Austrism
Austre was the deity of the Idrian people on Nalthis. He was often called "God of Colors".
In the Warbreaker, Austre is usually referred to with a male pronoun. Before the Manywar and the exile of the Royal family, people of Hallandren also used to worship him. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
The name of the corresponding religion was Austrism.
Teachings
According to the Austrism, Austre commands the Returned to come back to life, and gives Breaths to the humans.
The fundamental tenets of the religion are called the Five Visions Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content. These were the visions had by Vo, the First Returned, before he diedCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content.
One of the Visions includes the following line:
“I saw men who placed themselves above others, and I saw them cast down”
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Acting ostentatiously, rejecting people because of their sins and flaunting one's talents were seen as sins Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content,Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content.
Austrin teachings also said there was nothing wrong with feelings, but drawing attention to yourself with them was wrongCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content.
Austrism, as practiced by Idrians considers Breaths to be intimately linked to the human souls.
For that reason Austre followers consider holding the Breaths of others to be a sin, and using them to Awaken to be an even greater sin. However, Vasher has stated that such intolerance toward Awakening only emerged after the ManywarCite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content.