Religions

The many peoples of Vantowyn possess a variety of religious practices and schools of theology. Most of the different traditions of faith in Vantowyn can be grouped together based upon their shared histories.

The Progenitor Dragons
In Ak-Arra, the people follow the Cult of the Progenitors, and ancient religion which reveres the seven Progenitor Dragons, from which all the Drakes of Ak-Arra claim descent. Although some of these dragons can be found referenced in other faiths, the Cult of the Progenitors is the only known religion that incorporates all seven into their own distinct pantheon of sorts.

The Pantheon of Rahmunism
Rahmunism specifically is a faith practiced widely in Vatra and the surrounding lands, with most worship found in Khemar, where the faith is intrinsically tied to the government of the Kingdom. While Rahmunism specifically worships a single great deity, its incorporation of local faiths as lesser deities or subordinates to the one god has resulted in a hierarchical pantheon of gods in mainstream Rahmunism.

There is a small splinter sect within Rahmunism, calling themselves the Sons of the Sun, that advocate against the inclusion of other faiths in the domain of Rahmunism.

Adherents of Rahmunism have historically been at war with the Cult of Kamiyyah, as the two faiths demonize each other's deities, and urge their adherents to engage in a millennias-long holy war. Throughout history, Rahmunites have seemingly held the upper ground, in part due to the perceived villainy surrounding the Cult of Kamiyyah.

The Pantheon of Antymnean Mythology
Antymnean Mythology centers around the actions of the Tricham Mhnad as they create Vantowyn and the Goblinoid species within it. Naturally, most of the adherents of religions in this category can be found in and near The Antymnes, and tend to be Goblinoid.

Kagorix is a god worshipped largely by Hacoblens on mainland, as well as in the Hacian League of the Antymnes. He is cosmologically opposed to the Tricham Mhnad, and the two religions have combated each other since time immemorial.

Antymnean Mythology also contains several extended references to what would seem to be the Progenitor Dragons. Though called by different names, each of the dragons' descriptions seem to match up, leading many to speculate that the two religions intersected with each other in some distant past.

Interestingly, events are described in Antymnean Mythology that match the description of the Age of Molten Stone and the coming of the First Men, despite no record of Goblinoids at that time in either the Corrachian Stone Lore or in the Arcane Vault of Ak-Arra.