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 The worship of the **Five Gods** began in the city of [[atlas:San Briaforte]] around 15 [[lore:Age of Empires|AE]] it has spread and is now considered the dominant religion around the [[atlas:Theodova|Theodovan]] city-state of [[atlas:Rovomonte]]. The name of the religion is a misnomer as the five divine beings have both male and female representations. These divine beings hold sway over the five aspects of life: child, youth, adult, wedded, and elder.
+The clergy nearly always travel in pairs - often married pairs - offering the blessings of the divine on those they encounter. They expect to work for their meals or housing rather than demanding the support of the laity. This makes them very popular among those far from the riches of the cities. Most of the clergy would be considered journeymen in their craft.
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 ==== Consiglio Dei Ministri ====
-The ruling body of the church comprised of members of the [[#Superiore]]. All decisions that affect more than one region are made before the council. Their deliberations have reached legendary status both in terms of debate and time. For this reason most regions prefer to handle disagreements among themselves or seek the aid of a traveling priests and priestess. The council meets in cathedral in Rovomonte at least twice a month even if nothing of import is discussed (a rare occurance).
+The ruling body of the church comprised of members of the [[#Superiore]]. All decisions that affect more than one region are made before the council. Their deliberations have reached legendary status both in terms of debate and time. For this reason most regions prefer to handle disagreements among themselves or seek the aid of a traveling priests and priestess. The council meets in cathedral in Rovomonte at least twice a month even if nothing of import is discussed (a rare occurrence).
 ==== Pantheon ====
-//See Also: [[lore:Five Gods Pantheon]]//
 [[lore:Destura]], [[lore:Besello]], [[lore:Morvita]], [[lore:Cieterra]], and [[lore:Vitilità]] are equals within the pantheon of the //Five Gods//; although they may be more or less important to the lives of their followers during their life. Destura is said to bless a child during its first steps while Vitilità is spoken of repeatedly as young adults leave the home of their parents.
+Outside of the pantheon each of the divine imbue mortal heroes upon this world. These [[#Eroe]] are always selected in pairs, but unlike the clergy are not often paired. Each eroe is the pure representation of their divine and serves to further their goals - even if that brings them into conflict with each other.
 ==== Bishopric, Parishes, and Religious Orders ====
-The clergy all are trained in Rovomonte and then sent to serve in more remote towns and villages.
+The clergy all are trained in Rovomonte and then sent to serve in more remote towns and villages. In addition to religious studies each member of the clergy is expected to learn a craft. During their travels they are expected to work their craft unless doing so would harm the local craftsmen. The belssings of others are not to be gained by begging or tithing, but instead by honest work.
 === Brother/Sister ===
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 ===== Worship and liturgy =====
+There are five major liturgical practices, one for each phase of a person's life. From **birth** to **childhood** to **adulthood** to **genitrice** to **saggio** - each point in a person's life should be glorified.
+  * **Birth** when a child is born
+  * **Childhood** when a child is weaned from its mother or wet-nurse
+  * **Adulthood** when a child establishes their own house separate from their parents or family.
+  * **Genitrice** when they father or give birth to a child
+  * **Saggio** when their own child has reached adulthood
 ===== Doctrine =====
+The divinity of the Five Gods is the blessings of life itself - both the good and the bad. The church teaches that following each storm is the clear sky, likewise the passing of the clear sky yields the rains. People follow the same patterns as that of the world. They can be violent storms wrecking anything in their wake - they can also help their neighbor expecting nothing in return. Blessed are those who help and wicked are those who stand aside.
 ==== Creation ====
+All of creation is both male and female. The world was born in a clash of violence and rage, pain and sorrow. The five divine game into this world as pairs - just as men and women are natural pairs. While the world would survive if either of them die it would be a far more shallow place. The divine's dual nature are meant to comfort and support each other just as man and woman.
+From the love of the divine the world was showered with life. Existing in so many different forms several lifetimes would pass before even a single couple could decipher them all.
 ===== Issues =====
+The clergy of the //Five Gods// relies on very information practices and liturgy. This occasionally gives rise to splinters within the Five Gods. The Ministri accept such an event not as a problem, but instead a chance to learn the unexpected.
