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	'''The Ordering''' ~~is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that~~ is the state religion of the [[Water Tribe]]. While there is no unified ~~singular~~ doctrine, [[The Traditions of the Ordering]] compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. ~~The~~ work is ~~compiled in 5~~ sections ~~collected from many sources across the [[Water Tribe]], which describe~~ the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits ~~and bending~~, and primordial chaos. ~~Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is~~ no formal hierarchy or ~~standardised practises~~ of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader ~~and the Sage, are often~~ identified with the Chieftain of the [[Water Tribe]] and the ~~many~~ local ~~clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc~~).		'''The Ordering''' is the state religion of the [[Water Tribe]], comprising a set of traditions, beliefs, and mythology. While there is no singular, unified doctrine, [[The Traditions of the Ordering]], compiled by Chieftain Urist, is considered the authoritative text on the subject. This work is divided into five sections and includes information on the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of different races, the origin of bending and the Spirits, and primordial chaos. The Ordering has no formal hierarchy or standardized practices of worship, but followers (known as the Ordered Ones) are often expected to show obedience to two figures: the Leader (traditionally identified with the Chieftain of the Water Tribe) and the Sage (usually local clergy).

	== Beliefs ==		== Beliefs ==

	~~Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and~~ a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the ~~Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two~~. ~~After the "mythological age"~~, ~~There are~~ five eras: the Primordial, ~~the~~ Agricultural, ~~the~~ Dominance, ~~the~~ Post-Dominance, and ~~the~~ Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the ~~myths~~ and describes a frozen world ~~wherein~~ villagers ~~wandered the wilds~~ as hunter-gatherers, ~~worshiping~~ animal spirits and ancestors. This ~~subsided~~ with the rise of agriculture and the ~~beginning~~ of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage~~, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal~~. The ~~first to conquer~~ the Water Tribe ~~were the Illagers, out of~~ their ~~outpost near~~ Lasthold, ~~and~~ imposed a new religion ~~of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as~~ the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. ~~This~~ attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers ~~would blend~~ the two religions into a ~~strange~~ hybrid ~~religion~~. As the anti-~~Illager~~ resistance ~~was mainly~~ led by Agna Qel'a~~, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship~~, the ~~Post-Dominance Era saw all~~ three traditions ~~blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold~~. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.		The Ordering does not have a clear distinction between the "age of Creation" and the "age of Man" like the Church of Fire does. Instead, it recognizes five eras: the Primordial, Agricultural, Dominance, Post-Dominance, and Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the mythological age and describes a frozen world in which villagers lived as hunter-gatherers, worshipping animal spirits and ancestors. This changed with the rise of agriculture and the introduction of dualism, which posits the eternal push-and-pull balance between Tui (the divine order and Leader) and La (primordial chaos and the Sage). The Pillagers, who controlled the Water Tribe from their base in Lasthold, imposed a new religion that included the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. However, this attempt at religious unification ultimately failed, as the villagers blended the two religions into a hybrid faith. During the anti-Pillager resistance, led by Agna Qel'a, the three traditions blended together. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.

	~~With the rise of humans and the zombies that come with them, the~~ present day is ~~established as a direct continuation of their mythology,~~ the fifth era of the Ettins, ~~showing the~~ creatures of the past can ~~and do come back, rather than being more akin~~ to ~~fictional beings that once existed~~. ~~As a result, the religion~~ has a ~~direct day-to-day~~ impact ~~over~~ the lives of ~~its~~ followers, who ~~do not see~~ themselves as the ~~endpoint~~ of a ~~great tale but~~ as ~~part~~ of ~~a new chapter~~.		The present day is the fifth era, that of the Ettins, during which Ettins and zombies have risen again, proving that creatures from the past can return to the present. This has a significant impact on the daily lives of followers, who view themselves as part of a new chapter in the religion rather than the end of a story. The Ordering, therefore, has a practical influence on the lives of its followers, rather than being seen as a set of fictional tales from the past.

