Religions

In the elven religion, there are eight gods, divided equally amongst the 'bright' and 'dark' sides, with each having its opposite equivalent. They exist within the spiritual world.

Humans adopted a corresponding pantheon, but halved their number, considering both 'bright' and 'dark' sides to be aspects of the same god, rather than separate entities.

During the IV era, a number of small groups extended the concept, further reducing the pantheon to two gods: Good and Evil, with each supporting four pathways. Men were expected to follow the path of Son or Father, whilst women were to follow the paths of Daughter or Mother respectively. This belief was considered to be heresy by the ruling powers, and such groups were hunted down by the inquisition.

During the V era, belief in the smaller pantheon became so popular that  a civil war broke out in Reichfeld. Known as the “Years of tears”, the conflict split the human countries into two coalition forces.