The Faith of the Eight

The Faith of the Eight is the biggest religion in Chilastra. There are five gods and three goddesses. In both Chilastra and Agallura, there is a chapel in each major Imperial city venerating the Icons. There are also wayshrines along the roads that are devoted to the Eight Icons. Many of these gods also appear in various combinations in the pantheons of other cultures.

Pantheon
- Cethos, God of the Cycle of Life, Death, and Mortals as well as burials and funeral rites.

- Atar, the God of the Elements

- Nirasil, the God of War

- Mereus, the God of Justice and Mercy

- Nidur, the God of Work and Commerce

- Aione, the Goddess of Beauty and Love

- Edraura, the Goddess of Time

- Kraana, the Goddess of Wisdom and Logic

History
It is said that the world of Iyasil was created by the Elder Titans. When the world was created, the Elder Titans birthed nine gods onto the world. They split the earth into three separate landmasses that became three continents; Agallura, Aso and Chilastra.

The Elder Titans populated each continent with three gods each and granted them the power to create life as we know it.

The three gods on Agallura became known as the Agallurans, the three gods on Aso became known as the Ancients and the three gods on Chilastra became known as the Birthed. When the three gods on all separate continents began creating the races that we know exist today and gave life to each continents, all gods disagreed on which continent was to be the home of all races.

As time passed, the different gods developed different ideas of what faith was suppsoed to look like on each continent and this was something the Ninth Icon, Mylara, was aware of would cause disruptions in the creation of Iyasil, and would ultimately break the trust with the Elder Titans.

The War of the Gods ensued and all gods except for Mylara participated in heated battles with each other, as the populace of Iyasil suffered great losses in natural resources, terrain and even life. Mylara could not see this continue on as the war raged for hundreds of years.

She ultimately gave her life as a sacrifice to showcase that the gods could not kill each other, but that each god could kill themselves if they wanted to, proving to them all that they weren't truly immortal. With Mylara's sacrifice, the remaining eight gods formed a bond through council. As Mylara died, she restored life onto Iyasil, and by order of the Elder Titans, the remaining eight gods ascended into the Eternal Realm.

Mylara later returned to Iyasil, where life was now sprawling, and gave her prophecy to the founding populus of the world that the gods will have mercy on them as long as they accept the Faith of the Eight as their one and only faith, and give offerings to the gods continuously, until the end of time.