Rena Cult

The **Rena Cult** (レーナ信仰, *Rēna shinkō*?) is part of the Elios Religion.

## Overview

Rena is the goddess of wisdom and victory, and is worshipped by many warriors. They cooperate in a group to fight, unlike Thores who fights individually. Of course individual valour is to be respected. It is honourable to die fighting against fiends, but a reckless battle is not recommended and in some cases one must be willing to withdraw. This area is the difference with the Thores Cultists. Also unlike Thores cultist, they place the importance of protective gear differently. However they share the same doctrine as Thores to expand the world of humans, and the warriors must keep fighting with fiends day and night.

The home of faith is in the Holy Lenaria Republic on the eastern Central Continent. The Rena temple influence in the eastern central continent is strong.[*citation needed*] The Order of the Temple Knights, which belongs to the Rena temple, is the strongest knightly order on the eastern central continent. They are also called the Order of the Swan Knights because their design of the banner is a swan, which is the sacred bird of Rena. By the way, the Temple Knights of Rena temple serves Rena, but Rena does not recognise them as her Knights.

There are many women priest in the religious order and they support Heroes.

Rena's warriors are generally Fighter class. Other classes are Guardian and Fortress. There are warriors belonging to the Rena temple around. The warriors are all women, and sometimes they are forced to escort key figure ladies. They are called **Warrior Priestess** (神官戦士, *Shinkan senshi*?), or **War Priestess** (戦司祭, *Sen shisai*?), and they are also clergy, and they earn the respect of the people. The Warrior Priestesses are those who have been empowered by Valkyries. The warriors' information is transmitted to the main War Maidens.

## Magic that Rena's Believers can Obtain

Basically Rena does not give blessing directly. Most of her War Maiden subordinates help human warriors. However, occasionally Rena gives blessing directly.

* **Herculean Strength** (剛力, *Gōriki*?) - To improve the physical strength.
* **Rigid body** (剛体, *Gōtai*?) - Improve the body strength.
* **Endurance Improvement** (体力向上, *Tairyoku kōjō*?) - To improve the Endurance.
* **Vitality Improvement** (活力向上, *Katsuryoku kōjō*?) - To improve the Stamina.
* **Enemy Perception** (敵感知, *Teki Kanchi*?) - To discover the person who directed hostility.
* **Assassin Perception** (暗殺者感知, *Asashin Kanchi*?) - Higher version of Enemy Perception. Even those who hide their hostility can be detected.
* **Fear Resistance** (恐怖耐性, *Kyōfu taisei*?) - Resistant to fear.
* **Self Healing** (自己治癒, *Jiko chiyu*?) - Enhance your own healing powers.
* **Pulverisation** (粉砕, *Funsai*?) - A magic that increases the power of mace and other striking weapons. Therefore, when using this magic, you must have a striking weapon..
* **Sharp Blade** (鋭刃, *Eijin*?) - Increase the sharpness of weapons with blades such as swords and spears.
* **Shield Reinforcement** (盾強化, *Tate kyōka*?) - Reinforces the shield..
* **Armour Reinforcement** (鎧強化, *Yoroi kyōka*?) - Reinforces the armour.
* **Magic Shield** (魔法の盾, *Mahō no tate*?) - Creates a shield with magical powers. The strength depends on the magical power of the caster.
* **Healing Hand** (癒しの手, *Iyashinote*?) - A magic that heals the wounds of the injured subject. You can use it upon yourself. However, one must be in contact with the subject. It is called Minor healing or Greater Healing depending on the amount of recovery.
* **Light Bullet** (光弾, *Hikaridama*?) - A magic that automatically tracks to the other opponent and strike at them with a burning of light orb.
* **Sunlight** (陽光, *Yōkō*?) - A magic that creates sunlight and eliminates the Undead.
* **Sun Coating** (陽の衣, *Yō no i*?) - A magic that protects oneself from the Dark Magic and the Departed Soul Magic.
* **Sunlight Blade** (陽光の刃, *Yōkō no ha ken*?) - A magic that applies the power of the sun to the weapon with a blade such as a sword or a swear. The sharpness also rises. It is also effective for enemies who have no shape. It is efficient against Undead.
* **Sun Armour** (陽の鎧, *Yō no yoroi*?) - A greater magic of the Sun Coating. It also enhances your defence.
* **Immediate Protection** (即時防御, *Sokuji bōgyo*?) - Prevent a surprise attack.
* **Provocation** (挑発, *Chōhatsu*?) - Use magic to draw attention of your enemies so they don't go to your comrades.
* **Immobility of Defence** (不動の守り, *Fudō no mamori*?) - Deploy all defence magic simultaneously.
* **Courage** (勇気, *Yūki*?) - Give yourself or allies complete resistance to fear. Only War Maidens can use it.
* **War Maiden's Merit** (戦乙女の勲, *Sen'otome no kun*?) - Give the fellow comrades the magic of courage. Only a war maiden can use it.
* **Goddess' Shield** (女神の盾, *Megami no tate*?) - Top version of the Magic Shield. Creates a stronger defence wall. Only a war maiden can use it.
* **Gáe Bulg** (ゲイボルグ, *Geiborugu*?) - The strongest spear technique. The thrown spear is sure to penetrate the enemy. Benefits granted only to Heroes that Rena has acknowledged.

## Development

In this world, **Gáe Bulg** (ゲイボルグ, *Geiborugu*?) isn't a spear's name, but a technique name.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 *Dark Knight Story Setting Collections* - Elios Pantheon: Deities Name Record 5 Thores & Alrena
2. ↑ *Dark Knight Story Setting Collections* - Summary of the World View: Summary of Species and Nations etc.
3. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Evil God's Labyrinth: Chapter 25 - Down the Kish River