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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9245055" data-attributes="member: 6796468"><p>So a thing I touched on in another thread but I wanna clarify here:</p><p></p><p>The three religions all work together in their own ways to achieve the same goal: Protecting the world from the darkness beyond.</p><p></p><p>The Animists are honest about their aims. That people die and are reincarnated once their soul has passed through the heavens to live again and grow their soul through good living in order to move on to the next life with a twist. They know and recognize that animals, plants, geographical features, and even -objects- can be invested with a soul. That the family dog has a soul while a wolf does not.</p><p></p><p>So they encourage investing in the world around you. Sharing your existence with objects and animals so there are more who pass through the cycle of reincarnation.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile those who worship Folk Heroes, Saints, and Legends aren't exactly being religious about it. But just as a dog or a rock can have part of one's soul invested into it, they're investing into the folk heroes, too. Making their souls stronger even in the afterlife. Increasing the time between reincarnations though the folk-hero worshippers don't actually know anything about it. Each time the tale gets taller, each time Pecos Bill wrangles a tornado with a snake-lasso while riding a lion, the soul provides more.</p><p></p><p>And then the Pantheon... They don't -really- interact with the mortal world beyond occasionally providing angelic messengers to encourage people to be kind and honest and such. They're too busy channeling all the soul-energy and sending souls back to be born anew and relive the cycle, again. Sure they provide clerics with power to help... but most of it is aimed outward, not inward.</p><p></p><p>And yes. The Pantheon's highest priests know about the eternal war and teach -some- of it to the common folk. But they don't teach about reincarnation or how the soul's strength is taken for the good of all before you're sent back. To hear them tell of it, those who live a moral life go to eternal reward. While those who bend to iniquity and evil will go to hell, where Glory will tear their soul apart and destroy them.</p><p></p><p>Which is actually -kinda- true! 'Cause that's what Glory does with the souls she gets. Her devils make a deal, your soul goes to her instead of one of the other members of the Pantheon, and she uses every drop of your soul to defend the realm. There is no reincarnation through Glory, only oblivion. And a tormented passing to go along with it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 9245055, member: 6796468"] So a thing I touched on in another thread but I wanna clarify here: The three religions all work together in their own ways to achieve the same goal: Protecting the world from the darkness beyond. The Animists are honest about their aims. That people die and are reincarnated once their soul has passed through the heavens to live again and grow their soul through good living in order to move on to the next life with a twist. They know and recognize that animals, plants, geographical features, and even -objects- can be invested with a soul. That the family dog has a soul while a wolf does not. So they encourage investing in the world around you. Sharing your existence with objects and animals so there are more who pass through the cycle of reincarnation. Meanwhile those who worship Folk Heroes, Saints, and Legends aren't exactly being religious about it. But just as a dog or a rock can have part of one's soul invested into it, they're investing into the folk heroes, too. Making their souls stronger even in the afterlife. Increasing the time between reincarnations though the folk-hero worshippers don't actually know anything about it. Each time the tale gets taller, each time Pecos Bill wrangles a tornado with a snake-lasso while riding a lion, the soul provides more. And then the Pantheon... They don't -really- interact with the mortal world beyond occasionally providing angelic messengers to encourage people to be kind and honest and such. They're too busy channeling all the soul-energy and sending souls back to be born anew and relive the cycle, again. Sure they provide clerics with power to help... but most of it is aimed outward, not inward. And yes. The Pantheon's highest priests know about the eternal war and teach -some- of it to the common folk. But they don't teach about reincarnation or how the soul's strength is taken for the good of all before you're sent back. To hear them tell of it, those who live a moral life go to eternal reward. While those who bend to iniquity and evil will go to hell, where Glory will tear their soul apart and destroy them. Which is actually -kinda- true! 'Cause that's what Glory does with the souls she gets. Her devils make a deal, your soul goes to her instead of one of the other members of the Pantheon, and she uses every drop of your soul to defend the realm. There is no reincarnation through Glory, only oblivion. And a tormented passing to go along with it! [/QUOTE]
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