Ardavan will be instituted loosely as the state religion of the empire, but followers of ancestor worship will not be persecuted heavily. In fact, Ardavan will begin to incorporate the ancestral beliefs of the Sesh valley in its structure. The Kaphai-taleldil, Record of Taleldil or simply Kaphai or Record for short, will emerge as the transcribed legend-cum-history of the Great King Taleldil, an exiled desert wanderer who rose to lead the chosen Satarai to victory, and whose glorious actions caused his spirit to gain godhood in the afterlife.
The counterpart to the Kaphai, the supposed historical record of Taleldil’s pre-divine deeds, lies in the Avai, or Visions. This is a two-part legendarium: Taleldil’s journey in the afterlife to become a deity, and a less organized series of maxims and psalms dealing with the spiritual link between life and afterlife. The Kaphai will be more of a doctrinal book, quoted in Ardavani ceremonies, while the Avai will be a popular book (or scroll) spreading the the folk-mythology of Taleldil to the masses.
Since each of the Seven Princes maintain a fictionalized lineage from one of Taleldil’s seven sons, each of whom are pseudo-demigods, the general idea that ancestors are a proper object of devotion (if not on the same level as Taleldil) will filter through Satar society. This begins the general entry of Taleldil into the ancestor worship practices of the Sesh, and the introduction of ancestor worship practices into Ardavan. This religious fusion will make Ardavan, and the Satar in general, more acceptable to their subjects.
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