Unreviewed The Tolling of the Covenant (Condorian Religion)

[Don Dubhain]

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To codify the Tolling of the Covenant as the dominant spiritual faith of Condoriah, integrating its unique pantheon from the Old King tradition and its cultural fusion with Force philosophy.
• Image Credit: Symbol art generated via OpenAI by user prompt. No commercial artist assets included.
• Canon: N/A
• Permissions: N/A
• Links: Codex Submission: Condoriah, Factory Submission: Godsblood crystals of Condoriah

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Religion Name: The Tolling of the Covenant
• Religion Type: Dualtheist Pantheon | Force-based theological Pantheon
• Influence: Planetary
• Influence Area: Condoriah
• Symbol: The ouroboros around a crown shattered in half, beneath a radiant sun pierced by a spear — the sign of Lautrec’s judgment and the Old King's death.
• Description: The Tolling of the Covenant centers around a polytheistic dual-pantheon derived from the death and legacy of the Old King — the first god, from whose body all creation emerged. Each Domain reflects a moral duality: creation vs destruction, protection vs tyranny, nature vs corruption. These gods are not paragons of virtue but facets of Force-aspect reality. The Tower of the Covenant is believed to resonate with each Tolling — epochs that realign Condoriah’s balance through divine reawakening.

SOCIAL INFORMATION

• Founder: Lautrec the Kingsman — the silent executor of the Old King’s final will, who preserved balance after divine collapse. The religion was codified in his wake.
• Membership: Membership is hereditary and cultural, with public rites marking passage into one’s chosen Domain (e.g., Forge Rite for Khornelius, Sunmark for Lietra). Priests (called Tollbearers) must pass a series of sensory and metaphysical trials aligned to their Domain.
• Sacred:
  • The Tower of the Covenant (sacred site and beacon)
  • The Pantheon of Thirteen
  • The Tolling Epochs (calendar eras)
  • Anchor relics of Lautrec, the Kingsman
  • The Old King’s Remains (mythical, unconfirmed)
• Dogma:
  • All things begin in the flesh of the Old King.
  • The gods are echoes, not infallible creators.
  • The Force is a mortal inheritance, granted by Trysius’s sacrifice when he split himself in half (light and dark side)
  • Force sensitives are seen as anointed but dangerous, needing balance.
  • The Tolling marks shifts when one alignment gains ascendancy.
  • Undeath is taboo; it violates Mortius’ dominion and steals from the natural Toll.
  • Lautrec’s silence is sacred — a warning that even gods may err.
• Reputation: Within Condoriah, the religion is a unifying pillar of identity and governance. Outside, it is viewed as arcane and contradictory — balancing gods of death and life, rebellion and tyranny, Force worship and Force villification.

Spoiler: Condorian Pantheon

Vital Domain (Life, Renewal, Light, Flame)

• Lietra, the Dawnmother – Goddess of light, motherhood, and the living sun (Light-aligned)
• B’yancula, the Whispering Blight – Goddess of disease, toxins, and corrupted life (Shadow-aligned)

Martial Domain (Strength, War, Conquest)

• Khornelius, the Flamebound – God of righteous warfare, blood-oaths, and sacred battle (Light-aligned)
• Krixus, the Raging Eye – God of wrath, carnage, and blood-forged dominion (Shadow-aligned)

Mystic Domain (The Force, Insight, Change)

• Trysius, the Flame of Thought – Goddess of invention, arcane knowledge, and revelation (Light-aligned)
• Z’haglion, the Black Bargain – God of forbidden sorcery, enslavement, and power through deceit (Shadow-aligned)

Mortal Domain (Death, Fate, Finality)

• Mortius, the Gray Shepherd – God of death, final rest, and rightful endings (Light-aligned)
• Khul, the Wretched Reborn – God of undeath, desecration, and refusal to die (Shadow-aligned)

Natural Domain (Beasts, Growth, Storms Change)

• Petilla, the Verdant Bloom – Goddess of nature, fertility, and wild harmony (Light-aligned)
• Minada, the Mourning Storm – God of the sea, depths, sorrow, and savagery (Shadow-aligned)

Order & Chaos Domain (Law, Trickery, Bonds, Betrayal)

• Kelor, the Smith of Chains – God of law, craftsmanship, and unbroken oaths (Light-aligned)
• Syvola, the Painted Knife – Goddess of lies, masks, trickery, and betrayal (Shadow-aligned)

Balance / Silence (Neutral Dominion)

• Lautrec, the Kingsman – God of balance, silence, judgment, and severance (Neutral-aligned; not paired)*

MEMBERS

Hisaki Godo — Wyrdkin Matriarch, devoted to Petilla and Lietra

Pietro Vopiscus — Devoted to Khornelius, high war priest of the Crucible

Isidoro Vulkhaar — Venerates Krixus, patron of Cholerkin blood-duels

Sileas Englehart — Oracle of Trysius and Lautrec


HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Tolling of the Covenant arose in the age following the Old King's death. From his body, thirteen gods emerged, each embodying opposing aspects of life, death, magic, and power. Early Condorian tribes aligned to individual gods — Kelor the Smith, Khul of undeath, Lietra of the sun — but it was Lautrec, his mortal hand, who prevented the world from fracturing.

The gods warred — Mortius slaying undead in defiance of Khul, Krixus rebelling against all sorcery, and Petilla's groves clashing with B'yancula’s poison and deceit. This culminated in the War of the Godslain, which saw Z’haglion enslave mortals until Lautrec and his a mortal host cast him down. Trysius gave up their divinity, shattering themselves and spilling the four humours of Godsblood (sanguinite cholerite Melanchite Phlegmite) to bless mortals with the power to fight back, marking the age of independent mortal fate. Now the corpse of Trysius, the shattered moon, orbits Condoriah in a perpetual dance with their lover Minada, Condoriah's second, tide-locked moon and goddess of the seas.

The religion today is not uniform — Bodnar favors war gods, Ferran favors Lautrec and the natural twins, Arakhan elevates trickery and wrath, and the Heartlands balance all aspects through the Tollbearer Councils.

The Force is not worshipped as a power but seen as the rhythm through which the gods manifest — each Domain a waveform of its ebb and pulse. Anchors represent Lautrec’s silent hand, suppressing divine excess, while Oracles embody Trysius’s gift — the spark of true insight.

Galactic scholars loosely believe that Z'haglion represents the rule of the Rakatan over the planet and the other deities as potential historical figures or explanations of natural phenomena. This is not the case for Trysius, as many of the crystal deposit samples seem to support the leading theory that an orbital collision of the moon Trysius which shattered the planetoid also the spread mass deposits of the the force-resonant crystals the locals call 'Godsblood'. The truth remains an enigma.