Religious classes introduction

Those who play characters with ties to the divine need to ask themselves what gods the are linked to. There are many possible reasons why they might serve a specific deity, church, or cult, but it all starts with who it is. Of course, other people have religious beliefs too and so might benefit from looking over this list, but for someone who serves a god - reading it's a must.

Celestial Deities

Out of all the divine powers that once existed according to legend, only these five remain. They are the reson life coninues and the world can exist. But they are also aloof and distant. They either can't or won't manifest as material entities, and prayers to the Sun or the Dark might change your fortune, the difference is subtle. Worship flock to the Celestial Deities because they are all that remains, not because they expect personal salvation.

Sunfire

The god of the Sun, of Justice and everything worthy of public praise or condemnation.

Nightwarden

The god of Darkness, Secrets, and the Hidden. From conspiracies to a lover's tryst.

The Moirai

The Moirai are the three moons that orbit Ailion as well as the divine entities within them. They are three aspects of the same divine concept and every time they circle the planet, they renew it. While most understand the roles of the Moirai to be essintial for holding back the destructive forces of the Abyss, the three have virtually no influence on the daily lives of those below. A lot is said about how auspicious it is for an event to be happening while each moon is in a different position, but none of it has been proven.

Origin

She is the link to the Past and the bringer of something new. Because every beginning must start with what has been.

Essence

The larger of the three moons is the manifistation of Lady Silver, the Present. She doesn't dwell on what has been or look to an uncertain future. Instead, Lady Silver represents paying attention to what currently is.

Eclipse

The Moirai that looks to the Future and to things that end. All things, the good as well as the bad, will eventually perish to leave room for what comes after. There is always uncertainty in what will happen, save for that.

Eidolons

The gods created Ailion and the rest of the starsystem a very long time ago. They then created the various bloodlines of life that live there. But in their arrogance, they failed to notice the tears to the Abyss that was opening until it was too late. The Dawn War only ended when most of the gods sacrificed their life and the rest of them locked themselves into continously reinfocing the protection of the world. The ones who died left behind enormous statue-like forms. These rock formations are known as Eidolons and they shape and hold together all of magic. Proximity to them alters magic. Bringing their essence with you provides access to their abilities.

The Blacksmith

A decorated humanoid armour with lava pools inside and ice crystals on the crown of the helmet. A focus for material and elemental magic as well as construction.

The Double-Masked

A head wearing two masks is all that remains above ground. Illusions and mind-bending magic flow thoughout the region.

The Dreamer of Sands

A tapered skull form an hourglass shape with the torso below, allowing for sand and depris blown in from the wind to eventually fall through the shapes. The Dreamer connect magic of time and desire.

The Lantern-Bearer

The cross-legged figure has partially sunk into the ground. Two of its four arms merge in the shape of a giant lantern. Divination magic and magical attempts to seek knowledge emmanate from here.

The Many-Winged Serpent

The largest of the Eidolons, the Serpent twists around itself as it rises from the sea to the sky. Winds, teleportation, and travel are focused by it.

The Nine-Tailed Fox

This Eidolon is almost completely over-grown, possibly because of its connection to life — both flora and fauna. It has allowed nature to break its own rules.

The Sunken Skull

What looks like the skeletal remains of a humanoid head and arm sticks up from a bog. Its magic rots and breaks down — but can also force such processes to take different turns, such as make undead.

The Weeping Mother

Hands cover the face of this figure that has meged with the mountain behind it and waterfalls exit through the eyes. Its magic brings calm, rest, and health.

The Abyss

The Abyss is a reality beyond reality and the entities there have a deep seated hatred for the reasity that is. Explanations as to why are many and not helped by the fact that it's often in the interest of Abyssals to lie. The most powerful movers and shakers in the Abyss are collectively known as Demon Lords, for want of a better term. Beings of such power have been unable to personally enter the world since the Dawn War, but they can empower those who are able to.

Asmodeus

The ruler of the Hells. He doesn't seek the destruction of the mortal world, but rather its corruption. He's the manipulator of manipulators and convinced that sooner or later, everyone will be his puppet.

Spirits

Nature itself has an incredible force tied to it and can be called upon for impressive feats of magic for those who know how to. Various fey and other spirits that get their energy from this, and some hunt specifically to feed from it. The force that is nature is greater than just living matter and the cycle of life. It includes the very ground, the air, and the basics of elemental forces. To those who aim to master this craft need a focus for their efforts. This means they are often found in tribes or settlements outside civilisation.

Some Eidolon, specifically The Nine-Tailed Fox and The Weeping Mother, seem to strengthen the power of natural spirits around them.

Power-Wielders

Some spirits are powerful enough to have formed their own dimensions to rule. Their influence can stretch out from there to empower people and places.

Ariel

The Lady of Storms actually watches the world from her home in the Elemental Chaos, ready to teach anyone who doesn't respect nature's power a lesson.

Enneas

The Master of Desires has quite a following in many places and had been known to empower artists, sex workers, and chefs alike. While consent and delight are central, some still rally against Enneas' influence as something that distracts from society's needs.

Wallan

The Great Storyeller has the largest collection of stories there is. However, they put little value on truth, whch means more bards that historians seek them out. Still, quastionable sources that can be investigated for verification is better than no source.

Primus

The ruler of Artifice, Primus is the emodiment of order and law, and always an objective arbitrer.

The Onyx Knight

A primal spirit of battle. She is worshipped by soldiers, mercenaries, and generals alike. She has been known to grant insight into tactics and strategy as well a proficient use of weapons. But she also abhores raw brutality..

Tyche

The luck primordial represents both good and bad fortune and is often asked for aid by gamblers and other risk-takers, but also by many commoners who merely wish their lives were a bit more simple.

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