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The Hist are an ancient race of sentient trees native to Black Marsh, who created the Argonian people and live alongside them in a symbiotic relationship. Hist trees regulate the entire Argonian life cycle: dictating when their eggs hatch, what gender or form they take, and when they die reincarnates their soul into a new body - as well as providing advice and guidance to the tribes they watch over. In this way the Hist are not quite Gods to the Argonians, but more like revered teachers and loving parents, who each watch over an individual tribe or group of tribes. Alongside this the only significant deity recognised by modern Argonians is Raj-Sithis, who embodies the life-death cycle, and inevitable change.

Tenet	Effects
Ku-Vastei	• Stress Gain: -25% • Stress Loss: +25% • Building Construction Time: +10% • Faiths with the Ku-Vastei tenet cannot adopt Feudal-like Government!
	"In ancient times Argonian society deeply feared change and death as embodied by Sithis the Destroyer; but a great shift occurred known as Duskfall where the Hist taught them to not fear Sithis, but simply view him as the inevitable changes of life. After this radical revelation Argonians abandoned their great stone temples and cities, and nowadays embrace change by living in ‘the now’ - dwelling in semi-permanent homes, speaking only in the present tense, and paying little attention to petty disagreements or even the passage of time."
Reincarnation	• County Conversion Resistance: +20% • Children have a chance of being considered as the reincarnation of an ancestor, giving bonuses to Piety and Opinion
	"We have lived many lives before this one, and will continue to live many lives after it. Every death is only the beginning of something new."
Sacred Childbirth	• Mothers are less likely to die in childbirth • Children are less likely to be sickly or stillborn • Mothers and fathers gain Piety when their child is born • Fertility: +10%
	"The bathhouses where mothers give birth must be cleaned and prepared with the proper rituals, in order to encourage the divine to grant us their blessing during childbirth."

Virtues	Sins
Patient	Arrogant
Fickle	Stubborn
Forgiving	Vengeful
Pregnant
Laid Egg

Name	Effects
Murkwood	• All Hist Followers: County Conversion Speed in Black Marsh: +20%
Hissmir	• All Hist Followers: Different Culture Opinion: +10
Hatching Pools	• All Hist Followers: Popular Opinion: +10
Root-Whisper	• All Hist Followers: Piety: +0.5/month
Thorn	• All Hist Followers: Prestige per Knight: +0.1/month