The Dark Lord Corath revels in lies, insanity and corruption. We are his tools, and through our hate he manifests his will on this pathetic world. He empowers us to take what is ours to take, by right of our strength and power. All beings are ours to mold, shape, and force into servitude and subservience. If any indignus stands in our way or tries to force his weak and pointless morality upon us, we are to kill him, and if possible raise and corrupt his body to serve us.
He teaches that hatred is to be our mantra... the fuel that feeds the fires of our existence. We should hate those that are less than we are, for they are weak. Hate those that are stronger, for we cannot prevail against them. Hate ourselves for any inadequacy. Hatred is to be the center of our being.
The act of giving mercy is a sin, as it displays weakness. The weak are unfit to survive. The weak are an obstacle and must be crushed and removed.
The Dark Lord directs us to love no person or thing, even ourseves. Love leads to weakness, and weakness to the interuption of the Dark Lord's Designs. Failure is not tolerated by the Dark Lord. Love is a disease.
The Dark Lord commands that we are not to wear uniforms or other prescribed clothing that marks us as followers. We are to blend in with the indignus and be as a wolf in sheep's clothing. They will learn to fear us, for they know not who we are, or when we will strike. We are to do all possible to feed this fear, for their fear makes us stronger.
We are commanded to train with the short sword, regardless of profession. The smallest sword can make the cruelest cut when it is unseen and unexpected. If able to do so, enchantments of cold, representative of the chilling embrace of death should be woven into the metal of the blades. Poisons are smiled upon, both blade venoms and the types to be mixed with food and drink.
When in the shadowed secrecy of our homes, we are to set aside sacred space for the Dark Lord's worship. His darkness is the embrace that will protect us from the light. We must succor his favor with sacrifices and prayer.
At temples, gatherings of the faithful, and even in our own private chapels the following accoutrements are required: a skull mask, a ritual dagger blessed in the blood of a sacrifice, and black robes with Corath's Mark. The masks should be made of bone cut from an actual skull taken from a murdered worshipper of a god who is an enemey to Corath.
The High Holiday of Sublimis is to be celebrated with all due diligence. This UnHoly Day occurs during the New Moon Cycle when both Ausir and Orn become new simultaneously and start their revolutions of light again. An appropriate sacrifce must be made and the Unholy Rites performed.
The Dark Lord's constellation is an absence of light called the Lifegiver's Bane. We believe that the black space behind Aeridin's constellation can be seen as a skull with the light of the semi-spherical stars defining the skull's dark shape. Once one has seen the Lifegiver's Bane, it will always be visible to them, grinning behind and between the warm colorful stars of the Life Calendar, whether they wish it to or not. This is a reminder to the faithful that the Dark Lord is always watching, and that punishment and pain awaits failure.
