Before getting into the gods, first we must say that no god currently gives magical abilities to anyone. Next let’s talk about the Epochs in Alcott. The game currently takes place in the third Epoch. The first Epoch is called Before Demons (BD) and is a long time ago. Very little is known about this time. Ruins and artifacts exist from this period but most were ruined in the second epoch, the Post Demons (PD). This was a short time period of about 1000 years. It is marked with chaos as it is when the demons first arrived. Two group rose to finally pin the demons to the north. Working together The Enclave and the Rylian Church worked to make a workable process with to control the demons threat. The Rylian Church used this to become the only legal religious pantheon. The current epoch is called The Demon Equilibrius (DE).
Note: The Church of the 12 (13th) is based on the books The Gentlemen Bastards. I have not really worked on it much.
The church is broken into two main groups. There are many fighting Monks that are used as soldiers and protectors for the different temples and priests. The other group are these strange powerful Inquisitors. They are humans that have gone through a horrific magical process, where big spikes are pounded through their eyes. They are few in number but very powerful. Avoid fighting them. They are tasked with finding cults and rooting them out. They are above the law in all ways.
Everything else is considered an illegal cult. If they are discovered, they are hunted by the inquisitors and killed. There are many of them. This is sometimes used to destroy your enemy. Surprisingly enough it is not used as often as you think as the inquisitors in their cruel investigations will discover the intrigue and kill everyone involved.