Ulis

The god of death, rebirth, dreams, and the moon.

A place of worship dedicated to Ulis is called an Ulistheileian. Many are in caves, especially the older ones. There is a very old tradition in which one must earn the honor of worshiping Ulis in a sacred space. The chapels are carved from stone and difficult to reach; the one in the Amalomeire to which one must descend a long, dark natural chimney made into a ladder by handholds and footholds carved out of the rock. “There were still ascetics who spent their devotional hours in desolate places, carving ladders in rock, providing such chapels for those who felt they had to go even farther out of their way before Ulis would listen to them.”

The Amalomeire’s Ulineise chapel has no altar, as its space is considered inherently sacred. It is lit by tall lanterns carved elaborately with night creatures like bats and cougars. A junior canon must climb down daily at sunset to refill them and trim their wicks. “In theory, they never went out, but sometimes the canon might have to make the climb by the light of only one lantern. Very occasionally, they might get halfway down and discover that there was no light at all in the chapel. That was not considered an excuse to turn back and was why the job was given to a canon rather than a novice.”