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	While certain pantheons around the Three Great Seas are remarkably alike, others display more differences. Those whose followers live around the [[Chaska Sea]], connected by many thousands of years of trade and travel, are the best examples of the former. The [[Khapeshan pantheon\|Khapeshan]] and [[Chaskan pantheon\|Chaskan]] deities demonstrate this perhaps especially obviously, but those of the [[Hellean pantheon]] can be compared quite directly as well. Others, like the [[Draconic pantheon\|Draconic]] and [[Kirnashal pantheon\|Kirnashal]] pantheons, diverge noticeably from those worshiped around them but are still quite alike between themselves.		While certain pantheons around the Three Great Seas are remarkably alike, others display more differences. Those whose followers live around the [[Chaska Sea]], connected by many thousands of years of trade and travel, are the best examples of the former. The [[Khapeshan pantheon\|Khapeshan]] and [[Chaskan pantheon\|Chaskan]] deities demonstrate this perhaps especially obviously, but those of the [[Hellean pantheon]] can be compared quite directly as well. Others, like the [[Draconic pantheon\|Draconic]] and [[Kirnashal pantheon\|Kirnashal]] pantheons, diverge noticeably from those worshiped around them but are still quite alike between themselves.

			Pantheonic theology around the Three Great Seas tends to involve very defined roles and separation between the gods, origin stories and lore involving great divine battles, and less commonly cyclical narratives.

	A concept rather unique to the Three Great Seas is that of a [[saint]] or shard. These are figures or entities who, through living lives in such strict accordance and veneration of their gods, are able to become conduits to the divine and are worshiped as more focused aspects of a given deity.		A concept rather unique to the Three Great Seas is that of a [[saint]] or shard. These are figures or entities who, through living lives in such strict accordance and veneration of their gods, are able to become conduits to the divine and are worshiped as more focused aspects of a given deity.

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	While certain pantheons around the Three Great Seas are remarkably alike, others display more differences. Those whose followers live around the [[Chaska Sea]], connected by many thousands of years of trade and travel, are the best examples of the former. The [[Khapeshan pantheon\|Khapeshan]] and [[Chaskan pantheon\|Chaskan]] deities demonstrate this perhaps especially obviously, but those of the [[Hellean pantheon]] can be compared quite directly as well. Others, like the [[Draconic pantheon\|Draconic]] and [[Kirnashal pantheon\|Kirnashal]] pantheons, diverge noticeably from those worshiped around them but are still quite alike between themselves.		While certain pantheons around the Three Great Seas are remarkably alike, others display more differences. Those whose followers live around the [[Chaska Sea]], connected by many thousands of years of trade and travel, are the best examples of the former. The [[Khapeshan pantheon\|Khapeshan]] and [[Chaskan pantheon\|Chaskan]] deities demonstrate this perhaps especially obviously, but those of the [[Hellean pantheon]] can be compared quite directly as well. Others, like the [[Draconic pantheon\|Draconic]] and [[Kirnashal pantheon\|Kirnashal]] pantheons, diverge noticeably from those worshiped around them but are still quite alike between themselves.

	~~One~~ concept rather unique to the Three Great Seas is that of a [[saint]] or shard. These are figures or entities who, through living lives in such strict accordance and veneration of their gods, are able to become conduits to the divine and are worshiped as more focused aspects of a given deity.		A concept rather unique to the Three Great Seas is that of a [[saint]] or shard. These are figures or entities who, through living lives in such strict accordance and veneration of their gods, are able to become conduits to the divine and are worshiped as more focused aspects of a given deity.

	Non-pantheonic faith around the Three Great Seas remains highly deific in nature, but this is not universally the case. Particularly in the far south and north - [[Brightmarch]], the [[Laqto Rainforest]], [[Talgazan]], and [[Abanir]], for example - religious life centers heavily around spirits, ancestors, and those who can commune with them, but even in these cases the veneration of gods is not rejected. Rather, people in these lands tend to worship spirits local and personal to themselves first and foremost, with the acknowledgement of deities above who play important roles but are typically not greatly involved in mortal affairs.		Non-pantheonic faith around the Three Great Seas remains highly deific in nature, but this is not universally the case. Particularly in the far south and north - [[Brightmarch]], the [[Laqto Rainforest]], [[Talgazan]], and [[Abanir]], for example - religious life centers heavily around spirits, ancestors, and those who can commune with them, but even in these cases the veneration of gods is not rejected. Rather, people in these lands tend to worship spirits local and personal to themselves first and foremost, with the acknowledgement of deities above who play important roles but are typically not greatly involved in mortal affairs.

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'''Religion in the Three Great Seas''' is characterized by large, complex pantheons of deities, with each pantheon sharing many similarities to the others. This phenomenon is not unique on [[Kishar]] - see, for example, the shared origin mythos of [[Dwarf|dwarven]] ancestral pantheons worldwide - but nowhere have these pantheons found as much of a foothold as around the [[Three Great Seas]].

While certain pantheons around the Three Great Seas are remarkably alike, others display more differences. Those whose followers live around the [[Chaska Sea]], connected by many thousands of years of trade and travel, are the best examples of the former. The [[Khapeshan pantheon|Khapeshan]] and [[Chaskan pantheon|Chaskan]] deities demonstrate this perhaps especially obviously, but those of the [[Hellean pantheon]] can be compared quite directly as well. Others, like the [[Draconic pantheon|Draconic]] and [[Kirnashal pantheon|Kirnashal]] pantheons, diverge noticeably from those worshiped around them but are still quite alike between themselves.

One concept rather unique to the Three Great Seas is that of a [[saint]] or shard. These are figures or entities who, through living lives in such strict accordance and veneration of their gods, are able to become conduits to the divine and are worshiped as more focused aspects of a given deity.

Non-pantheonic faith around the Three Great Seas remains highly deific in nature, but this is not universally the case. Particularly in the far south and north - [[Brightmarch]], the [[Laqto Rainforest]], [[Talgazan]], and [[Abanir]], for example - religious life centers heavily around spirits, ancestors, and those who can commune with them, but even in these cases the veneration of gods is not rejected. Rather, people in these lands tend to worship spirits local and personal to themselves first and foremost, with the acknowledgement of deities above who play important roles but are typically not greatly involved in mortal affairs.

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