Seen and Unseen gods

The main religion that is worshipped in Duthgar which believes that of The Seven Seen and The Seven Unseen gods. The belief is that these fourteen are the only real gods, the other gods that are around are pale imitations (though still of great power). The belief is that other deities are given their power from one or more of the true gods either intentionally or through deception and trickery, or that the other gods are simply powerful beings that think they deserve to be called gods but really ain't. gods like Bahamut for example are often coincided this way, he is a large older dragon that got so full of himself and powerful that he started to demand that people called him a god and worshipped him, but in reality he is no more worthy of praise than an Owlbear or some goblin king that tells is clan to worship him.

The belief is that when Trayst was created it was barren and out of the sadness world was born the Akarieans they lived on the world and loved the world, they thrived there living off of the land, and they began to love the land that produced the food and the sun that provided the light. Out of this love was produced the gods during the day seven gods were created, they were seen by the Akarieans and they rejoiced and partied until it evening, but as the night grew cold and dark, the love known by the Akarieans turned to fear and while they were huddling scared seven more gods were created unseen by them. The Seven Seen gods took on all of the aspects of love and goodness, while the unseen took on the aspects of fear and evil. The Unseen gods waged war on the Akarieans and nearly wiped them out but the seen gods saved aspects of them and these aspects were planted in the ground of Tanalier where they grew into all the other species.

The virtues of The Seven Seen gods are considered to be good things, (Valour/ honour, generosity, dedication, fighting with tenacity, power, curiosity and sustainability) while the things associated with The Unseen gods are seen as detestable. (Gambling, torture, destruction for no reason, tricking people with contracts, raising the undead, profiting at others loss/ assassination, magical beasts)

Officially it is illigal in Duthgar to worship any other god's but these 14 but in most places the worship of other religions is perfectly tolerated but rarely are they given the same treatment as the Seen gods nor would they have anywhere as larger following. In some areas however the worship of what they consider to be a fake god is illegal and the worship even of an Unseen god would be more tolerated.

Titles
Leader of the faith = The Council of Seven = Faith Councillor ....

High Priest = Seer ...

Head Priest = Sight Speaker ...

Priest = Watcher ...

Acolyte = Devotee ...

The Seven Seen gods
Iomedae (Human god (Torlund) righteousness and justice)

Sarenrae (Human god, Sun, harvest and growth)

Torag (Dwarven god, armaments and strength)

Gorum (Orc god, war and battle)

Gozreh (nature, change and the sea)

Desna (dreams, stars and hope and travellers)

Erastil (Elf god, hunting, farming and the forest)

The Seven Unseen gods
Nivi Rhombodazzle (Gnomish god, Gambling Chance and Luck)

Venkelvore (Famine and Hunger)

Ravagug (Orc god, Destruction Chaos and Insanity)

Asmodeus (Human god, Contract, Lies and Bargains)

Urgathoa (Human god, Pestilence Disease and the Undead)

Achaekek (Elf god, Assassinations, Stealth and Subtlety)

Lamastu (Magical Beasts, The Pain of Child Birth and Selfishness)