The Beast and the Lillies

The Beast and the Lillies, also called Therionplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTherion

The Great Prophet Therion, founder of the Church of the Mother. and the Changer, is an Occidental folk tale. Though an ancient tale it was used by opponents of the Mother Church in Ororrplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigOrorr

Ororr [o-ROARR, ɒ̝rɔ'ɾ], also called the Holy Motherland of Ororr, is a theocratic nation in Anásthias, one of the world's great powers. It the largest nation in the world, perhaps the largest empire in history, occupying the entire northwest of the continent between the mountains and the sea. Ororrlanguagelanguagelanguage to satirise the Great Prophet of Ororr. As such the tale has at times been considered blasphemous.

At its simplest, the tale tells of an outcast man living in the wilds, who repeatedly encounters a beautiful spirit in various guises, whose actions spur him on to achieve great things. The tale was popular in the early days of the Mother Army, as various ribald versions suggested how their Prophet and Leader was seduced by the Goddess in human former, and led on to conquer the world by the lure of herplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHerbs

Herbs are usually green plants cultivated and used for use in medicine, cooking or for other purposes.

Herblore is the traditional practice of making decoctions, extracts, powders and other preparations from the roots, leaves, seeds, bark and fruit of plants found across the world.greengreenAnásthiasAnásthiasgreenMunatangreengreen immortal charms. In some versions, the woman taught the man her arts of shifting shape, so that they made love in any number of forms.

The tale was almost certainly an adaptation of an ancient Issid folk tale, since the name Therion or Teryon is a very ancient one, far predating the time of the Prophet. Due to its popularity it was included in some editions of the Siltorn Codex, even though its telling was officially outlawed as disrespectful after the Retreat of the Prophetplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigTherion

The Great Prophet Therion, founder of the Church of the Mother..

In modern times the tale has become a popular one in Harthera, where lewd and notorious stage versions of it are often performed in the city of Harlon for the amusement of sailors and Hartheranplugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigHarthera

The Hartheran Union, commonly named Harthera, is an imperialist maritime nation state dominating the northeast of Anásthias. It is one of the two great powers of the modern epoch, arguably the most technologically and militarily powerful nation in the world, only matched by the vast size and wealth of its neighbour, viridOrorrMEOrorrOrorrOrorrOrorr officials, sworn enemies of Ororr and its faith.