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--- gods:ra [2024/05/03 00:26] – [Peregrinus, the Dawn Hawk, the 4th Avatar of Ra] onermedwolf
+++ gods:ra [2024/05/12 15:27] (current) – quiddlesticks
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-====== Ra ======
+====== Ra/Peregrinus ======
 //"Through his design, we enact his will."//
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 At one time, the common people shuttered at the thought of a Ra’ite coming to their home. It was an omen that something lurked in the shadows and that their home would be turned to a pile of ash. They walked on the path of darkness, the very thing they sought to destroy, but the light never fades. The Faith of Ra was reformed and committed themselves to better serve the people. Order and fighting evil were not ends in and of themselves, but the means to which Ra’s creation could be protected.
-===== Aspects =====
+===== Avatars =====
 The Aspects of Ra deviate significantly from other deities. While other gods may have alternate forms due to how certain cultures or sects view them, Ra’s aspects are more accurately termed his avatars. These are scholars, warriors, and kings who have been chosen by Ra-prime to act as his manifestation on the material plane. The identity of each Avatar is highly debated between followers, especially those between Cayahli and Jaern. Each avatar is an embodiment of the various virtues and facets of Ra’s existence. The Light-bearer has manifested 6 separate times:
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 After the fall of Ra-Tyrannus, the priesthood of Ra needed to be restructured so that it can once again be aligned with Ra’s True Order. Thus a new avatar manifested, Ra-Mennefer, who sought to give new purpose to Ra’ites by bringing a new vocation to the priesthood. As a mortal, Mennefer was a skilled and talented craftsman who saw his work as holy and divine as it was granting materials a reason and purpose. This Ra is the primary avatar worshipped on Jaern.
-This avatar of Ra looked like the quintessence of what a craftsman should look like. He was a tall man with deep tan skin with a bald head, and fiery red beard. He wore a smith’s apron and gloves as well as a belt that held all of a smith’s essential tools.
+This avatar of Ra looked like the quintessence of what a craftsman should look like. He was a tall man with deep tan skin with a bald head, and fiery red beard. He wore a smith’s apron and gloves as well as a belt that held all of a smith’s essential tools. While his mortal name is Mennefer, Jaernian priests simply refer to him as Ra.