Religion

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Delvorina has a multitude of religions, most centered around the same group of deities, each of which represents a type of magic. There’s 10 in total: Iraldin the Deity of Fire, Akrena the Deity of Water, Diaos and Doius the Deities of Earth, Okeyar the Deity of Air, Ether the Deity of Light, Enos the Deity of Dark, Nyhara the Deity of Death, Ixphine the Deity of Space, and Vixaldir the Deity of Arcane. There’s Lomithos, a religion with three subsets – Plydahin, Dlytodo, and Xitism –, all of which believe in and worship a deity or multiple deities. Then there’s Vytakhi, those who neither confirm or deny the existence of a deity or deities. Finally there’s Wrykegar, those who don’t believe in or worship a deity or deities.

There are often common myths about the deities – one of the most popular being that, if they do exist, they used to walk the lands, disguised as mortals, and still do on occasion –, but everyone worships them differently and there are some myths specific to certain groups. Some groups consist of simply one Doll. Others can be entire Clans and even Cities. Even the kingdoms favor certain deities. Another common myth is that Vixaldir isn’t one entity. They split themself apart to form all the other deities. Daios and Doius also used to be one entity, but split so each half could better focus on their area of the lands – one to shape the lands, another to add life.

The Arahvaris Kingdom tends to favor Iraldin, Akrena, Diaos, Doius, and Okeyar, while Celecyaria Empire tends to favor Ether, Enos, and Ixphine. The Rogue Lands tend to favor Nyhara, since she isn’t favored by either Kingdom. Each holds a kingdom-wide/empire-wide celebration for the deities they favor, and they come together for a worldwide celebration for Vixaldir. Smaller celebrations, some for certain deities with certain practices, are held by other groups. For example, a city may favor Akrena, and so they hold their own smaller celebration for him.

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Religions and Subsets

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Religious Practices

Everyone worships the deities differently, but some of the more common practices are:

• Writing out prayers, wishes, etc. on a piece of paper and burning them
• Leaving offerings
• Creating things in their honor
• Personal repeated tasks
• Storytelling
• Festivals

Here’s examples for each:

• Your Doll may write out a prayer to one or multiple deities on a piece of paper and then burn it
• Your Doll may leave a small portion of food out on an altar for one or multiple deities
• Your Doll may create murals depicting one or multiple of the deities
• Your Doll may leave a Copper or Silver Bit in a fountain they pass by daily while thinking of one or multiple deities
• Your Doll may tell stories about one or multiple deities
• Your Doll may attend a festival celebrating one or multiple deities, partying long into the night as the deities once did when they routinely walked the lands

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Deities