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The Second Imperium itself is largely secular, but there are many conflicts between this enforced doctrine of non-worship and the traditional worship of Halfat Naru, the 'great spirit' of the Plateau. Many neicel have gone into hiding in the lowest levels of the temple-cities or fled the Plateau entirely due to the use of neicel sacred sites as punishments and threats against the religious teac; for example, drowning in Dau Grecht is considered a holy rite that utterly destroys the souls of those judged unworthy, and has been employed as a method of execution by Second Imperial dragoons in order to break the morale of peasant rebels in the Dehkay Basin. | The Second Imperium itself is largely secular, but there are many conflicts between this enforced doctrine of non-worship and the traditional worship of Halfat Naru, the 'great spirit' of the Plateau. Many neicel have gone into hiding in the lowest levels of the temple-cities or fled the Plateau entirely due to the use of neicel sacred sites as punishments and threats against the religious teac; for example, drowning in Dau Grecht is considered a holy rite that utterly destroys the souls of those judged unworthy, and has been employed as a method of execution by Second Imperial dragoons in order to break the morale of peasant rebels in the Dehkay Basin. | ||
Worship of | Worship of [[Galleus|the Divine spirit of Air]] was once very popular on the Plateau, but with the military pogrom mounted against the neicel and the death of Galleus, it was largely abandoned; this was helped along by [[Maghak|the Sovereign]] making several punitive raids against the Plateau in order to kill a number of [[Divinity|invested]] individuals that threatened His domain of Air. | ||
Undeath is held as holy on the Plateau, with all ordained neicel undertaking a rite to bring on such a state. However, whatever the mechanism of this undeath, it is not Ivolnite; it remains to be seen how such a state functions alongside the Rhythm philosophy of mainland Sapience. | Undeath is held as holy on the Plateau, with all ordained neicel undertaking a rite to bring on such a state. However, whatever the mechanism of this undeath, it is not Ivolnite; it remains to be seen how such a state functions alongside the Rhythm philosophy of mainland Sapience. | ||