+Conflict have also arisen internally. Often clergy and laity will rally around the local eroe and when different eroe come into conflict the followers may splinter. To the divine this is simply the natural order. Their own divinity is both supportive and in conflict and so should their eroe.
 ==== Other Religions ====
+With a weak central authority it is up to each pair to decipher how to react to other religions - especially those whose doctrine opposes the Five Gods.
 ==== Magic ====
+Magic is alive as a lesser heartbeat to that of the world. Those who turn from the divine to embrace this lesser heartbeat are not considered lost or evil by the religious. Instead they are simply people choosing for themselves a lesser path. Magic is not force for destruction or evil, but men have been known to use it for such purposes, just as with any other tool.
+===== Divine =====
+==== Destura ====
+[[lore:Destura]] is the duality god of luck and goddess of misfortune. It is Destura who reads someone's fate and shows them their destiny. This reading happens when a baby is first blessed sometime during their first year of life. Most parents have their child blessed as soon as possible for without Destura's first blessing their spirit will forever be trapped on this world after death. Once blessed they are known to Destura who will visit upon them luck and misfortune for the remainder of their days.
+==== Besello ====
+[[lore:Besello]] is the duality god of animals that walk and goddess of animals that fly or swim. As one of the divine Besello holds sway over all animals. These animals serve followers as beasts of burdens, feed and clothe them, and occasionally companionship. It was a gift from Besello who gave his followers the loyalty of the dog to help hunt and defend. Cats and parrots are both considered sacred, serving to carry the words from followers to Besello.
+==== Morvita ====
+[[lore:Morvita]] is the duality god of death and goddess of life. It is Morvita who watches over the birth and passing of all life. As teh goddess she is the sun, as the god he is the moon. This cycle and passing is seen and worshiped by all. Morvita is said to walk among mortals during the nights when the moon is no longer in the sky. It is this new moon when a meaningful death might summon the divine himself. During the full moon Morvita is reflected in her full glory and all life is worshiped. A penitent follower will not seek to take any life during the full moon.
+==== Cieterra ====
+[[lore:Cieterra]] is the duality god of the sky and goddess of the earth. Cieterra holds sway over both the firmament and earth. Cieterra is the judge over the pleasure and punishment of the afterlife. The gifts of grain and wood has given people food and material to house them safely - the winds cool their brows and fill their sails. The earth also shakes and swallows homes whole while lightning and hail fall from the sky crushing the wicked and penitent. Followers come before Cieterra seeking judgement over mortal affairs.
-===== Deities =====
-//See Also: [[lore:Five Gods Pantheon]]//
-==== Divinity ====
+==== Vitilità ====
-  * **[[lore:Destura]]**; god of luck and goddess of misfortune - one's fate or destiny
+[[lore:Vitilità]] is the duality god of fire and goddess of water. Vitilità holds sway over vitality and fertility - the reckless bloom of youth. All of the divine are equals, but Cieterra is considered the eldest and Vitilità the youngest. From childlike wonder and exploration to the first passions of love Vitilità is invoked often as a curse by parents or breathlessly by lovers. Fire is a protector who drives away fears and darkness, but is hungry for destruction if left unchecked. Likewise water irrigates the fields and carry ships, but floods care nothing for those washed before it and storms destroy ship and shore alike. Tempestuous, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrolled, and unrestrained and but a few words to best describe this divine.
-  * **[[lore:Besello]]**; god of animals that walk and goddess of animals that fly or swim - the beasts
-  * **[[lore:Morvita]]**; god of death and goddess of life - the passing of all life
-  * **[[lore:Cieterra]]**; god of the sky and goddess of the earth - the firmament and earth
-  * **[[lore:Vitilità]]**; god of fire and goddess of water - vitality and fertility
-==== Protovita ====
+==== Eroe ====
+Each of the divine claim two people are their eroe (heroes, avatar, first one) on the world. One is always a man and the other a woman. They hold sway over the nature of the god or goddess upon the world. The eroe are marked by a tattoo clearly visible on their body. Unlike the clergy these pairs do not travel together and in fact rarely work well together as each represents only a single aspect of the divine.
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