Religion

Religion across the continent of Mithra is varied, though it is practiced more broadly in some places than it is in others.

Zathryan Religion
The Zathryan Empire is fairly human-dominated, at least in urban centers, and as such, the human tendency to keep religious practices quiet reigns as the norm across Imperial lands. Humans in the empire tend to regard religion with suspicion, especially so after the Year of the Vanishing City as Nisani religion played a significant role in the event, though there is an official state cult surrounding Oghma, the god of knowledge. The idea of portraying one's religion publicly, especially in cities, is considered strange. People who do practice a faith tend to have personal shrines for such purposes in their homes or in a private space within their place of work. However, actual small temples to other deities are known to crop up occasionally in rural areas and so regionally, religious practices among humans do tend to vary a little.

Grafwynnic Church of Oghma
In the year 1209 GA during the Nisani ambush of Boundbrook following the Year of the Vanishing City, the multi-faith Temple located in Egcrest Heights was destroyed. The new head bishop of the church, Celomir the Rightly-Guided petitioned the emperor ad nauseum for repairs to be made, which ended in the church's dissolution in 1215 GA. Celomir and his supporters migrated to the city of Grafwyn several months later at the behest of the emperor's sister and political rival, Claudia Veristius, who encouraged them to establish their clergy in the southern port city. They did so, and Grafwyn quickly became a hub of religious activity spurred on by frequent international trade both of goods and ideas.

Eventually, the church settled on primary worship of the Oghma, a god of knowledge, and in 106 ZSC Boundbrook formally recognized the Church of Oghma as the state religion. This is celebrated as an Imperial holiday called Recognition Day which falls on the last Sul of the month Esenni every year.

Nisani Religion
The Nisani have religious traditions as varied as they are scattered from one another, though even across distances, some things remain the same. Many groups venerate some variation of a divine ancestor triad, and at least one other mythological figure features across boundaries as a common thread. Still, Nisa religion is a rich mix of animism, polytheism, and ancestor worship, steeped in magic and lore, and its open practice is considered by the Nisani to be as integral to life as breathing. All such things that go against Zathryan practices.

Deities and figures worshipped by the Nisani include:


 * Akkan
 * Tairela
 * Larsa
 * Isamu
 * The Entity