Game news:Gods

Currently Atharia has four known Gods. These four gods are greatly worshipped. It is common to go pray to a God daily. Each one of these Gods do have specific things they expect when someone prays to them. There is no expectation on what time of the day they are prayed too, though.

• Arion, the Third God: He is the third God of Atharia and is a pretty indifferent person until it comes to Mataya.
• Attia, the Fourth God: Attia is the fourth God and is a kind soul who tries to take in everyone's pain.
• Larthin, the First God: He is a very petty God who was the first to walk the lands of Atharia.
• Mataya, the Second God: She is the second God of Atharia. She cares greatly for the mortals and does not often speak.

The Gods all have some rituals and prayers that can be done to anyone of then and/or them all at once. These ones are typically ones that require a great deal of Godly powers. It likely takes two or more of the Gods to grant the ritual.

Ritual of Birth: This Ritual is done during a pregnancy, at any time. Those that do this ritual, it can be done by a group of people, are asking the Gods to speed up their pregnancy by blessing the parent having the child. This takes a great sacrifice by both parents. What they offer to the Gods has to be something they value the most. Any life taking is considered an affront to the ritual.

Ritual of Growth: The ritual of growth is a complex one as it is done by the parents of a child until they can speak and think for themselves. The Ritual of Growth allows a child to grow faster. This is an uncomfortable one for many to do as it requires a blood sacrifice. The more blood given, the faster the child grows. The blood has to be of the ones doing the ritual, which is the parents or the child when the child is old enough. The parents could sacrifice, willingly on the part of the sacrificed parent, their life to have their child instantly become an adult. The ritual fails, when shooting for instant growth, if the parent is coerced or forced into sacrificing themselves. The parents are making the choice to help their child become an adult and when the child is old enough, they are making the choice to grow. Any forced is an affront to the Gods and never goes well.