	=== The Beginning ===		=== The Beginning ===

	The first section opens up immediately on the religion's theme of dualism and an ontology of motion-defining permanence, stating that pre-creation was primordial chaos filled with "little eddies and whirpools", yet "the whole was still". The Bringer of Order is then introduced, the figure who effectively began Creation by restraining the Chaos, who has a dualist nature: Tui, pusher, bringer of Law, like ice, the Leader; La, puller, bringer of Harmony, like water, the Sage. This introduces a vital correspondence between the religious and political, arguing that the ordered society is requiring of both law and harmony, exemplified by the Leader who invokes and cultivates Tui and the Sage who invokes and cultivates La, continuing the theme of dualism.		The first section of ''Traditions of the Ordering'' opens up immediately on the religion's theme of dualism and an ontology of motion-defining permanence, stating that pre-creation was primordial chaos filled with "little eddies and whirpools", yet "the whole was still". The Bringer of Order is then introduced, the figure who effectively began Creation by restraining the Chaos, who has a dualist nature: Tui, pusher, bringer of Law, like ice, the Leader; La, puller, bringer of Harmony, like water, the Sage. This introduces a vital correspondence between the religious and political, arguing that the ordered society is requiring of both law and harmony, exemplified by the Leader who invokes and cultivates Tui and the Sage who invokes and cultivates La, continuing the theme of dualism.

	The Bringer of Order is opposed by the Bringer of Chaos, He Who Stills, who represents death and decay. While this figure does represent and cause evil, he is not himself evil any more than death is evil; without death, there can be no life. As the animal eats the plants and then dies of old age, its bones fuel the ground and bring life in new plants. The new plants are eaten by other animals, and such the cycle continues. The hunter takes life from the prey, but the prey who successfully flees takes the hunter's life with them for the hunter will starve. Thus, the Bringer of Order is no more evil than the Bringer of Chaos is good. The birth of either Bringer necessarily entails and causes the other - were one to be destroyed, they would grow inside their counterpart and reemerge - "So there was order created in the chaos, but that order was contingent on creating ever more chaos".		The Bringer of Order is opposed by the Bringer of Chaos, He Who Stills, who represents death and decay. While this figure does represent and cause evil, he is not himself evil any more than death is evil; without death, there can be no life. As the animal eats the plants and then dies of old age, its bones fuel the ground and bring life in new plants. The new plants are eaten by other animals, and such the cycle continues. The hunter takes life from the prey, but the prey who successfully flees takes the hunter's life with them for the hunter will starve. Thus, the Bringer of Order is no more evil than the Bringer of Chaos is good. The birth of either Bringer necessarily entails and causes the other - were one to be destroyed, they would grow inside their counterpart and reemerge - "So there was order created in the chaos, but that order was contingent on creating ever more chaos".

	The integration of the tree-worship of ~~Illagers~~ and of the Dualism of villagers is introduced very early on as we are revealed that the chaos of the world grows and consumes, called Níðhöggr. At the World Tree, rumoured to be an actual tree buried deep within the tundra, Níðhöggr is a dragon who lies underneath its roots, always growing and always consuming, always creating more chaos. Not to be confused with the Bringer of Chaos, Níðhöggr is the literal embodiment of Chaos itself - he is the stilling that "He Who Stills" is bringing about. While some may view this as thematically at odds with the philosophy thus far, which verges on a sort of religious metaphysics, this is not the case. The Water Tribe's identity is inexorably dualistic - villager culture has had to coexist for centuries with pillager centuries in the Dominance Era. It would not do to assert a univocal dualism, for the duality of being must seep even into the pre-being.		The integration of the tree-worship of Pillagers and of the Dualism of villagers is introduced very early on as we are revealed that the chaos of the world grows and consumes, called Níðhöggr. At the World Tree, rumoured to be an actual tree buried deep within the tundra, Níðhöggr is a dragon who lies underneath its roots, always growing and always consuming, always creating more chaos. Not to be confused with the Bringer of Chaos, Níðhöggr is the literal embodiment of Chaos itself - he is the stilling that "He Who Stills" is bringing about. While some may view this as thematically at odds with the philosophy thus far, which verges on a sort of religious metaphysics, this is not the case. The Water Tribe's identity is inexorably dualistic - villager culture has had to coexist for centuries with pillager centuries in the Dominance Era. It would not do to assert a univocal dualism, for the duality of being must seep even into the pre-being.

	=== The Creation of the Realms ===		=== The Creation of the Realms ===

	~~This section details the~~ creation of the Nine Realms, ~~drawing upon~~ the ~~Illager tradition~~. ~~These are~~ Mutspellhome and Nuelhome, ~~a realm of~~ chaos and fire and ~~a realm of "aqueous~~ order" respectively. Nuelhome ~~was~~ cold and rigid ~~while Mutspellhome was chaotic and hot, thus creating~~ a temperate zone ~~between the two~~ where the Great One was born. ~~What~~ the Great One ~~is or was is never explained~~, ~~as he dies almost immediately, and~~ from his body ~~are created the Ettins "like worms"~~. These Ettins ~~are what we might call~~ gods or demigods, ~~and~~ were the first benders.		The creation of the Nine Realms is described in the second section of the "Traditions of the Ordering". According to this text, the realms were created from the body of the Great One, a mysterious being who is not further described. The first two realms to be created were Mutspellhome and Nuelhome, which represent chaos and fire, and order and water, respectively. These realms were opposite in nature, with Mutspellhome being hot and chaotic, and Nuelhome being cold and rigid. Between these two realms lay a temperate zone, where the Great One was born. Upon the Great One's death, the Ettins were created from his body. These Ettins, also known as gods or demigods, were the first benders in the Nine Realms.

