as well as handing out an equal amount of punishment to the ones who harm you both physically, mentally, and spiritually.

=  Holidays  = There are alot of holidays that this Creed has like December 20th to December 30th is called kenshin no toka (献身の十日) which translates into day of devotion or day of loyalty where the people celebrate the lose of those who died as a Knight, Disciple, or Lord of Ashes in which you write all your sins you have done from your last sin clensing and put it inside a huge vessel with everyone elses sins and it gets set on fire in and everyone sits around it like a bonefire singing songs, cheering, crying, drinking, but most of all feeling safe around your brothers and sisters the second week you "can" give one another gifts but if you can not afford one or dont have time to make one its understood.

On December 31st to January 2nd is the start and begining of Gohan No Saiten (ご飯の祭典) or known in english the Festival of Rice. During Gohan No Saiten you would tipically make your favorite type of rice weather it be spanish rice, dirty rice, omelette rice, or all of the above. A common favorite to the Creed Of Ashes is stir fry. You sit outside with fireworks if you are feeling festive and you count down the end of the year with your brothers and sister alike while eating rice and sharing drinks and talking about your different cultures as the ancestors did in this religion.

from November 10 to November 13 is Taoreta Eiyū No Hi (倒れた英雄の日) Meaning The Fallen Hero's Days in which you celebrate all fallen Knights, Soldiers, Samurai, Vikings, And even sometimes Mercenaries. Everyone brave enough to pick up a weapon and honor theirselves are deemed as heros if they protect the peace. You celebrate by going out to the sun thanking all of those who sacrificed theirselves as well as the ones who made it back your clansmen will prepare a feast  as you will help either cook and prepare and talk about the adventures you had as well as the adventures soon to come.

From November 27th-29th is known as Gochisō no kamigami (ごちそうの神々) also know as The Feast Of The Gods Where each clan prepared huge feast and meet up with the knight prince and have their foods together on one huge table. each clan has to make their own kind of stir fry made enough to fit in a vessel and break the 3rd sin for the only time that it is allowed. Instead of wearing your ceremonial knight gear or disciple wear you will wear traditional kimonos. You will feast and drink to your hearts content praying to the fallen heros now known as our gods.

From February 13th to February 15th Is Ai No Ni Shimai (愛のニ姉妹) translating Into The 2 Sisters Of Love but the english version being The Sisters Of Love Day. On this day if you are betrothed to a loved one you spend the days showing compassion to your loved one. If you do not have a love you simple "can" go to The Ifui Covenant (The Covenant Of Sexual Desire and Celebration) and lay with a girl willing for you these nights.