"That's not a very noble opinion to have."  Ellen admonished Rath, not particularly liking the derisive comments that were coming out of his mouth.  "Just because one gnoll tricked you doesn't mean you should assume that they're all alike."<br/><br/>To say nothing of the mildly racist tone of the rest of his comments, though she'd refrain from commenting on those for the moment.  After all, it could easily just be arrogance talking, rather than any particular sort of prejudice...  Though even that wasn't a positive trait to have.  Once the conversation transitioned over towards the subject of her religion, though, she put those feelings aside and gave the matter some thought.<br/><br/>"Well, it's a bit complicated, to be honest."  She answered the half-celestial.  "I've told you before that I'm a Paladin, right?  Well, for me, at least, being a Paladin isn't really a matter of choice.  It's more of a calling, and it's one that only happened to me after my death, as well.  Before I died, I was a follower of Pelor, but he's got a pretty strong stance against undead, so..."<br/><br/>And here she shrugged.<br/><br/>"Anyway, I'm not entirely sure which God or other cosmic force empowered me to act as a Paladin, but whichever one it is, it seems to have picked up the slack on my Clerical spells, as well.  I've got a great deal of faith in it, so I suppose that in that way, I'm very religious.  I'm not really sure if that counts, though."