	The Ettins used their powers to create the world ~~- earth~~ from the Great One's flesh, air from his breath, the sky from the dome of his head. Nuelhome ~~was drained to fill the oceans of our world and placed above this dome~~, creating ~~what we call~~ the End. Mutspellhome was ~~subjugated~~ below the earth, ~~and is what we now call~~ the ~~End~~. ~~This new~~ world, ~~containing~~ the body and breath ~~of the Great One mixed~~ with the order and chaos of the two ~~first Realms~~, was ~~the third realm and called~~ Midgard~~, our world~~.		The Ettins, god-like beings that were the first benders, used their powers to create the world from the Great One's body. Earth was created from the Great One's flesh, air from his breath, and the sky from the dome of his head. The oceans were filled with water from Nuelhome, creating the End, and Mutspellhome was placed below the earth, forming the Underworld. The resulting world, a mixture of the Great One's body and breath with the order and chaos of the first two realms, was named Midgard.

	The section elaborates that originally, all three realms were very close to one another and could be easily traversed, until ~~strife~~ and division ~~arose which created~~ other realms~~. Two new realms,~~ Osgard and Wennhome~~, were created~~. Osgard ~~houses~~ the Osar, the gods of divine order. Wennhome ~~houses~~ the Wennar, the gods of primordial chaos. ~~A new~~ race ~~is introduced~~, ~~"The~~ Little Ones", ~~who fought amongst themselves and thus created two further~~ realms, Swarthelfhome and Elfhome, aligned ~~to the Dark~~ and ~~Light~~ respectively ~~- these~~ are the spirits.		The section elaborates that originally, all three realms were very close to one another and could be easily traversed, until Strife and division among the Ettins and other beings led to the creation of two additional realms: Osgard and Wennhome. Osgard is home to the Osar, the gods of divine order, while Wennhome is home to the Wennar, the gods of primordial chaos. Another race, known as the Little Ones, also played a role in the creation of the realms. Their infighting resulted in the creation of Swarthelfhome and Elfhome, realms aligned with darkness and light, respectively. These realms are home to the spirits.

	In the war between the Osar and Wennar, many of the ancient Ettins were slain and "their bodies lie in the ground to this day". What few survivors remained fled, creating a new realm called Ettinhome. Ettinhome is described as "tougher and harder to live in than Midgard", albeit being far more peaceful after suffering the horrors of war (it is likely that this invasion narrative is informed by the experience of villagers being forced into the frozen wastes during the Illager Wars). The beginnings of the Water Tribe's RRSP and socialist model are also seen here, as Ettinhome is described as so harsh that "it is common for people to rent their labour out to others in order merely to survive".		In the war between the Osar and Wennar, many of the ancient Ettins were slain and "their bodies lie in the ground to this day". What few survivors remained fled, creating a new realm called Ettinhome. Ettinhome is described as "tougher and harder to live in than Midgard", albeit being far more peaceful after suffering the horrors of war (it is likely that this invasion narrative is informed by the experience of villagers being forced into the frozen wastes during the Illager Wars). The beginnings of the Water Tribe's RRSP and socialist model are also seen here, as Ettinhome is described as so harsh that "it is common for people to rent their labour out to others in order merely to survive".

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	== Scriptures ==		== Scriptures ==

	* [[Traditions of the Ordering\|Traditions]]		* [[The Traditions of the Ordering\|Traditions]]
	* [[Geographies]]		* [[Geographies]]

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	== Scriptures ==		== Scriptures ==
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			* [[Traditions of the Ordering\|Traditions]]
			* [[Geographies]]

	== History ==		== History ==

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	'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, [[The Traditions of the Ordering]] compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the [[Water Tribe]], which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the [[Water Tribe]] and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).		'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the [[Water Tribe]]. While there is no unified singular doctrine, [[The Traditions of the Ordering]] compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the [[Water Tribe]], which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the [[Water Tribe]] and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).

