Guild Wars 2

What do Krait’s worship considering they require sacrifices. I was guessing they worshiped something like nature spirits because of this statement, Champion Krait Witch: “Where sky meets sea, I summon maelstroms to destroy our enemies.” “Sulfur and salt, I cast offerings to the currents. Crush them. Make them suffer!”

Religion is at the heart of krait society, and in turn, the obelisks are at the heart of krait religion. The obelisks are rare, eerily smooth stones made from a unique material found on the ocean floor. According to the Oratuss, the priesthood of the krait, the obelisks mark the sites of the “ascension” of ancient krait prophets to some higher realm, but land-based scholars speculate that they are simply ancient krait monuments whose purpose have been long-forgotten due to the oral nature of the krait’s religious texts.

Krait doctrine fortells the return of the obelisks’ prophets, bringing with them massive armies to flood the surface of the world and destroy other species. It is to these prophets that the krait sacrifice their slaves, believing that they will serve the prophets as they expand their otherworldly armies. The krait regularly use magical and mathematical means to attempt to predict the time of the prophets’ return, but have yet to be successful.

Like their obelisks, all krait are steadfast and immobile in their beliefs. Their legends say those on land were driven out of the sea by the prophets and forbidden to return. This regarded with a degree of scepticism by other races but the krait refuse to listen such things and are happy to kill to ensure that the krait religion is not defamed. All krait are willing to die for the continuity of their species and for the cause of their prophets.

The religion of the krait is what allows the Oratuss to control the entire race. Religious “texts” followed by the krait are passed down verbally through these priests and priestesses. The vast length of the texts allows the priests, who have dedicated their lives to the texts, to make subtle changes to the wording and manipulate the interpretation of their legends to serve their purposes and support their power.

Straight off the wiki.

I really didn’t know that Krait had a religion.

thank you very much. So here is another question do the krait have a High Priest/ess or head Oratuss that leads their society (other than the ancient ascended krait)

Well, we know the krait are a fairly equal opportunity race. Males and females recieve both military training and education, and they participate equally in all parts of krait society, therefore female krait are likely also part of the priesthood.

It is possible that there is no singular leader in the priesthood; Krait believe themselves undefeatable and superior to all other races, an egotistical outlook like this would make selecting and following a leader difficult. Also, given that krait society is centered around their religious teachings, it is possible that each priest can make “leadership” decisions based on their authority of interpreting religios teachings. Since the priesthood are the only ones who not only interpret but also know and modify, or “write”, if you will, the teachings in question, any priest could make and back reasonabily important decisions.

On the other hand, we have observed krait in leadership positions (head slaver), so
it’s anyone’s guess if there is a formal leader of the Oratuss and, if so, whether it is a priest or priestess. Most of krait lore is fuzzy and intentionally lacking in details, as they are a race that sees all others as slaves and sacrifices, not really the basis for diplomatic relations and exchange of knowledge.

An important thing to keep in mind with krait is that 95% of what we know about them- including everything in that quote from the wiki- comes from one source, an ANet blog post before the game launched. Thing is, that post describes krait society as it was in the Unending Ocean, and makes no note of how it has changed since the krait were driven into Tyria. It is possible that the central authority of the Oratuss, and perhaps the entirety of their priesthood, was destroyed in the process, and they’re now a scattered race. We just don’t know enough to tell. The only time we have proof of krait in different areas coordinating is in a personal story arc, and that was just between two “deeps”.

Their local leadership is a bit more clear- for instance, when the witches are present they are always the most prominent individual. As these witches are seen making sacrifices, it is also possible that they are members of the Oratuss. I’ve heard that in the aforementioned story arc a Head Slaver was calling the shots.

Unfortunately, the only krait we see in-game that is called a priest is also a risen, so nothing can be determined by his example.