Elven Religion

Elven religion is animalistic and typically focuses on reverence and respect for spirits. It is believed that all beings as well as all things possess spirits and that as fellow spiritual beings, all are worthy of respect. This respect extends even to the spirits of unwanted things.

Practices
Shrines and offerings are the most common and conspicuous aspects of Elven spiritualism. Shrines are typically modest but easily found. Most permanent structures and areas with specific purposes have at least one shrine and multiple shrines are common. There are even shrines, which honor multiple spirits. Offerings are made at shrines when present but may also be made independently. Incense are common, if generic offerings but specific spirits often have their own preferences so if those are known, It is considered better to make more personalized offerings when possible. It is also common to announce one's self to spirits, to ask permission when entering their domains, thanking and apologizing to them.

Blight Shrines
A practice often considered peculiar by outsiders is that of blight shrines. These are most often encountered in agricultural areas. Elves, like all other civilized cultures, do not want plagues such as locusts or blights to harm their crops. Because they respect these things though and recognize their place in the cycles of the world, they create small gardens at the edges of their fields with shrines dedicated to such spirits. These garden are planted and tended but are not harvested. Instead they are left as offerings to the spirits as thanks for not attacking the fields. Similar practices are used in other areas as well such as places of healing, which can have isolated areas with shrines to disease and death. These are meant to appease these spirits so that they do not harm those in the healer's care. To outsiders however, it can appear as though these are secret places of worship of dark or evil forces.

Religious Orders
Nidora - Makers of sacred incense & advisors on the appeasement of spirits. Stathra - Keepers of spiritual balance Obtinea - Custodians of public shrines & spiritual sites.