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The  were a series of laws set forth by the Alessian Order after the defeat of the Ayleids. It was the prohibitions contained in this law that caused various kingdoms to begin fighting against the Alessian Order.

Foundation
The precursor to the codification of the Alessian Doctrines proper happened after Alessia herself came to power in the heartlands. Desiring to unify Elves, Nords, and the Nedic peoples Alessia realized a compromise must be made, thus the Cyrodiilic Eight Divines came into being. Shor became Shezzar, a toned down version of the genocidal warlord. Alduin was merged with Auriel to become Akatosh, and the list goes on.

The Alessian Doctrines themselves were codified by Marukh, and would go on to become the heart and soul of the Alessian Empire. The founder of this sect Marukh, received vision directly from Alessia herself. These visions convinced Marukh that the elven rule was flawed from the very core.

Core Principles
The heart of these principles centers on a belief of Monothiesm, while the majority of the Et'Ada were relegated to sainthood. The religion would absorb worship of minor deities into its pantheon by venerating ancestor spirits and god-animals.

The group waged an intellectual war on the populace of the heartlands performing book burnings of elven manuscripts. Only articles which were extremely widespread survived this purging.

A breakaway sect of the Alessian Order itself called the Marukathi Selective desired to go even farther, they wanted to remove the elven aspects of Auriel completely from the divine Akatosh. However comitting this heresy broke the dragon for one thousand and eight years.

Reception
Charismatic leaders were able to quickly spread the doctrines among the poor masses, which they mobilized against the remaining Ayelid kingdoms. This outbreak of religion eventually turned against the Order. Manipulation by the priests caused a war with the Colovian Estates, which led to an uprising culminating at the Battle of Glenumbra Moors.

They were quickly superseded by the Alessian priesthood, whose inexplicably charismatic religion found purchase in the lower classes. The traditional Nordic pantheon of Eight Divines was replaced by a baroque veneration of ancestor spirits and god-animals, practices encouraged by the mutable-yet-monotheistic doctrines of the Alessian faith. The doctrines eventually codified nearly every aspect of Eastern culture. Restrictions against certain kinds of meat-eating, coupled with the sentiments of the blossoming animal cults, soon made agriculture and husbandry nearly impossible.