Satímieli

"I gladly lay down my life so that the world may become whole again."

- A Satí soldier

The Satímieli is a type of naturalistic faith and national spirit, adhered to by the Satí people.

Canon
The world was once created by a pantheon of powerful gods. With powers beyond anything seen since, they ruled the world they had created, a paradise, in peace and harmony. But eventually, a corrupting force would find its way into the ranks of the gods, and slowly spread between them. This corruption would eventually turn the gods away from their perfection, and fester distrust and hostility between them. Finally, the gods were divided completely, and they fought a war between each other - the First war.

Gods and their creations battled against each other, and countless would fall. In the end, every god had died, and their creation, the world itself, had almost been completely destroyed. Amongst this battlefield, the lingering souls of the dead congregated into a single spiritual being: Luumansari, the Skeleton King. Created from the woes of the dead gods who watched as their work was torn asunder, and the fear and death of all other lives lost, Luumansari seeks to rebuild the world like it once was.

Some souls after death will thus find their way to Luumansari, and join his court. There they will assist him in his eternal quest to restore paradise on earth, piece by piece. And at the end of the road, harmony will reign, and all the souls will finally find their rest in the world that was meant to be.

Gods & Spirits
With all gods dead and gone, the only remaining entities are spirits.

Way of Life
Satí practice open sky burials with their dead. By giving bodies to scavengers, the corpse will be picked clean, and their skeletons will remain. This is done with the belief that the skeleton and the soul of the deceased will be given a place in Luumansari's court, to aid in the reconstruction of the world. Thus, cremation is not practiced, and is actually frowned upon, as it means a soul may potentially lose its place by the Skeleton kings' side.

After the bones have been exposed, they are taken to temples in the mountains that have been constructed to house the bones of the deceased. Any other bones from a person - like if they had once lost a limb in life - would also be brought with the deceased skeleton to the temple for burial. There, rites are performed, and the deceased is then considered part of Luumansari's court.