The Kaeirean Disciple: In 1439, a Kaeirean special delegation arrived in the desert city of Akbari, at the heart of the Mountains of the Moon Warriors, deep in the Calarnari Desert. Comprised of diplomats, intelligence officers and merchants, it had been dispatched by Senator Jafaarsan back in Port Kaeir so as to open the way up for a strong political and commercial relationship between the Republic of Kaeir and the hermit state of the Commonwealth of Shanariyya. In time, this was achieved. That story though, is not the one being recorded here. Senator Jafaarsan, students and graduates of the Society may recall, was in beginning stage of his struggle with the great revolutionary Lord Basiluddin for control of the destiny and fate of the Republic. As part of his broader policy, Jafaarsan had been looking for a religion that he could manipulate for his political benefit in the Kaeirean Isles. He found, as far as he could understand in terms of religion and Men, such a faith in the austere monotheism of the Commonwealth, the Millat Shanar. And so it came to be that in the dawn of 1440, as the Kaeirean delegation returned from across the Northern Midsea, that they brought with them a small group of Shanari scholars, well-versed in the scripture and philosophy of somewhat alien faith of the Conveyor of the Scroll. With the support of Jafaarsan and his people, the Millat Shanari scholars established a Holy Tower in Port Kaeir, the first of its kind beyond the Calarnari sands. At first, it seemed to be much like the thousand other cults in Port Kaeir, catering to the myriad peoples that had made the Republic their home. Soon though, the Millat Shanari religion began to draw greater numbers of new adherents, especially amongst the native Celtehari and Celtelathi islanders, who felt aspects of the desert religion strike chords in their hearts, as it paralleled some aspects of their own ancient monotheistic cult, yet provided the sophistication necessary for an urbanising population. It was in this context, that we first began to see rumblings of great change, radical shifts in religion, the future split from the Mother Tower in Akbari, but most importantly, the appearance of the Disciple, and from this one individual, the spread of the Disciple. Daggra Egsbert, "Religions of the Qaiyorean Continent" (Society of Scholastics, 1600). Y! Asia presents Lavalife - Get clicking with thousands of local singles today!---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send mail to celandra-off@phoenyx.net.
