Deities

While the existence of the gods is at these times mostly officially ridiculed by the Edge Empire, the Everlasting Flame, and the Edge elite, faith in the gods and various dogmas still hold strong in various other locations throughout the empire and the world at large, and even in hidden alcoves within the Edge Capital itself.

Dogmas

The most comprehensive study regarding the various dogmas of the known world was made over 250 years ago, while was still far more prominent within the Empire, by a renowned religious scholar named Marisdon Zemek.

His theory concluded that while a multitude of representations of various powers, spirits, and deities exist, such as the Duchai polytheistic system, in which many "deities" or spirits, were representations of Natural forces, such as the suns, vegetation, winds, and so forth, or the Hadeeb mostly monotheistic system which emphasizes a single heavenly forefather, all boil down to a faith in four main forces, which he attributed to the four suns rising in Suierl's sky.

His hypostasis was aptly named the four suns and is still being used today in most educated circles when discussing faith and dogma, and according to it, all dogmas can be attributed to one of four powers. Thus every flavor of god, goddess, woodland spirit, etc, would eventually fall into one of those four archetypes of worship. He would also note that the following of such deities many times involved similar rituals, practices, and beliefs.

The Four Archetypes and their spheres of influence are as follows:

While there are many entities and deities worship as a whole is discouraged, dismissed, and looked down upon if not altogether prohibited within the Edge Empire. However, a few deities or spiritual entities still hold some sway among some on the outskirts of civil society, and among the various other peoples within the empire or beyond, or rarely, within hidden alcoves in Edge Capital itself.