	== Beliefs ==		== Beliefs ==

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	'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, [[The Traditions of the Ordering]] compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the Water Tribe, which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the Water Tribe and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).		'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, [[The Traditions of the Ordering]] compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the [[Water Tribe]], which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the [[Water Tribe]] and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).

			== Beliefs ==

	Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two. After the "mythological age", There are five eras: the Primordial, the Agricultural, the Dominance, the Post-Dominance, and the Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the myths and describes a frozen world wherein villagers wandered the wilds as hunter-gatherers, worshiping animal spirits and ancestors. This subsided with the rise of agriculture and the beginning of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal. The first to conquer the Water Tribe were the Illagers, out of their outpost near Lasthold, and imposed a new religion of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. This attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers would blend the two religions into a strange hybrid religion. As the anti-Illager resistance was mainly led by Agna Qel'a, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship, the Post-Dominance Era saw all three traditions blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.		Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two. After the "mythological age", There are five eras: the Primordial, the Agricultural, the Dominance, the Post-Dominance, and the Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the myths and describes a frozen world wherein villagers wandered the wilds as hunter-gatherers, worshiping animal spirits and ancestors. This subsided with the rise of agriculture and the beginning of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal. The first to conquer the Water Tribe were the Illagers, out of their outpost near Lasthold, and imposed a new religion of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. This attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers would blend the two religions into a strange hybrid religion. As the anti-Illager resistance was mainly led by Agna Qel'a, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship, the Post-Dominance Era saw all three traditions blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.
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	With the rise of humans and the zombies that come with them, the present day is established as a direct continuation of their mythology, the fifth era of the Ettins, showing the creatures of the past can and do come back, rather than being more akin to fictional beings that once existed. As a result, the religion has a direct day-to-day impact over the lives of its followers, who do not see themselves as the endpoint of a great tale but as part of a new chapter.		With the rise of humans and the zombies that come with them, the present day is established as a direct continuation of their mythology, the fifth era of the Ettins, showing the creatures of the past can and do come back, rather than being more akin to fictional beings that once existed. As a result, the religion has a direct day-to-day impact over the lives of its followers, who do not see themselves as the endpoint of a great tale but as part of a new chapter.

	== The Beginning ==		=== The Beginning ===

	The first section opens up immediately on the religion's theme of dualism and an ontology of motion-defining permanence, stating that pre-creation was primordial chaos filled with "little eddies and whirpools", yet "the whole was still". The Bringer of Order is then introduced, the figure who effectively began Creation by restraining the Chaos, who has a dualist nature: Tui, pusher, bringer of Law, like ice, the Leader; La, puller, bringer of Harmony, like water, the Sage. This introduces a vital correspondence between the religious and political, arguing that the ordered society is requiring of both law and harmony, exemplified by the Leader who invokes and cultivates Tui and the Sage who invokes and cultivates La, continuing the theme of dualism.		The first section opens up immediately on the religion's theme of dualism and an ontology of motion-defining permanence, stating that pre-creation was primordial chaos filled with "little eddies and whirpools", yet "the whole was still". The Bringer of Order is then introduced, the figure who effectively began Creation by restraining the Chaos, who has a dualist nature: Tui, pusher, bringer of Law, like ice, the Leader; La, puller, bringer of Harmony, like water, the Sage. This introduces a vital correspondence between the religious and political, arguing that the ordered society is requiring of both law and harmony, exemplified by the Leader who invokes and cultivates Tui and the Sage who invokes and cultivates La, continuing the theme of dualism.
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	The integration of the tree-worship of Illagers and of the Dualism of villagers is introduced very early on as we are revealed that the chaos of the world grows and consumes, called Níðhöggr. At the World Tree, rumoured to be an actual tree buried deep within the tundra, Níðhöggr is a dragon who lies underneath its roots, always growing and always consuming, always creating more chaos. Not to be confused with the Bringer of Chaos, Níðhöggr is the literal embodiment of Chaos itself - he is the stilling that "He Who Stills" is bringing about. While some may view this as thematically at odds with the philosophy thus far, which verges on a sort of religious metaphysics, this is not the case. The Water Tribe's identity is inexorably dualistic - villager culture has had to coexist for centuries with pillager centuries in the Dominance Era. It would not do to assert a univocal dualism, for the duality of being must seep even into the pre-being.		The integration of the tree-worship of Illagers and of the Dualism of villagers is introduced very early on as we are revealed that the chaos of the world grows and consumes, called Níðhöggr. At the World Tree, rumoured to be an actual tree buried deep within the tundra, Níðhöggr is a dragon who lies underneath its roots, always growing and always consuming, always creating more chaos. Not to be confused with the Bringer of Chaos, Níðhöggr is the literal embodiment of Chaos itself - he is the stilling that "He Who Stills" is bringing about. While some may view this as thematically at odds with the philosophy thus far, which verges on a sort of religious metaphysics, this is not the case. The Water Tribe's identity is inexorably dualistic - villager culture has had to coexist for centuries with pillager centuries in the Dominance Era. It would not do to assert a univocal dualism, for the duality of being must seep even into the pre-being.

