The faith of the monastery was fairly simple to begin with, initially following the Cressidan holy text, the
Daw' al-Qamar, meaning a worship of the goddess Cresseid as a personification of the moon and all that goes along with it but as Rasim grew and as the fortress grewalongside him the faith slowly did too.
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The worship of Cresseid as a single deity grew less potent as time went on and the name became one of many named representations of the greater lunar worship. Then, as more varied people joined the fortress their views contributed to the changing faith, without a central power structure to maintain the religious mandates it morphed alongside the population, more names for the deity springing up and more varied yet less strict tenets sprouted up among the people. The worship took on egalitarian ideals.
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These new worshippers practised the same faith as their orthodox Cressidan brethren but their concepts were more fluid. They became known as the Kthyri (Kuh-theer-eye).
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The Kthyri have a Marahil al-Qamar (an accompanying religious text to the Daw’ al-Qamar) written in part by Rasim from the words of his teachers, known as the Marhala Huriya or Al-Huriya for short.
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Ktyhri
These Kthyri tend to hold the divine as a more unknowing and disparate entity and utilise many names and many different practises in an aim to become closer to the deity, in a sense, to know the deity in their own personal way whilst alive.
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A common practise is meditation, (sometimes whilst chanting the many names of the deity), often accompanied by an ascetic lifestyle that can involve fasting or other shows of material restraint.
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There are those who choose to worship the deity in a multitude of other ways however such as body decoration, celebrations such as dancing and singing, feasts and other material offerings and even more extreme methods like self flagellation or devoting one's life to being a warrior of the deity.
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One of the simpler tenets that was carried through from Orthodox Cresseid worship is that of cleanliness, clearn water and the washing therein playing a large part in day to day life.
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Though the majority of the Fortress practises their faith through Kthyrism there is still orthodox Cresseid worship practised by a number of the members. Theological discussion is encouraged, though the main rule is to allow anyone of the faith to show said faith in whatever way they please without condemnation.
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The adherents of Kthyrism are known to sometimes greet and valedict with the phrase Zakxora, an old Thalassan phrase of traditional respect. Kthyri however often utilise the older form of Zakxora’vi, too, a form that has become somewhat archaic in Thalassan society.