Ebako of Poopareth

Ebako (c. 1 AD-30 AD) also known as Ebako of Poopareth, the Son of God, or Father Ebako was a religious leader and preacher who is universally considered one of the most influential men in Realm history. Born roughly 2000 years ago, his life, teachings, and death immediately caused many decentralized gruesome uprisings by followers of Ebako and reprisals at the hands of the Spawn Empire, causing the deaths of hundreds of thousands. In the long term, his journeys and experiences created the biggest and most influential religion known to the Realm, dubbed Ebakianity, and became a powerful force within every nation, territory, and group of people. Born in the Spawn Empire, Ebako was of unknown ethnic and cultural origin with several claims from every nation that he is ethnically and culturally linked to them. Ebako was born in the city of Poopareth (then Razareth) that scholars and archaeologists generally agree was in the Derry Archipelago which in the modern day is territory of Dexistan.

Life
Some sects, dubbed the Mortalists, believe Ebako was the son of Roki, a baker in Razareth, conceived by God and that he lived his life from birth to death as a normal mortal except for his divine actions. Other sects, dubbed the Ascensionists, believe Ebako descended from Heaven as a fully grown man and did not age as time passed in the mortal world. Bitter schisms and disputes have been caused by this disagreement of the nature of Ebako with the Ascensionists calling the opposition unholy and reductionist non-believers while the Mortalists argue their theory is more likely and gives more credence to the religion.

Ebako traveled and preached all across the Realm, performing various miracles including healing the terminally ill, purifying otherwise undrinkable water, and preventing storms. Mount Reeves being a recurring location in all books of the Scriptures, it is where (according to Frist scripture) Ebako assembled an army of followers to combat Teuton and Albanian bandits that robbed and killed innocent civilians primarily in the Spawn Empire. Mount Reeves is also where Ebako gave a sermon to hundreds of onlookers for more than a day without interruption among many other things. Other locations in Ebako's travels included the City of Spawn where he was nearly arrested by the Spawnish authorities while preaching on a street corner for heresy, modern day Osaka where he secretly healed 18brickman02's chronic gout while there was an active manhunt for him in the Spawn Empire, and modern day Tibet where he climbed the highest snow capped peak on the behest of God to receive several revelations.

He was deemed heretical by the vast majority of governments for his challenge to the authority of the clergy of various religions, exposing their alleged hypocrisies and wickedness. He was especially pursued by the Truist clergy, the highest class in the pre-Ebakian Holy Nation. In Chapter 10 of the Book of Bose, Ebako escapes from a Solician prison by delivering a stirring speech to the guards about the immorality and unjust restrictions of their masters and recruiting them into his flock. In total, the universal canonical Updated Testimony depicts seven stories of Ebako evading the authorities or escaping prison although more stories are included in some denominations, for example, the canonical Frist Scriptures have nine mentions of such events.

According to the Updated Testimony, the second section of the Holy Scriptures of Radiance, at the age of 29, Ebako sat under a tree in a cave in the Gaza area for 49 days. Whilst meditating, he was told by God several truths about the inevitability of death and the glory of the afterlife, in which the soul is free, and was commanded to travel to Mount Reeves in the current day Gaza Strip. On his way, he predicted his own death and his dozens of close friends and followers tried to surround and protect him as he was captured by Spawnish soldiers. He was brought before the governor of the Midwestern Territories who ordered him to carry a cross to none other than Mount Reeves. He would be crucified in the year 30 AD by the Spawn Empire with other common thieves and criminals. In Ebakian theology, he was resurrected directly after his death by crucifixion with the earth quaking and a nearly blinding light stretching across the site as angels descended down, taking his body and thus his soul to Heaven to achieve greater communion with God, his father.

Legacy
After his death, thousands of followers of Ebako rose up against the Spawn Empire, vowing to avenge Ebako against the Spawn Empire and also to spread the word of Ebako. Many of these revolts were aided or even led by several Champions of Ebako, close followers that extensively communicated with him during his life. None of these revolutions succeeded in establishing independent states or overthrowing the Spawn Empire but it took significant effort on the part of the Spawnish military to suppress these violent uprisings and led to a larger religious awakening throughout the Realm.

In the brief months of control these rebels had over some areas, they proselytized the local populace and constructed many temples and shrines to Ebako, leading to greater expansion of the religion, setting the stage for it to spread exponentially. The populace grew further resentment to the Spawn Empire due to their brutal repression of the revolts including the killing of non-combatants and the desecration of artifacts, churches, and scripture. This destruction as well as the widespread and sustained persecution of Ebakians for centuries to come had the opposite of the desired effect. Sympathy for Ebakians rose and stories of martyrs gloriously sacrificing themselves for Ebako against the pagan oppressors is believed to have converted many who were otherwise indifferent or even hostile to it.

Many offshoots soon formed, some like Frism exhibited a more vengeful and zealous attitude, vowing for the destruction of the Spawn Empire as well as more generally, all opponents and heretics. Other sects that formed later such as Brochanism (not to be confused with the ancient animist Tibetan religion of Borochanism) were more peaceful and forgiving than most sects, preaching a message of peace and harmony, envisioning a world where believers and non-believers could live in a society without tension and would help each other engage in rational debate and evolution of ideas. Despite the differences of these sects, they all agree that the general teachings Ebako promoted included temperance, modesty, honesty, holiness, virility, and family orientated lifestyles.

The teachings of Ebako spread far and wide throughout the Realm and Ebakanity became the largest overall religion by the 12th century, influencing every culture and society in significant ways across the Realm. Though it has competitors, most notably Offlinism and Memeology, it still remains a dominant cultural and societal force with many different interpretations and perceptions everywhere.