The House of Bea Kera

The House of Bea Kera is a religion and one of the largest groups in Reservation D-106 and the entire sector D, led by Opherod.

History
After suffering through many hardships with wit and resourcefulness as his only weapons, Opherod escaped his birthplace of the Junkyard and moved to the Reservation. A few years later, Opherod met Scuffler and, after his first taste of Wax, he realized that it might be the way to study Somnia closer and thus save his sick son.

He started studying “Taboro” — a guidebook to Somnia’s world written by a long time deceased nameless author who tried to describe his somnia fueled visions. This brought him to the idea of building an underground “wax” manufacturing facility. He started developing a syncretic religious concept and attracting followers that served as test subjects: this is how the House of Bea Kera was born.

The House of Bea Kera contains three main castes: the Confidants, the Functionaries, and the Adepts. The Confidants are a small circle of Opherod's most trusted persons, the leaders of the cult. The Functionaries are the House's version of an elite guard. The largest populated caste, the Adepts, are the society's new members.

The Forgotten Path doctrine
The Forgotten Path concept (“Bea Kera" in the "vague" dialect) is based on the ghetter mythology, religious history, and Opherod’s personal psychedelic experience. It promised the way for a person to exit the reality and enter Timelessness — a space of all possible variations. Timelessness offered real freedom since there were no links to past, future or present.

According to the teachings of Bea Kera, Somnia is a disease that has been sent upon the Nomah race as a punishment for their sins and thus can’t be avoided. However, the nature of Somnia is more complicated than it is commonly believed: it is an unknowable tool of transformation and a way to achieve unity with the Source and enter the Timelessness.

Every adept in the movement must pass through a rite of passage - Immersion. Contrary to popular belief, Bea Kera rarely welcomes somniks, a person infected with the disease is not strong enough or flexible enough to cope with Somnia's powerful energy and cannot reach Unification.

Now
It took Opherod only a few years to gather an army of followers who tried to “connect” to somnia using “Wax” and other crioma based drugs. Thanks to their involvement, Opherod and Scuffler were able to develop a new medicine that was used on Darat in attempt to save him. However, it turned to be ineffective and Darat ended up in a coma.

Even though Opherod hasn’t succeeded in curing his son, he continued to do whatever he could to achieve this goal. Hundreds of lives were lost in the process, yet he was ready to sacrifice even more. This is when you, citizen KZ0012, join the picture. Will you fight Opherod’s thirst of power and spiritual ambitions and free Darat from his physical prison?