 December 14, 2011 - 9:32pm | found a bit of the old list serve archive from '94 _The Warrior's Path_ is an ancient Yazirian religion that holds there is a hierarchal structure to the afterlife, with varying levels of paradise spread around a Worldtree. Those "who follow the warrior's path" believe only in the traditional forms of life-enemies, rivals or opponents that one endevours to destroy. The Warrior's afterlife shows this; the highest level of the Worldtree is for those who destroy their life-enemy. The suceeding levels are (in descending order) for those who die fighting their life-enemies, those who die for other reasons without defeating their life enemies, and for those who never pick a life-enemy. Followers of the Warrior's Path often use archaic melee weapons. Non-Yazirians are allowed in this cult, and many Humans, Hummas, and Saurians have begun to join. I like the core of his idea. Think it could be developed further possibly. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
December 14, 2011 - 10:37pm | Thinking about this idea, there is no real "hell" not even the level of the tree for those who never choose a life enemy. Though I suspect that very few, if any, that practice this belief ever end up in that level. Why I would decide that even this level is not hell is because it still organically part of the Worldtree which houses that which certainly qualifies as heaven. I suppose the closest analogy is purgatory. Ultimately there is no downside to this religion, just bragging rights. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
December 15, 2011 - 8:24am | A common expression might be, "He has entered the warrior's path," as a reference to a yazirian having just chosen a life enemy. A yazirian may not have had much interest in traditions like this but upon having chosen a life enemy it would be quite natural for him to develop some interest: sort of like an adult human who shows little interest in practicing his religion until suddenly he has kids and begins to go back to mass. I also think someone with a strong commitment to this belief /philosophy will likely memorize and quote the yazirian honor code much like a ferengi quoting the Rules of A. I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
September 9, 2012 - 12:08pm | Looking at this thread again got me thinking about a yazirian hell. Is there such a place in the yazirian consciousness? I think there could be, for traitors to clan and other heinous sins I might not be a dralasite, vrusk or yazirian but I do play one in Star Frontiers! |
 September 24, 2012 - 8:36pm | Yazirian's boast of their life-enemy - the harder it is to overcome the greater honor and status its brings within the clan and outside the clan. Dieing in pursuit of a hard-to-defeat life-enemy isn't a mark on the clan as long as another clan-member takes up the torch, per sae. Hell is reserved for those who die without trying and for sins against the clan. They don't have a hell for personal sin (look at the party's they throw!). It is a great honor to a clan when a member kills a rival clan-member (from another clan) thus denying him/her their pursuit of a life-enemy. Heaven is reserved for those who succeed, heaven has 11 levels for the 11 original clans. |
