Priests of Three

Priests start their training as acolytes when they turn eighteen years old. Most choose a god they wished to specialize in rather quickly, though during the course of their training, they are shown how to set up and lead ceremonies dedicated to all the gods, in case the need for a substitution arises. For nine years, the acolytes primarily tended to the general maintenance of the temples and shrines; duties such as cleaning, lighting torches, and making copies of various codex and scrolls. This length of training was meant to devote three years of study to each god in turn, though over generations the practice has become more homogeneous.
  After their initial training, the acolyte becomes a priest to their chosen deity, with more focused study as well as many branches of professions to explore related to the values of their patron. This is also when training with magic begins.

Priests are unique among the community as they do not need to worry about their basic needs. They are provided shelter in the temple, and a percentage of all food and water collected is reserved for the temple’s use. During drought or famine, these reserves are in turn given out to the people in strictly controlled rations, with hopes conditions will improve before the reserves are depleted.
  As education is of utmost importance for priests and acolytes, they are all taught how to read and write in both the common tongue and the languages of the nomadic tribes that range across the Midnight Expanse.

Life

Priests of Life are healers, overseeing the physical health of others and aiding their recovery whenever possible. Their magic skills are highly sought after, but a priest of Life often prefers more natural remedies when life threatening circumstances are not present. They are well trained in mixing poultices, medicines, and how to reset bones. The most experienced priests are in charge of more advanced surgeries, or aiding in childbirth.
 

Death

Priests of Death oversee funeral rites and ceremonies that take place during the night, beneath Death’s pale eye. They collect stories of the deceased, logging them in scrolls made from woven plant fibers. These death scrolls are made by the priests and their acolytes exclusively beneath the full moon, without aid of any other light source. Once a deceased’s life has been suitably recorded, and the body prepared with special, highly flammable oils, the scroll is folded and placed into the body’s mouth before it is sealed shut with glue. It is expected that it will help aid the deceased during Death’s Judgement. The body is then burned on a pyre while those closest to them mourn together. After the pyre is burned out, the priests will gather the ashes, to be sealed and carefully looked after until the next planting season, where they will be scattered across the Prayer Fields to aid the regrowth.
 

War

Priests of War are rare, but they arguably have the most tricky task, as their magic talents do not favor the work of the priesthood. Many promising acolytes of War have instead opted to join the ranks of the Knights of War instead before their training was complete. Those that make it through, however, have prided themselves in the healing of the minds of the soldiers. They are therapists, seeking to ease the guilt of heavy conscience that comes with fighting battles and facing the horrors of the demonic hordes. They also deal with the mental health of those who do not openly fight in battles, but need aid to process emotions they are not fully prepared for, such as children.