Ayreon

Ayreon is an transcendi in the Cedrist Faith and a Guiding Holy in the Holodomatic School.

Cedrism

Practitioners of the Cedrist Faith regard him as a water spirit, descended from Elwynn, who became familiar with humanity and travelled across the lands to teach people music and the arts.

Fishing Cat

The fishing cat, a now-rare wild cat that roams much of the length of the River Elwynn, is closely associated with Ayreon. Legends about fishing cats, either as mischievous mundane creatures or as the physical form of a trickster spirit, are found all along the River Elwynn Valley, the fishing cat's historical distribution. Due to several long decades of pollution, along with the various ecological disasters (e.g. Brassicosis Crisis), the fishing cat's current distribution is broken up into isolated regional populations. The species has also been pushed into a vulnerable status due to hunting.

More recently, efforts have been made in Shirerithian and Ransenari territory to establish protected wetlands in the Red Elwynn Valley.

Holodomatic School

Ayreon is popular among initiates of the Holodomatic School in Eastern Benacia. He is appealed to on matters of fertility and ingenuity, healing, and inspiration. As a Guiding Holy, he is also appealed to protect the way for initiates to reach out towards the Ultimate.

Much of his worship is drawn from Cedrist mythology and motifs, reconfigured to fit with Holodomatic practices, but this version of Ayreon has been thoroughly infused with the imagery and importance from Iacchis, a popular Kaikian Antican deity. This makes Ayreon a more significant figure of worship in the Holodomatic School than in the Cedrist Faith, where he played a relatively minor role alongside the various gods of war and authority.

In keeping with the influence from Iacchis, Holodomatic depictions of Ayreon vary between masculine, feminine, and androgynous, and using masks and flowing clothes to shapeshift and disguise himself.