Religious Information
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Morgan, temples: two in Ierendi. The main one, and another on a different
island.
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Nyx, temples: at least three temples of Nyx undergound.
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paths of the dead: this appears to be how the dead spirits go when they
die ... a deity gets anyone who dies on their plane ... Limbo is a place
where spirits go to be sorted and assigned to other planes. There are rules
for the paths of the dead, we should find these out. 28 days before a soul
is assigned to a plane. Tess got Ariah back with about 3 days spare. People
who die are petitioners, namely a person in the dead book. Where souls
go depends on agreements between the gods ... it's unclear how other deities
such as Rafiel and Ilsundal bypass this agreement. Northern Reaches deities
may also have a different setup.
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prophecies, Rafiel: there are some interesting prophecies about Shadow
Elves ... Tess suspects these are to do with the coming war. The General,
known as the Hammer of Rafiel, has prophecies about him. The Radiant General
is Grarfaele - prophesised in the concordance of Rafiel, and may be the
Hammer of Rafiel. [Tess never served under the Hammer of Rafiel, he was
a member of the second army of the First Shadow]
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Rafiel priests can resurrect without needing to go on a quest to get the
spirit (this applied to Shadow Elves ... probably because their spirits
go to soul crystals)
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Shepherds of Rad: see also info in Brotherhood of Radiance, they are mages
in Glantri who help people with personal problems, and appear similar to
priests
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soul crystals: spirits of Shadow Elves go here, the priests use larger(?)
soul crystals to cast spells ... they have the power of life and death
(high level priests can use them to kill and bring back to life). Shadow
Elven spirits reside in soul crystals to be reincarnated later ... better
reincarnations are reincarnated sooner after they die.
temples in the Cage: Diamond, Ixion, Asterius, Hel, Ka, Rathanos, Ordana,
Vanya, Korotiku, Koryis, Talitha, Razud, Khoronus, Diulanna, Nyx, Terra,
Valerius, Orcus, Karassh, Noumena, Tarastia, Cretia, Bemarris, Brissard,
The Shining One, Jammudaru, Forsetta, The Twelve Watches, Ssu-ma, Wayland,
Leptar, Demogorgon, Djaea, Thanatos. The temple to Koryis was in the walled
section we stayed at in the Lower Quarter of the Cage. Library to Ssu-ma
in the walled section as well.