Religion

The world of Varel knows many religions.

Although each folk has their own deities, most concepts directly translate to one another.

Amongst many folks there are also cults and minor religions, some folks have more of these, and tolerate them more than others.

Most religions have their own theory of creation. Because each religion is deemed "correct", all of these theories are true at the same time. This makes for canonical contradictions which do make as much sense to the reader as the people in the world of Varel.

Deities do not believe in other deities. Power in people who do not worship the religion those deities are part of are seen to receive this power from their respective "devil" for say.

In many religions, deities have tiers. There are gods, demigods and heroes in the greek religion for example. These tiers will be represented in the following list by Gods, Major deities Minor deities and Patrons, noted as G, Maj, Min and Pat respectively. In this list, patrons have relatively little power but if they were human, they would be considered legendary.

Kazena Religion
Arana - Goddess of Death (G)

Arana is the goddess of death in the kazena religion. Her physical appearance is that of a huge black bird which partly manifests in black smoke. She has glowing red eyes and three flowing long tails reminiscent of a lacetrice. Because of the nature of their religion, the goddess of death is not feared but actually revered and admired. Arana is not associated with the mournful death of kazena, but with murder of unglorious people and ascension of kazena who have lived in honour.

Vemaran - God of the emptiness (G)

Vemaran is the god of emptiness in the kazena religion. His most commonly manifested form is a big old black masculine hand originating from a dark cloud. In contrast to Arana, goddess of death, this is the deity that most closely represents the concept of "death" in other religions. When a kazena dies unhonorably, in other words have not been living in accordance to the rules of kazena religion. These rules are relatively broad so living like this is not done accidentally.

Elven religion
Chloe - Patron of Gender (P)

Chloe is the Patron of Gender in the Elven religion. Their physical form is of a good looking young elf who is simply dressed. They have no wings but can float for a while. Chloe's gender depends on the gender the follower is inside. For normal elves they see Chloe as their own gender, but elves who struggle with their sex see Chloe as the gender they wish to be. For normal elves, she does not grant much power. To elves who find themselves in battle with their gender, however, she grants the power to look more androgynous. With enough sacrifice and praise, she may even change the follower's gender completely.

Vi - Patron of Unlikely Sex (P)

Vi is the Patron of Unlikely Sex in the Elven religion. Her physical form is of a fair elven woman with flowy dark blonde hair who wears an ornate white tunic. She has minor energy wings that can be used for flight. Because of the relative prudishness of the elven folk, not many people know of her. People pray to her if they dearly want to have sex with someone while this happening is very unlikely. Because of the specificity of this deity, she is best known amongst other folks than the elven. Because of the desperacy of the people who would be likely to pray to her, they often do so despite the potential violation of their own religion.

Adzaian religion
In adzaian religion, the world is ruled by 7 gods that represent the basic elements from which the world consists according to them. They all live together in harmony and decide together how the world is to be upheld, this is most likely why the adzaians have formed a democracy instead of a religion or royal -archy. These gods are genderless and do not have a physical form beyond their orb,

Ar - God of Earth (G)

Ar is the god of Earth in the adzaian religion and is one of seven major spirits the govern their religion. They are represented by a brown orb of energy.

Va - God of Fire (G)

Va is the god of Fire in the adzaian religion and is one of seven major spirits the govern their religion. They are represented by a red orb of energy.

Ru - God of spirit (G)

Ru is the god of spirit in the adzaian religion and is one of seven major spirits the govern their religion. They are represented by an orange orb of energy.

Fe - God of Wind (G)

Fe is the god of wind in the adzaian religion and is one of seven major spirits the govern their religion. They are represented by a yellow orb of energy.

Ga - God of water (G)

Ga is the god of water in the adzaian religion and is one of seven major spirits the govern their religion. They are represented by a blue orb of energy.

Do - God of Darkness (G)

Do is the god of darkness in the adzaian religion and is one of seven major spirits the govern their religion. They are represented by a purple orb of energy.

Ti - God of Nature (G)

Ti is the god of nature in the adzaian religion and is one of seven major spirits the govern their religion. They are represented by a green orb of energy.