The Aversarinas Aagiokratia

Origins and history
The Aversarinas Aagiokratia was created as an artificial religion by the relatively unpopular Aautokratir Phanagorax (reigned 93-132 IS) in order to justify his rule. Though originally unpopular, it eventually caught on amongst magi and the population, which led to conflict between followers of the Aagiokratia and followers of the older Aersodaxian religion.

Eventually, this conflict would lead to the War of a Thousand Dragons, a civil war between the Aagiokratians and the Aersodaxians. The Aersodaxian were lead by by Aautokratir Dhaxigen, while the Aagiokratians were lead by Aexionarax, grandson of Phanagorax. After the eventual victory of Aexionarax, the Aagiokratia was proclaimed the official state religion of Aversaria.

The Purest and the First Men
The Purest can be considered a misremembered version of Aersanon, whom the Aagiokratians believe to have been an ancient king. Likewise, the First Men are misremembered versions of the Aelfir, whom the Aagiokratians believe to be their human ancestors. As such, the Aversarians normally believe Aelfir ruins to be the creation of the First Men/ancient Aversarians, and many Aversarians believe the The Sea Tower to have been the throne of the Purest.

However, while the First Men as a concept builds on cultural memories of the Aelfir, individual figures believed to be First Men have different origins. Most such figures were in fact originally gods or other religious figures of foreign cultures and religions, who were declared First Men by the Aagiokratians as part of the cultural and religious assimilation of conquered peoples.

Aagiokratian nobles or rulers will often claim to be direct descendants of the Purest or the First Men. As many Aagiokratians believe in reincarnation, sufficiently powerful rulers will also commonly proclaim themselves a reincarnation of a First Man or even the Purest, though such declarations are made both easier and less impactful due to the fact that Aversarians tend to be fairly cynical by the 1200s. Individuals may also be declared reincarnations of the First Men/the Purest in order to assist cultural or religious assimilation, as seen with the Agionist Saints, who were declared reincarnations of First Men in order to "rehabilitate" the Agionists into the Aagiokratian fold.

All named in-game Aversarian gods, such as Sо̄ter and Lelea, are well-known First Men, with the exception of the Purest and "the Impure" (the latter being not a specific individual/being, but rather the religion's name for all non-Aversarians).