An Ethical Argument for Worship of The Argent Four
Law of Origin
It is given history that The Argent Four turned Elrün from a realm of “chaos” to one rich with vegetation, and life hospitable to all manner of creatures, including humanoids.
As a parent deserves some form of gratitude from its children, so The Argent Four deserve a baseline of respect and honor from their children, who eat their provided food, drink their provided water, and breathe their provided air.
It is reasonable to despise one’s parents, or to think of them as wrong-doers, or to even hate them. But to do so and not also feel that sense of gratitude for existence (that would not be without said parents) is tantamount to suicidal desire or just being a little sh**. Disagreement with one’s creators does not relieve one of the ethical duty to experience gratitude (understood as ‘worship’) for one’s own existence, by which they CAN despise their creator.
Subtext: “One can muse, that the ground is tilled by men, and therefore men and not gods deserve the praise for our food. But man did not make the dirt rich with nutrients – nor do they administer the water cycle.”
A Logical Argument for Worship of The Argent Four
Law of Eternal Mastery
Imagine a race, in mortality if all were in one single race, eventually the young would grow, and overtake the old who would proceed to wither into the dust and the young would be ahead for a time, until they too withered into the dust and others overtook them. And so on for each generation.
Now instead, imagine an immortal race, one gets to their prime, and then proceeds to run at that pace forever. Would the young be able to overtake the old? It is logical to imagine the pace of the ones who started the race first would remain constant, and those who came after would remain constantly behind the first.
Now consider this across all attributes and aspects of life: herbology, smithing, scholarship, cultivation, crafting – we as those who came after can gain ability, knowledge and advantage by looking to those who came before.
Thus, worship is less of an exercise and more of an exchange, or perhaps an apprenticeship. Those who came after may attempt to learn a craft on their own, they may even get extremely well versed in it, but it will not make them comparatively as progressed as those who came before.
Subtext: “I don’t much care for running myself, I prefer trying to explain this using a master craftsman and their apprentice, however running is more accessible to a broader audience without needing as much explanation.”
An Emotional Argument for Worship of The Argent Four
Law of Paths
Being mortal, existence itself, revolves around one question, “If I?” As in, if I use my time to hone a craft I can become a master, if I lie and cheat I may find myself on the wrong side of civilized people’s laws. “If I” can be considered paths.
Paths can be paved or unpaved, but they mark a way to go that is established, either by tradition or by purpose (such as expedience or necessity). It may be frustrating to look at a fork in a road, but only to one who does not know their desired destination.
The Argent Four help answer “If I” and have paved paths that lead to differing, but good, places. Life is easier, more fulfilled, on these paths. One that does not know where they want to go, or who wants to go somewhere undesirable may resent paved roads, but that is likely only because they do not yet see the value in the destination of that path.
Subtext: “I appreciate the cat-stuck-in-a-tree argument made, and think this emotional argument helps answer it. Though personally, I prefer giant moles, and we don’t have a lot of trees underground.”