	== The Creation of the Realms ==		=== The Creation of the Realms ===

	This section details the creation of the Nine Realms, drawing upon the Illager tradition. These are Mutspellhome and Nuelhome, a realm of chaos and fire and a realm of "aqueous order" respectively. Nuelhome was cold and rigid while Mutspellhome was chaotic and hot, thus creating a temperate zone between the two where the Great One was born. What the Great One is or was is never explained, as he dies almost immediately, and from his body are created the Ettins "like worms". These Ettins are what we might call gods or demigods, and were the first benders.		This section details the creation of the Nine Realms, drawing upon the Illager tradition. These are Mutspellhome and Nuelhome, a realm of chaos and fire and a realm of "aqueous order" respectively. Nuelhome was cold and rigid while Mutspellhome was chaotic and hot, thus creating a temperate zone between the two where the Great One was born. What the Great One is or was is never explained, as he dies almost immediately, and from his body are created the Ettins "like worms". These Ettins are what we might call gods or demigods, and were the first benders.
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	The final realm is Hell, described only as the realm of destruction at the roots of the World Tree. Presumably, such a realm is so horrifying that it does not merit discussion.		The final realm is Hell, described only as the realm of destruction at the roots of the World Tree. Presumably, such a realm is so horrifying that it does not merit discussion.

	== The ~~Leader~~ of ~~Tui/~~The ~~Sage~~ of La ==		=== The Return of the Ettins ===

			With the rise of humans, the fourth era of villager independence in the Post-Dominance has subsided for the era of the Ettins, the villager name for humans. Having returned from Ettinhome, the humans are described as capable of great monuments, still holding the ability to manipulate the elements, and even to block the flow of chi in living beings - these are the benders and chiblockers respectively. The ghosts of those Ettins who died in the first war remain, the Elves, who remain divided as Light and Dark, torn away from their connection to the Great One with the loss of physical form. With the return of the Ettins, the NPCs consider the zombies (who bear a striking resemblance to us) to be the revived bodies of those Ettins who fell in the first war.

			The Ettins are considered dangerous at this stage - the apocalypse is probably not coming right away, for we are relative newcomers, but the fallen Ettins, or zombies, return during the depths of night to hunt the villagers. For their protection, villagers are advised to construct the iron golems who defend their villages, with the text giving explicit instructions. Those Ettins who are friendly, the humans, must be pleaded with to provide protection, light, and order. Entering into servitude is recognised as an unpleasant yet ultimately necessary relationship

			This last section has an unfortunate implication that benders of the modern day are the descendants of the Ettins and thus the harbingers of the apocalypse. Indeed, this would explain why the villagers were able to organise a coordinated resistance to preserve their way of life against the Illager occupier, and yet has complied with the Polaris government without incident, in particular during the Zombie Crisis that left villages across the world depopulated, including Polaris. Whether this is to be the final age, as the undead Ettins rise with Níðhöggr to consume the world, or the next in a long progression with yet new actors and realms rising and falling, remains unknown. All we can do is tell each other these stories and counsel one another on how to remain decisive yet wise; to push, and pull; to bring order yet respect chaos; and to stay warm and see beauty in a world that is so dark and cold.

