FDFC is a shamanic cult.
At its center are shamans. Those shamans perform a variant of the Ancestor
Cult where, instead of worshipping ancestors, ducks worship the FDF.
In the shamanic ceremonies performed by duck FDFC shamans the spirit of the gods is summoned reenacting the situation were the friendship between the ducks and the god was sealed. Then ducks worship the god and receive the proofs of friendship given by the god.
There is a generic format in the FDFC:
- - There are two levels of friendship: (normal or lesser) friends and Best
(or Rune) friends. Lesser friends are in a position similar to initiates in
the standard cult of the god while Rune friends are the equivalent to rune
levels.
- - In the shamanic ceremonies lesser friends can sacrifice for one use
special divine spells of the god summoned. Best friends can sacrifice for
multiuse special divine spells like a rune level. They cannot sacrifice for
common divine spells.
- - If a Best friend uses a multiuse spell, he must recover its usage in
another FDFC ceremony.
- - Lesser friends of a particular god are automatically initiates of that
god in the conventional cult if they fulfill all the requirements for
initiation. Best friends have the status of acolytes on the conventional
cult if they fulfill all the requirements for becoming na acolyte.
- - When a duck dies, his spirit doesn't join his god friend automatically
but if a duck achieved Best friend status he can do it if he wants to. This
implies a ritual suicide performed during a FDF shamanic ritual. The duck
that takes this path is called a Friend for Death of the god.
FDFC shamans must be Best friends of TKT.
Three of the FDF are gods with a death relation. In facto, ducks have a very special connection with death. Death has a completely different mean for ducks then it has for other races, specially men. Ducks don't fear death and don't think about it in a negative way (most of the time they don't think about death at all). It happens, that's all. For ducks what is mysterious is life, not death.
Sergio Mascarenhas
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