The Order

The Order of the Holy Ones (commonly known as the Order) was the first religion in Validus to worship proper gods. There were only a few dozen gods in the Order, these gods were believed to have once been men who walked on Validus just like men do today. These beings were incredibly powerful and were able to shape the planet to their desires and create life on the surface. Today, the Order is a very unpopular religion, most people who once followed the beliefs of the Order now follow Ouxani, a successor of the Order.

Deities
Deities in the Order were believed to be incredibly powerful beings who lived on Validus before any of the modern races were born.

The Mother and Father
The Mother and Father are believed to have been the first of the deities on Validus. Their origins are unknown but according to ancient text they were not born, they just appeared on Validus before there was any land or life to be seen. The mother and father had a vision for a perfect utopia on the planet and they began by creating other gods to help them create this perfect world. After the Land and Sea, the first of the Mother and Father's "children", created the continents and oceans, the Mother and Father created the modern races. The humans were born in the Sun's Lake, the ingenti were born in the Great West Mountains, the faefolk were born in the Great Canyon, and the elves were born in the shallows of the Wild Sea on the shores of Domerin.

The Land
The Land was one of the first two deities the Mother and Father created. The Land was able to create the three continents, Frigus, Merita, and Domerin. The Land also created the mountain ranges and canyons.

The Sea
The Sea was the other deity the Mother and Father created at the same time as the Land. The Sea created the oceans, rivers, and lakes. The Sea is the favored deity of sailors.

Peace
After the modern races were created, the Mother and Father realized they needed to create more deities to control the behavior of their new beings. The Father, still pushing for the pure utopia that they had once envisioned, wanted to only create positive deities, but the Mother understood their need for balance between positivity and negativity.

Discord
The Mother created Discord in response to Peace. Discord was meant to cause problems to avoid an unbalanced society that was consistently peaceful.

Practices
The Order stresses the importance of balance, much like their gods did thousands of years ago. Followers of the Order believe that the only way to create a perfect utopia is by practicing balance and moderation.

The Afterlife
The Order, unlike many modern religions on Validus, does not have a formal idea of the afterlife. In general, followers of the Order believe that in death they will be granted a utopian eternity alongside the gods and freed from the confines of their mortal bodies. However this idea does not have any formal descriptions and can be seen differently by every believer.