Enquethir

The symbol for Enquethir is a semicircular (typically silver, steel, or ironwood) archway. It has either gems or painted circles/triangles on it, from left to right: green, red, clear/white, black, yellow, blue. Each one corresponds to one of the six Roku. 

Enquethirens view the Roku as more like perfect role models than saviors or guardians.  The purpose of worship is to feel their presence and to try to find ways to become more like them.  When a believer says “Enque es ara,” meaning “six with me,” it means more like “I hope I can keep my head on straight with all this going on” than “I hope the gods protect me.”  These are not the only elemental spirits, these are just the rulers of them.  Elemental spirits exist everywhere and in everything in varying quantities and strength. 

Paluuren
Green triangle pointing up.  He embodies stability, rationality, and instinct.  One might look to Paluuren in times of their lives when they are trying to maintain self discipline. 

Ruunya
Red triangle pointing down. She embodies passion, lust, and courage.  One might look to Ruunya in times of their lives when they need to cope with quick, sudden, drastic change.  

To an ancient person who thinks the world is flat, the sun and moon might appear to slide along an invisible arch in the sky.  As such, the Yōseien often tell time during the day by which of the Omo has the sun.  This divides daylight into six equal periods.  Because they live so long and don't value time as humans do, they see no problem with this imprecise method of telling time. 

Enquethirens believe that the world was created by the Roku, who used the essence of themselves as building blocks for everything.  Ingoleth’s influence is everywhere, but only the Yōseien and the Fae actually have her blood.  After being betrayed and destroyed by the Elohndi centuries ago, the Roku now sit back and observe the world, intervening little or not at all except for making reincarnation decisions, waiting until the world as a whole matures and achieves sufficient peace and balance, at which point it will be elevated to Utopia, unless chaos wins and an apocalypse destroys everything. 

They also believe in reincarnation, where Elfkin are one's final worldly form.  Non-elfkin who die are reincarnated.  They get a "better" life if they lived in peace and balance in their past one.  A person must achieve this peace and balance along their own journey.  Being born Elfkin is a reward for the peace and balance your past lives have accomplished. 

When an Elfkin dies, the soul can no longer reincarnate.  Since the six elements make up everything, the ideal fate for an Elfkin soul is for it to break apart into its elemental pieces and join with the wind, rain, etc.  However, an Elfkin who dies a violent death may dissolve into chaos, harming the universe, and bringing the apocalypse one step closer to becoming likely.  As such, wars with other elves are treated with care and caution to minimize death.  This is part of the reason they moved so far east.

The Yōseien have no death penalty and always imprison their criminals, with the worst sentences spanning for their entire unending lives.  Suicide by poison is not considered violent, and so prisoners with this sentence are granted this death if they request it. 

In general, the souls of Elmani (half elfkin) are often viewed as “almost there” or “on trial.” The Roku could decide to give someone the life of an Elmani for many reasons.  No one can know for sure.  Elmani can have good lives or very bad lives depending on the situation they’re born into (compare a Brásak born of rape to an Alondi with a Treskan human mother who fell in love) and the Roku may factor that into their decision when choosing a soul for a newly conceived Elmani.  Some Yōseien think they ought to go out of their way to treat Elmani well so they can make the most of their “trial,” others are more aloof toward them, believing they need to figure things out for themselves without having their hands held, others feel uncomfortable around them and just don’t know how to act.  

Here are some reasons they think the Roku might send a soul on to become an Elmani. 

• Young souls who showed promise in just one or very few non-elfkin lifetimes, given a lifetime as a half-elfkin to see if they’re ready to move on and be an elfkin. 
• A person who was close to being worthy of being an Elfkin, but died young in their previous life but never got there. 
• A person who would have been ready to move on to being an Elfkin, but took a turn for the worst later in life, and died before they could fix their mistakes. 
• A person who repeatedly has lived bad lives, who the Roku took pity on and wanted to give them a small taste of what they could be if they shaped up. 
• A person who is not ready to be an elfkin, but has done something worthy of reward.