The culture of arialians that greatly bases itself on the ways described in the Rightful Path that was an attempt to restore Ark's teachings after the Virian Cataclysm .The followers of the culture highly believe in Ark as the true and the only god. Popular only at the Central Arial, the closer to the Ark the City the stricter inhabitants follow the postulates.
The culture tries to restore the arialian precataclysm culture laws, rules and rituals as close as possible after the Virian Cataclysm, though it is mostly unknown how exactly it was, most of the elders died during the Cataclysm.
Deity
Postulates
Most of the postulates are taken from scraps of shaman writings of Ark's words in the Rightful Path.
Miscegenation
...Thee must not engage in sharing bed with anyone not of your kind, this can and will lead to fall of thine house, your people extinct. The curse will fall on your family and the close ones, only monsters will be born from such a union. Therefore the only right way is to put them to use in my name, make them work through their meaningless existence...
- The Rightful Path, Ark answering to the sinner before burning them alive.
Castes
Every race is linked to specific spheres of activities in the society that they must occupy. Names of the castes match the names of the races, since they are tightly interconnected.
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Ikor - Thinkers: scientists, politics, shamans, priests etc
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Shakor - Warriors: enforcers, police, guards, executioners etc
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Garont - Workers: miners, smiths, artisans, lumberjacks etc
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Other - the untouchable, considered to be beasts not worthy of living and therefore have no place in castes more than slaves.
The Cataclysm Myth
The followers of the culture mostly think that the Virian Cataclysm was caused by impurity of the societies before it calling it the "Ark's Wraith", his way to punish the sinners and purge the world of sin, giving the last chance to kor leaving only the "pure" ones. Ark left, but is still observing his children from high above giving them the choice but letting them know what can happen if they "sin".
Occurence
Considering that most of the Cataclysm touched the Arial Outskirts it left mostly the "pure" ones that followed his postulates it makes sense that it was the most popular of the cultures in the 0AC-1000AC, at the later ages persisting mostly at the Central Arial.
Values
The postulates and general influence of the old order made the values:
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Collective Responsibility
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Bravery
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Respect for Elders and the Traditions
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Family
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Resilience
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Duty