Guide to the Arcane Realm

Religions

Pantheonism

This refers to the religions that had a pantheon of gods to worship, offered some type of afterlife for followers, and often would empower certain mortals with potential to perform tasks in their name. While they all have different underlying cultures, the structure of practices and worship are surprisingly similar, hence grouping them together.

Among polytheistic religions, deities send messagers (angels or mortal clerics and paladins) among mortals to have direct impact on their daily lives, even from their godrealms.

The following Panetheons and the name of their beliefs

Aesir & Vanir (Asatru)

Amatsukami (Okami faithful)

Toetl (Canista faith)

Olympians (Olympic faith)

Orishas (Orisha)

Nitr (Mahat)

Vodu (Iwe)

Abosom (Akom)

Alusi (Odinani)

Atua (Huna)

Tuatha de Danann (Celtha)

Shin Bureaucracy (Shenmo)

Devas (Vedism)

Quepacha (Capac)

Pantheonism was at its peak in Antiquity however it started to decline during the latter half of the Ghulat Warring Period. With the wars dragging on and results of blessed warriors becoming harder to notice, belief in the gods capacity to protect the people waned. After the final war, the worldwide collapse of civilization left almost no time for people struggling to survive to devote for consistent worship. In addition, records of most of these classical religions were lost. As such, for most people even as some civilizations were built, gods of these beliefs were less emphasized and practice of these beliefs mostly faded.

In modern times, it has found that many of the major deities of these religions have had multiple reincarnations as the various mortal species since the end of the Ghulat Wars. As such some of the remaining followers of their respective faiths might try to find them for various reasons such as worship, companionship, etc.

Naturism

The term "Naturism" refers to many traditions, which are closely related and share common themes but do not constitute a unified set of beliefs or practices. Naturism is not a homogeneous, organized system however the variations share the following beliefs.

Their use of the word nature to describe their worldview is suggested to be vastly different from the "nature" of modern sciences. Nature mystics use "nature" to refer to the limited natural environment (as opposed to man-made built environment). This use of "nature" is different from the broader use from others describing natural laws and the overall phenomena of the physical world. Naturists dedicate themselves to the concept of nature as a whole rather than to specific nature deities (though there are exceptions). Most are dedicated to preserving the balance of nature, which can take a variety of forms like planting trees, eliminating invasive species, cleaning pollution, living in the wilderness, etc.

Elementalism

A major sect of the faith is Elemental Naturism that reveres the elementals that embody nature as gods. They believe that people are a part of nature and should live in harmony with nature that is granted by the elementals, which are their gods. Their goal is to increase their affinity with the elementals, and cooperate with these spirits to make the elements rich in nature and foster an abundance of life by borrowing their power.