Lorini faith

• Centered around worship of the Oracle and the Creators (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • First emerged and established by c.7500 BCE (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Fell out of prominence by 4000 BCE (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Returned to significance by 3600 BCE (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
• Developed on Yonada under domination of the Oracle and the priest caste, but continued upon settlement on Lorina (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
• Lead by a High Priestess (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • - 2268: Natira
  • 2268 - 2273 - : Rishala
• Creators
  • Pantheon of divinities originally inspired by historical figures on Fabrina (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Vari the Mighty (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Lead figure amongst the Creators (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Father figure (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Derived from Tomaneru Vari, head of the Yonada project (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Baima the Wise (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Mother figure (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Derived from Minakeli Baima, then-Oracle of Tilu of the Fabrini faith (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Dedi the Questioner (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • The youngest of the Creators (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Miura the Farmer (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Sustains both body and soul (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Nalai the Midwife (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Nidra (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Antagonist figure, but also source of fire and light (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Derived from Ganidra, Fabrina's primary star (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Tilu the Source (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Brought forth earth and ice from the heavens (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
    • Significant deity of the Fabrini religion prior to exodus (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
• Oracle
  • Established from the tradition of the Oracle of the faith of Tilu in the Fabrina faith (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Viewed by some sects as a tool of the Creators, the tool they used to enact their will (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
  • Other sects viewed the Oracle as the living embodiment of the Creators, their will manifest physically (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)
• Some religious sects focus exclusively on the Book of the People, while others additionally incorporate oral traditions built about the Oracle and Creators (TOS Novel: Ex Machina)