SirenSon117
Sage
Sorry Red Star but I've got another entry in this weird community chest of a series! One of my shorter WIP's takes place in a low-magic aquatic setting(I'm aiming for something called Oceanpunk) and focuses heavily on the conflict between two religions. The Legio Aqua Vitae is the dominant religion of the setting and worships the ever-present ocean as a divine figure. The Legio is divided into halves: the actual religion and it's elite military, the Fisher-Knights. The story follows Nota Lucia Dea, daughter of the previous Arch-Priestess who's basically the head honcho of the Legio Aqua Vitae and is said to be possessed by the Goddess(so in summation, Aquatic Pope Lady), as she goes on a pilgrimage to become worthy of the Goddess' will and authority. The antagonists are the Church of the Old Ways, a cult based around the same false god whose teachings were what pissed off the ocean and triggered the great flood 100 years ago that sunk all the land on the planet, causing thousands of extinctions and killing 80% of all Humans(although that was more because most of the humans were too self-absorbed and stupid to get in the boat). My big concern is that the more I'm developing the Legio Aqua Vitae the more it comes across as just "Catholicism with lots of water". Any help fleshing out this idea or ways to make these two more original would be much appreciated! And don't be afraid to post the religions of your exotic settings down there either, hopefully this thread can help you out too. PS: Humans survived by building massive boats with science laboratories and food factories built in. Using the resources now sealed away beneath the waves they built small artificial continents called Villae to live on and still use boats as transportation amongst many other services.