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<blockquote data-quote="PsyzhranV2" data-source="post: 8252183" data-attributes="member: 7015332">As of the current iteration of the lore, Erandis Vol does not draw power from the Blood of Vol's worship, nor is she able to grant them divine spellcasting. Outside of the Order of the Emerald Claw, the Blood of Vol does not worship Erandis, most Seekers have never even heard of her, and she had absolutely nothing to do with the founding of the Blood of Vol religion. The &quot;Vol&quot; they take their name from is an entirely fictional figure who in Seeker myths and legend was the first individual to discover the Divinity Within; this version of the story was born from a mix of local human traditions, and incomplete and distorted fragments of Aereni history taught to the first Seekers by the Bloodsail elves. This fictional version of Vol is treated as a cultural hero, but not worshipped as a god; rather, Seekers of the Divinity Within focus their spiritual practice on cultivating just that, to the point that their Clerics and Paladins are able to manifest divine magic from their own souls and blood.EDIT: I checked both Eberron: Rising from the Last War (the official 5e Eberron book) and Exploring Eberron (Keith Baker's personal DMsGuild release); ERftLW says that &quot;The Blood of Vol is a grim faith, founded by Erandis d’Vol, an elf from Aerenal.&quot; We asked Keith about that in the Eberron Discord server when ERftLW came out, and he said that it was an error that slipped through the editing process (both Erandis having a d' prefix in her surname, which she never would have had, and the claim that she founded the Blood of Vol). My initial paragraph describes Keith's personal version of their history that can be found in Exploring Eberron and on his blog.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PsyzhranV2, post: 8252183, member: 7015332"] As of the current iteration of the lore, Erandis Vol does not draw power from the Blood of Vol's worship, nor is she able to grant them divine spellcasting. Outside of the Order of the Emerald Claw, the Blood of Vol does not worship Erandis, most Seekers have never even heard of her, and she had absolutely nothing to do with the founding of the Blood of Vol religion. The "Vol" they take their name from is an entirely fictional figure who in Seeker myths and legend was the first individual to discover the Divinity Within; this version of the story was born from a mix of local human traditions, and incomplete and distorted fragments of Aereni history taught to the first Seekers by the Bloodsail elves. This fictional version of Vol is treated as a cultural hero, but not worshipped as a god; rather, Seekers of the Divinity Within focus their spiritual practice on cultivating just that, to the point that their Clerics and Paladins are able to manifest divine magic from their own souls and blood. EDIT: I checked both Eberron: Rising from the Last War (the official 5e Eberron book) and Exploring Eberron (Keith Baker's personal DMsGuild release); ERftLW says that [I]"The Blood of Vol is a grim faith, founded by Erandis d’Vol, an elf from Aerenal." [/I]We asked Keith about that in the Eberron Discord server when ERftLW came out, and he said that it was an error that slipped through the editing process (both Erandis having a d' prefix in her surname, which she never would have had, and the claim that she founded the Blood of Vol). My initial paragraph describes Keith's personal version of their history that can be found in Exploring Eberron and on his blog. [/QUOTE]

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