			== Practices ==

	These sections explore the sociological/political and aesthetic/social aspects of the faith, specifically in exploring how the Leader ought to exemplify Tui and how the Sage La. The style takes a direct turn away from the more account-like writing style of previous sections, recounting tales of the world, and instead approaches a more poetic style, as the tone of the work shifts away from descriptions of events towards prescriptions of action and advice.		These sections explore the sociological/political and aesthetic/social aspects of the faith, specifically in exploring how the Leader ought to exemplify Tui and how the Sage La. The style takes a direct turn away from the more account-like writing style of previous sections, recounting tales of the world, and instead approaches a more poetic style, as the tone of the work shifts away from descriptions of events towards prescriptions of action and advice.
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	While this section can be interpreted as a guide for each figure to best help their community, this would be a premature conclusion. The Ordering is a religion, not a manual. The work is designed to be followed and consumed by all. Those of us who are neither leaders nor sages must seek to approach both simultaneously and appreciate both, as law and harmony are in each of us and both must be properly cultivated. Notably, both sections state that is the role of the leader/sage to bring order. While the parallels are abundant otherwise, this rooting of a common opening line is not a coincidence.		While this section can be interpreted as a guide for each figure to best help their community, this would be a premature conclusion. The Ordering is a religion, not a manual. The work is designed to be followed and consumed by all. Those of us who are neither leaders nor sages must seek to approach both simultaneously and appreciate both, as law and harmony are in each of us and both must be properly cultivated. Notably, both sections state that is the role of the leader/sage to bring order. While the parallels are abundant otherwise, this rooting of a common opening line is not a coincidence.

	The sections also contain explicitly theological concerns, rather than purely mundane ones. In describing the ideal Leader and ideal Sage, the text reveals to us what exactly Tui are, do, and must be. In wrapping the two together, it becomes clear that the two parts must be integrated into the whole. Indeed, the texts directly parallel one another - "When Tui speaks, all nature listens" vs "What La says, all nature hears". Dichotomies will emerge all over - leader/sage feeds into law/harmony, action/waiting, heavy/light, ice/water, people/world, push/pull; Tui and La.		The sections also contain explicitly theological concerns, rather than purely mundane ones. In describing the ideal Leader and ideal Sage, the text reveals to us what exactly Tui are, do, and must be. In wrapping the two together, it becomes clear that the two parts must be integrated into the whole. Indeed, the texts directly parallel one another - "When Tui speaks, all nature listens" vs "What La says, all nature hears". Dichotomies will emerge all over - leader/sage feeds into law/harmony, action/waiting, heavy/light, ice/water, people/world, push/pull; Tui and La.

			=== The Leader of Tui/The Sage of La ===

	''The Leader of Tui''		''The Leader of Tui''
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	Much like those who oppose the Law, those who do not live in Harmony are shamed and thus cast down to those who follow the Primordial Chaos, those who oppose the Divine Order. The poem ends in demonstrating that where the leader must guard their followers from debasement, it is the duty of the sage to lead them away from it. They cannot survive without each other.		Much like those who oppose the Law, those who do not live in Harmony are shamed and thus cast down to those who follow the Primordial Chaos, those who oppose the Divine Order. The poem ends in demonstrating that where the leader must guard their followers from debasement, it is the duty of the sage to lead them away from it. They cannot survive without each other.

	== ~~The Return of the Ettins~~ ==		== Scriptures ==
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	With the rise of humans, the fourth era of villager independence in the Post-Dominance has subsided for the era of the Ettins, the villager name for humans. Having returned from Ettinhome, the humans are described as capable of great monuments, still holding the ability to manipulate the elements, and even to block the flow of chi in living beings - these are the benders and chiblockers respectively. The ghosts of those Ettins who died in the first war remain, the Elves, who remain divided as Light and Dark, torn away from their connection to the Great One with the loss of physical form. With the return of the Ettins, the NPCs consider the zombies (who bear a striking resemblance to us) to be the revived bodies of those Ettins who fell in the first war.

	The Ettins are considered dangerous at this stage - the apocalypse is probably not coming right away, for we are relative newcomers, but the fallen Ettins, or zombies, return during the depths of night to hunt the villagers. For their protection, villagers are advised to construct the iron golems who defend their villages, with the text giving explicit instructions. Those Ettins who are friendly, the humans, must be pleaded with to provide protection, light, and order. Entering into servitude is recognised as an unpleasant yet ultimately necessary relationship		== History ==
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	This last section has an unfortunate implication that benders of the modern day are the descendants of the Ettins and thus the harbingers of the apocalypse. Indeed, this would explain why the villagers were able to organise a coordinated resistance to preserve their way of life against the Illager occupier, and yet has complied with the Polaris government without incident, in particular during the Zombie Crisis that left villages across the world depopulated, including Polaris. Whether this is to be the final age, as the undead Ettins rise with Níðhöggr to consume the world, or the next in a long progression with yet new actors and realms rising and falling, remains unknown. All we can do is tell each other these stories and counsel one another on how to remain decisive yet wise; to push, and pull; to bring order yet respect chaos; and to stay warm and see beauty in a world that is so dark and cold.		== See also ==
			* [[List of religions]]

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	'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, [[[The Traditions of the Ordering]]] compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the Water Tribe, which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the Water Tribe and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).		'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, [[The Traditions of the Ordering]] compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the Water Tribe, which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the Water Tribe and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).

	Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two. After the "mythological age", There are five eras: the Primordial, the Agricultural, the Dominance, the Post-Dominance, and the Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the myths and describes a frozen world wherein villagers wandered the wilds as hunter-gatherers, worshiping animal spirits and ancestors. This subsided with the rise of agriculture and the beginning of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal. The first to conquer the Water Tribe were the Illagers, out of their outpost near Lasthold, and imposed a new religion of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. This attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers would blend the two religions into a strange hybrid religion. As the anti-Illager resistance was mainly led by Agna Qel'a, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship, the Post-Dominance Era saw all three traditions blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.		Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two. After the "mythological age", There are five eras: the Primordial, the Agricultural, the Dominance, the Post-Dominance, and the Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the myths and describes a frozen world wherein villagers wandered the wilds as hunter-gatherers, worshiping animal spirits and ancestors. This subsided with the rise of agriculture and the beginning of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal. The first to conquer the Water Tribe were the Illagers, out of their outpost near Lasthold, and imposed a new religion of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. This attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers would blend the two religions into a strange hybrid religion. As the anti-Illager resistance was mainly led by Agna Qel'a, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship, the Post-Dominance Era saw all three traditions blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.

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	'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, "The Traditions of the Ordering" compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the Water Tribe, which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the Water Tribe and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).		'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, [[[The Traditions of the Ordering]]] compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the Water Tribe, which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the Water Tribe and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).

	Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two. After the "mythological age", There are five eras: the Primordial, the Agricultural, the Dominance, the Post-Dominance, and the Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the myths and describes a frozen world wherein villagers wandered the wilds as hunter-gatherers, worshiping animal spirits and ancestors. This subsided with the rise of agriculture and the beginning of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal. The first to conquer the Water Tribe were the Illagers, out of their outpost near Lasthold, and imposed a new religion of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. This attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers would blend the two religions into a strange hybrid religion. As the anti-Illager resistance was mainly led by Agna Qel'a, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship, the Post-Dominance Era saw all three traditions blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.		Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two. After the "mythological age", There are five eras: the Primordial, the Agricultural, the Dominance, the Post-Dominance, and the Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the myths and describes a frozen world wherein villagers wandered the wilds as hunter-gatherers, worshiping animal spirits and ancestors. This subsided with the rise of agriculture and the beginning of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal. The first to conquer the Water Tribe were the Illagers, out of their outpost near Lasthold, and imposed a new religion of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. This attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers would blend the two religions into a strange hybrid religion. As the anti-Illager resistance was mainly led by Agna Qel'a, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship, the Post-Dominance Era saw all three traditions blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.
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	This last section has an unfortunate implication that benders of the modern day are the descendants of the Ettins and thus the harbingers of the apocalypse. Indeed, this would explain why the villagers were able to organise a coordinated resistance to preserve their way of life against the Illager occupier, and yet has complied with the Polaris government without incident, in particular during the Zombie Crisis that left villages across the world depopulated, including Polaris. Whether this is to be the final age, as the undead Ettins rise with Níðhöggr to consume the world, or the next in a long progression with yet new actors and realms rising and falling, remains unknown. All we can do is tell each other these stories and counsel one another on how to remain decisive yet wise; to push, and pull; to bring order yet respect chaos; and to stay warm and see beauty in a world that is so dark and cold.		This last section has an unfortunate implication that benders of the modern day are the descendants of the Ettins and thus the harbingers of the apocalypse. Indeed, this would explain why the villagers were able to organise a coordinated resistance to preserve their way of life against the Illager occupier, and yet has complied with the Polaris government without incident, in particular during the Zombie Crisis that left villages across the world depopulated, including Polaris. Whether this is to be the final age, as the undead Ettins rise with Níðhöggr to consume the world, or the next in a long progression with yet new actors and realms rising and falling, remains unknown. All we can do is tell each other these stories and counsel one another on how to remain decisive yet wise; to push, and pull; to bring order yet respect chaos; and to stay warm and see beauty in a world that is so dark and cold.

