Noyondayan

Domains: Fate, Mankind
The Devourer, the Teeth of Time, Noyondayan is to the people of the Lashani grasslands the Golden Wolf. The force of time and the pressures of evolution manifest in the gnashing, ripping jaws of the great god of Western Man. To the followers of Noyondayan, tragedy is but an impersonal ripple across the cosmos - and so is victory. The agenda of Noyondayan is that of mankind - of the “true mankind,” not the soft, pathetic variant which grows fat and soft in behind high walls and beneath false idols. Noyondayan devours the weak, rewards the strong, and does so without moralizing - it is with the same vigor that the followers of Noyondayan wish to etch themselves against the wheels of time. Noyondayan rewards the wise, and the strong, and those whose intelligence carries them throughout the crushing trials of time. At the same time, Noyondayan does not loathe those who fail, or those who die - but rests in his plane with full assurance that only the strongest of mankind will propagate.

Dogma
To honor Noyondayan, one must make every effort to live honorably and toward the best outcome for themselves and their community - to be considered part of a Lashani in-group means much. It is said that the Golden Wolf is older than all the gods, and is the patron of mankind itself - those worshippers of Noyondayan believe themselves closer to what God had intended for mankind than those who follow Evanar, whom they call the “Silent God.” Those who accept only the highest and best use of their lives are blessed by Noyondayan, and in extraordinarily rare cases those who advance the cause of mankind remark that they have been spared by the Teeth of Time themselves. Noyondayan’s most zealous followers are reputed to be long-lived - from wisdom, strength, or blessing is yet to be determined. As those who consider themselves descendents of the Golden Wolf range far and wide across the savannahs of Lashan, the style and type of religious activity varies greatly.