Sinmaker

Sinmaker was a (possibly fictional) Zariphexen prophet who wrote the three texts of Schism and spread the religion throughout the known world.

History (as written by Schist monks)
One of the first Zaraphexen kings, Sinmaker's original name is unknown. Unlike many others of his race, he truly did want to help other races at first, but his conceit and power took him over, and he became a tyrant, ruling over the other races and quelling all disloyalty with death. He demanded happiness from his subjects, but was often disappointed. Infuriated, he demanded to know why they were miserable, and a small Faulter girl told him the truth: they were lost, hopeless, and enslaved, working for a tyrant that did not care about them. They had no future except death, and beyond death, nothing remained. Sinmaker immediately executed the girl for speaking out against her king, but the death did not weigh easily on his mind. He began to question what existed beyond life, and he retreated into his library to study and think. When he had read all the books on death in the library, he demanded more be written, but the amount of information was severely limited.

Desperate in his search for information, Sinmaker put himself to sleep, entering the most incredible and nearly unattainable state of true lucid dreaming. What he saw in those dreams is not fully known, but when he awoke three years later, he instantly began to write, and did not stop for over a week. He changed his name from whatever lofty title it once was to 'Sinmaker', and set about printing as many books as it was possible to make. The books were written in a completely new language, one made up of glyphs, which could be understood by anyone who looked upon them. Only a few years after the books began to spread around Zariphex, rebellions started to ensue. Slave races bound together by their new religion fought back against their oppressors, and within a few years the Zariphexens were almost completely stricken from the world. Finally, the only known survivor of the species sealed himself inside his bedchamber, putting himself into sleep once more. When the rebels broke down his door, nothing remained of Sinmaker but his clothes. He had ascended to Teivox, the dream within the dream.

Schists have hailed him as their first prophet ever since.