			[[Category: Religions]]

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	''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, "The Traditions of the Ordering" compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the Water Tribe, which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the Water Tribe and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).		'''The Ordering''' is a collection of traditions, religious beliefs, and mythology that is the state religion of the Water Tribe. While there is no unified singular doctrine, "The Traditions of the Ordering" compiled by Chieftain Urist is considered the authoritative text on the subject. The work is compiled in 5 sections collected from many sources across the Water Tribe, which describe the creation of the world and the Nine Realms, the forces of Tui and La, Push and Pull, the rise and fall of races, the origin of the Spirits and bending, and primordial chaos. Due to its disparate nature and folk origins, there is no formal hierarchy or standardised practises of worship, but obedience to two figures, the Leader and the Sage, are often identified with the Chieftain of the Water Tribe and the many local clerics respectively. Followers are referred to as the Ordered Ones (e.g. he is an Ordered One, they are Ordered Ones, etc).

	Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two. After the "mythological age", There are five eras: the Primordial, the Agricultural, the Dominance, the Post-Dominance, and the Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the myths and describes a frozen world wherein villagers wandered the wilds as hunter-gatherers, worshiping animal spirits and ancestors. This subsided with the rise of agriculture and the beginning of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal. The first to conquer the Water Tribe were the Illagers, out of their outpost near Lasthold, and imposed a new religion of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. This attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers would blend the two religions into a strange hybrid religion. As the anti-Illager resistance was mainly led by Agna Qel'a, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship, the Post-Dominance Era saw all three traditions blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.		Unlike the Church of Fire, which has a unified and singular doctrine of Creation and a clear distinction between the age of Creation and the age of Man, the Ordering blurs the line heavily between the two. After the "mythological age", There are five eras: the Primordial, the Agricultural, the Dominance, the Post-Dominance, and the Ettin. The Primordial era begins at the end of the myths and describes a frozen world wherein villagers wandered the wilds as hunter-gatherers, worshiping animal spirits and ancestors. This subsided with the rise of agriculture and the beginning of dualism. Tui, the divine order and Leader, and La, primordial chaos and the Sage, were to push and pull forever, holding the world forever in a state of flux, balanced and eternal. The first to conquer the Water Tribe were the Illagers, out of their outpost near Lasthold, and imposed a new religion of tree worship, introducing new concepts to the mythology such as the Nine Realms, the Ettins, and the World Tree. This attempt at religious unification ultimately failed as the villagers would blend the two religions into a strange hybrid religion. As the anti-Illager resistance was mainly led by Agna Qel'a, who remained relatively committed to animal and ancestor worship, the Post-Dominance Era saw all three traditions blend at once after Illagers were pushed back to their capital near Lasthold. It is at this point that the theology and traditions began to converge into what we may call a religion proper, rather than folk philosophies or fairy tales.

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	Much like those who oppose the Law, those who do not live in Harmony are shamed and thus cast down to those who follow the Primordial Chaos, those who oppose the Divine Order. The poem ends in demonstrating that where the leader must guard their followers from debasement, it is the duty of the sage to lead them away from it. They cannot survive without each other.		Much like those who oppose the Law, those who do not live in Harmony are shamed and thus cast down to those who follow the Primordial Chaos, those who oppose the Divine Order. The poem ends in demonstrating that where the leader must guard their followers from debasement, it is the duty of the sage to lead them away from it. They cannot survive without each other.

	=== The Return of the Ettins ===		== The Return of the Ettins ==

	With the rise of humans, the fourth era of villager independence in the Post-Dominance has subsided for the era of the Ettins, the villager name for humans. Having returned from Ettinhome, the humans are described as capable of great monuments, still holding the ability to manipulate the elements, and even to block the flow of chi in living beings - these are the benders and chiblockers respectively. The ghosts of those Ettins who died in the first war remain, the Elves, who remain divided as Light and Dark, torn away from their connection to the Great One with the loss of physical form. With the return of the Ettins, the NPCs consider the zombies (who bear a striking resemblance to us) to be the revived bodies of those Ettins who fell in the first war.		With the rise of humans, the fourth era of villager independence in the Post-Dominance has subsided for the era of the Ettins, the villager name for humans. Having returned from Ettinhome, the humans are described as capable of great monuments, still holding the ability to manipulate the elements, and even to block the flow of chi in living beings - these are the benders and chiblockers respectively. The ghosts of those Ettins who died in the first war remain, the Elves, who remain divided as Light and Dark, torn away from their connection to the Great One with the loss of physical form. With the return of the Ettins, the NPCs consider the zombies (who bear a striking resemblance to us) to be the revived bodies of those Ettins who fell in the first war.

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[List of religions]]		* [[List of religions]]
			* [[Water Tribe]]

	[[Category: Religions]]		[[Category: Religions]]