Introduction

There are several significant religions on Kélas, the largest of which is the religion of the Higher Ones; however, it is divided into many branches and because of this, it is more appropriate to talk about the Lísic religion that encompasses most of the branches. They also have the greatest influence on other religions – for example, in the north it is common to believe in both the Higher Ones and the original gods, mostly spirits of various natural phenomena.

Another fairly widespread is the religion of the Day God and the Night God (also called Kihian religion), whose origin we would find either in the Red Desert or on the Southern Islands. Nowadays, these gods are worshiped by a significant portion of the former Alteian Empire, i.e. the lands of Rasan, the Suteiran Islands and the southern Astar Peninsula, replacing the now extinct Alteian polytheism. In every language, the gods have a different name suffixed with a honorific, though the translation does not differ much – the Day God is called Dlùʔ-kátl in Kihian, Txuk-suy in both Kalish and Sennic Rasanian and Síwa-su in Suteiran; the Night God is called Wakxáa-kátl in Kihian, Waká-suy in Kalish and Sennic Rasanian, and Rúsugu-su in Suteiran. The relationship between the two gods tends to be interpreted as competing, as they fight an endless war for supremacy over the heavens and the earth. Believers pray twice a day – in the morning after dawn to the Day God and in the evening after dusk to the Night God.

A similar faith also professing dualism is the Sorkish religion. Due to the geographical proximity, it can be assumed that the Sorkish and Kihian gods have a common origin somewhere in the ancient past, when the first advanced civilizations were forming in the southern deserts.

The north believes in all sorts of spirits, which was probably influenced by magic. Most regions professing the northern faith also accept the eleven Higher Ones as their gods, with the exception of Löaria where the Higher Ones are considered secondary gods and the emphasis is on spirit worship. An example of these spirits can be the spirit of winter which projects itself into the material world as the aurora borealis, or the spirit of the day, which exists in the world as the sun.

The youngest religion is Keassítism which was born in the early days of the Alteian Empire during the reign of king Keassa who through his actions and the careful building of a cult of personality ensured that his subjects began to believe in the divinity of him and all his descendants. Not even the fall of Alteia nor the death of the last ruler of the Keassít dynasty could shake the believers – nowadays, they are concentrated in Rasharia, where Keassítism is the faith of the vast majority of the population, despite the close proximity of the monastery of the Order of the Knights of the Most Holy Leiki and Lyniros and Sentia, where the majority faith is Leikism.

Sattayan faith is practised in Sattaya. It is closely related to the old Alteian faith.

Harpyan faith is practised by the harpies living in the southern Löar Mountains.

Ihami religion is the faith of the nomadic people of the Ihami plains who believe in the gods of heavens and earth.

Last but not least, there are the various religions of the Fire Sea whose followers can be found on the southernmost islands of Kélas.