Animaism

**Animaism** is a belief of the soul. It is not a singular religion but instead an every changing believe system created by followers. It also does not oppose any religions, instead believing all Deities exist to some capacity, but specifically choses to praise 6 deities. It's origin is hard to track as the religion is heavily splintered both religiously and historically. Though there are typically considered to be 5 different original splinters from the original Animaism. The five types are Mountainous, Death, Libero, Perniciosa, and Eternal

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Mountainous Animaism is typically considered a belief of the mountains. One formed by miners separated from society for large periods of times. As the name suggests, Mountainous Animaist believe that mountains are sights of holy creation. Places where miracles occur. This type of Animaism is typically found in the more Northern parts of Sørligste, or in mountain ranges around the area. People often claim their belief helps them connect to the darkness of the caves and acts as a protection from that of which could harm them. They typically worship the mining Deities Arcadius over any other Deities.

Death Animaism is a form of Animaism which believes that necromancy is a divine talent blessed by the Gods. This form of Animaism is typically frowned upon due to it's believes in necromancy which is typically considered to be a more dangerous form of magic due to its ease in becoming a tool of war. Though Death Animaism is typically considered to exist in the east of Sørligste, statistics show an increase of necromantic activity in the west of Sørligste. Probably one of the more famous Death Animaist is Whisperer, a necromancer closely linked to the stopping and control of Lorent political corruption. They typically worship the deity Arcadius due to their death in most Animaist literature.

Libero Animaism is a form of Animaism which wishes for the continued division of the religion, believing that every individual should be capable of their own belief. Due to this there are thousands of sub-types of Libero Animaism. As such to describe the belief as a singular is extreme difficult but it is typically located in the north-east of Sørligste with it's influence slowly spreading west.

Despite the name Perniciosa Animaism does not focus on causing destruction. Instead, they believe that destruction leads to creation, and creation leads to destruction. They work to conserve nature and cause hellish fires to do so. Using the ash that remains to grow new plants. The belief focuses of fire and the sanctity of destroying to renew the world. Perniciosa Animaism focus in depth to discovering new more destructive means to stabilize the world. Individuals of this belief are wide-spread across Sørligste, specifically Tortuga, and the south of Lorent. They also typically worship the deity Stryp more than any other type of deity with some exceptions.

Eternal Animaism is the belief that the continuation of a new world requires the addition of new traditions. They worship all deities equally. They believe that the approach of bringing new is peace and act in a peaceful manner. Eternal Animaists typically prefer to avoid war and conflict while preferring peace of nations. They are typically neutral in belief and trust all Animaists to make the correct choices for the safety of the nations of the world. Eternal Animaism also supports the addition of new major deities, and can often merge with other religions to form complexes of culture and belief. They typically live towards the central-east to central-west of Sørligste, though the religion has been seen slowly flowing into everyday culture of more and more locations.