<strong>SgtDan</strong>- No hurry, i'm just getting the IC interaction started. Post as soon as you can.<br/><br/><strong>Paladin of Lust</strong>- those are the four deities commonly recognized in Caede, which is just one kingdom in a very large world. Other lands have their own gods, and while it is unusual to do so people do sometimes follow foreign deities. Divinely empowered individuals actually draw their power from dedication to a Saint, which is a lesser deity of a very specific thing like Love, Swordsmanship or Fire. The nice thing about Saints is that they are beings that you could physically meet and interact with (assuming you can find them) and it is a known fact that one can ascend to sainthood by any one of several ways: Kill a saint, have a saint pass on his/her power to you willingly, or be such a powerful embodiment of a specific thing that you are elevated yourself while still alive.<br/><br/>It's worth noting that just about everyone has a patron saint. When you reach adulthood you choose a personal patron for yourself, in addition to a family patron if you have a family. Feel free to make up some saints and foreign deities - Caede's nearest neighboring kingdoms are a bleak, frozen land to the north over the mountains, and then to the south is a fairly wild and deadly untamed jungle region. The eastern and western borders of Caede are ocean - the Sea of<br/><br/>For your second question: You've all met and know eachother. I'll leave the details up to you guys, but Streban did make a point of ensuring all his servants are acquainted.<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>The Gods</strong></span><br/>Asara - The Soulkeeper, goddess of both life and the dead, she watches over those who are alive and those who are dead, and takes pity on the undead, who walk the line between both.<br/>Torrin - The Lawbringer, god of law, light and rulership. He is also called the King of Kings, because it is said that all true rulers are blessed by him.<br/>Mishaka - The Silent one, the most mysterious of the gods. An ambiguously-gendered deity who oddly enough has love and knowledge as his/her portfolio.<br/>Grom - The Bloody, god of Darkness, War, Vengeance and Death (not of the dead). Noone will admit to worshipping Grom, and it is considered impolite at best to ask someone if they worship him, but every Caedian pays him homage in secret, dark places to avoid drawing his vengeful wrath. It is said that Grom is the most powerful deity, and that there used to be more gods in the past, but Grom killed them and took their powers for his own.