Ascendant faith
- Centered around worship of the Unnamed, a faith known to the Ascendants as the True (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- The ultimate goal of their faith is to find the Fortress of the Unnamed (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)
- In pursuit of this goal, the Ascendants purge all those who seem to worship the True improperly (referred to as the False), with particular attention on those who bestow them names (DS9 Novel: Rising Son)