Austre was the deity of the Idrian people on Nalthis. He was often called "God of Colors". Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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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. Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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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.Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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These were the visions had by Vo, the First Returned, before he died.Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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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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The Visions teach virtues of humility, sacrifice and seeing another's problems before your own.Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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They teach that no man man should try to put oneself above the others, and that Austre regards all people equally.Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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Acting ostentatiously, rejecting people because of their sins and flaunting one's talents were seen as sins.Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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Austrin teachings also said there was nothing wrong with feelings, but drawing attention to yourself with them was wrong.Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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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 Manywar.Error en la cita: Etiqueta <ref>
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