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 === Common Information ===
-The existence of gods or higher deities are a common fact for the people. After all the twelve gods are scientifically provable, if one has the knowledge to comprehend. Religion belongs to the everyday life of everyone. That does not mean, that everyone is overly religious. In reality most people take religion for granted as in: "There is a temple in my village with a priest and they preach things. But I don't really care." There are often individuals who are more religious and try to follow the commandments of their chosen deity. These are often in the temples and see themselves in the favour of their deity. Thus religion has a greater impact on some people than on others. There are very rarely people who despise the deities and those who follow them. After all the temples preach good things and the followers try to help the people. One might just disagree with some. But the gods contradict each other enough to offer variety. Everybody believes at least in something and follows a deity more or less. This often depends on thinks like tradition, people, family, status in society and personal experiences. The people are virtually raised into religion. The life of a typical person in the view of religion starts with their birth. After birth they receive a birth blessing from an available cleric. The blessing shall protect the newborn from evil influence until it is old enough to enter a church. This happens through the initiation, which happens often at the 12th year of a person. After that they are a follower of their god. Some individuals start a noviciate to become a cleric some day, others just continue their life. The life ends with death and again it is the clerics who burry the remains and bless the grave. If the person has lived a life in favour of their god, they may enter their paradise in afterlife. There might be only two options why one does not follow the gods anymore. First, one has lost their faith in them or the clerics, which is a rare sight. (Many player characters claim they have lost their faith, but never tried to seek out a temple.) Second, they have experienced another form or religion, which is mostly the case with isolated people or savage tribes. Some people that are often described as uncivilised do not believe in gods. Instead their religion is shamanism or animism. They believe into the ghosts of their ancestors or the nature itself.
+The existence of gods or higher deities are a common fact for the people. After all the twelve gods are scientifically provable, if one has the knowledge to comprehend. Religion belongs to the everyday life of everyone. That does not mean, that everyone is overly religious. In reality most people take religion for granted as in: "There is a temple in my village with a priest and they preach things. But I don't really care." There are often individuals who are more religious and try to follow the commandments of their chosen deity. These are often in the temples and see themselves in the favor of their deity. Thus religion has a greater impact on some people than on others. There are very rarely people who despise the deities and those who follow them. After all the temples preach good things and the followers try to help the people. One might just disagree with some. But the gods contradict each other enough to offer variety. Everybody believes at least in something and follows a deity more or less. This often depends on thinks like tradition, people, family, status in society and personal experiences. The people are virtually raised into religion. The life of a typical person in the view of religion starts with their birth. After birth they receive a birth blessing from an available cleric. The blessing shall protect the newborn from evil influence until it is old enough to enter a church. This happens through the initiation, which happens often at the 12th year of a person. After that they are a follower of their god. Some individuals start a noviciate to become a cleric some day, others just continue their life. The life ends with death and again it is the clerics who bury the remains and bless the grave. If the person has lived a life in favour of their god, they may enter their paradise in afterlife. There might be only two options why one does not follow the gods anymore. First, one has lost their faith in them or the clerics, which is a rare sight. (Many player characters claim they have lost their faith, but never tried to seek out a temple.) Second, they have experienced another form or religion, which is mostly the case with isolated people or savage tribes. Some people that are often described as uncivilised do not believe in gods. Instead their religion is shamanism or animism. They believe into the ghosts of their ancestors or the nature itself.