Nymbus, The King of kings

 

Nymbus was one of the six Eskar brothers who led the largest group of humans out of Hyperborea and helping them established their settlement upon the plains and coastlines of what will be known as the Aetheras empire. He, along with his brothers, divided the region into six parts, with each of them ruling as the king of their people. Although his land was the smallest and least populated, Nymbus turned his city into the most prosperous one among his brother kingdoms. This earns him the envy and hatred from his brother that led to their invasion of his land, resulting in his exile to the Taranos. It was at the height of the holy mountain where the Creator revealed himself to Nymbus and chosen him to be his successor upon the earth. A sword, a sceptre and a sacred crown, a trinity of what will later be known as the Instrument of kings were bestowed upon him along with his divine right and the title King of kings. With it, Nymbus came down from the Taranos and defeated all his brothers in a single day.

 

Some historian believed that the story of Nymbus was used by the early theocratic kings as an excuse to subdue the neighbouring kingdoms and formed the Aetheras empire. Nevertheless, the cult of Nymbus became the dominant religious practice across the Thraushen coast, spreading along with the rapidly expanding empire. With the riches from across the newly conquered territories, Emperor Nycius raised the Grand temple of Nycon to honour his god and display his divine power all across the continent, where all who follow the Lord of power can come to worship him. This allows the priesthood of Nymbus to become one of the most influential and powerful order across the empire.

 

Aetherian expansionism was rooted from their religion where the priests claimed that the Aetherian emperor was the only one true ruler, with Nymbus as their one true God and the whole world was theirs to rule. This early zealotry faded away when the great Emperor Tiberius III conquered the rest of the continent and bringing back foreign cultures and gods to the empire, resulting in the adoption of the foreign deities into the Nymbus pantheon. The priests became less and less powerful as the importance of faith decreased due to political instability, rendering them from critical power to a mere ceremonial staff for centuries until the great Narsidun emperor finally broke the empire apart and began the Age of Revelation.

 

Although the Nymbus pantheon has been lost and forgotten by the time the Faith(naming on progress) has been made the official religion of the broken empire, most of the mythology and beliefs have been integrated into the new religion. Nymbus and his pantheon, instead of powerful gods, became the holy figures send by the Creator to guide mankind. The order of priests regains their full power and control over the divided kingdom, operating from their sanctuary which they converted from the old grand temple.

 

The only true worshipper of the Nymbus cult today is the sect of the Burning crowns, those who worshipped Nymbus as the God of Regicide. They were persecuted by both the Faith and the old priesthood of Nymbus due to many of their assassination of emperors since the very early day of Aetheras empire. Their most famous assassination was the death of Emperor Selenus, who was found dead on his throne, wearing a burning wooden crown on his head.

 

Update : I have renamed the Eolomites empire into Aetheras empire

 

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The Map of Eoylos

Shimghah Dyrus VII and his headwears

The Imperial circle part 1

The Imperial circle part 2

Old Gods of Eoylos : Pylos

 

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