The Gods of worship

Names of spirits humans worship InoWay Mother of the reef- water spirit- african diaspora- God of water, serenity, healing and worship Ala the iron maiden- earth spirit-igbo mythos- God of law, Earth and wisdom (ra)zda- incarnation of flame- egyptian mythos- God of fire, magic and civilization and inspiration (shu)no- incarnation of wind- egyptian mythos- God of wind, Animals, beast races and souls. ose- brewer of storms and souls-yoruba- God of lightning, spirit world, fear and fate
All the aspects of the gods put together is what makes civilization as we know it. Lords are lesser gods that rule over a particular domain within the higher god's control embodying a specific aspect exp. ose is the god of lightning and since thunder is an aspect of lightning they are different. the god of lightning selects or creates a lord of thunder would act in his place if worshiped or interacted with
at begining of earths creation it was a large lifeless planet resbmling mars and for millions of years the earth laided baron untill god crash landed on the planet. Weakend it created the 5 most important elements to seed the planet. imparting each of them with a portion of it's will befor it ulitmately disappeared for thousands of years the elementals rome the earth before accsending into another dimsion to watch over the planet called the spirit world seeding with the potential of life. The life that grew through the power of the elemetals grew strong and adapablte due to their massive amount of lingering spirtual engery left on the world and things began to use learn to use the abmaint flow ori and even adabtle directly to. which eventually led to humans, who are no capable of those same feats

The water temples are known for their generosity and devotion, going out of their way to feed the homeless population and give them faith to believe in the reef mother.Follower of the reef tend to lean towards pacifism and try their best to spread genuine good will just as the mother herself would. The water temple is known for being the forefront of healing and alchemy in the continent leading anyone worthwhile to there.The temple leader Oshun who travels the continent healing those when needed.being the leader she has knowledge of alchemy, healing, curses,spirits and history as well as full mastery of the 4 as well being the longest running temple leader. The fire temple is known for their strong opinions on war as well their passing down of techniques. People in their temple often spend their time working out to stay in peak condition or studying magic and tactics. Followers of the faith tend to try to inspire others as the Fire god see's favor in those who strive to be in his image. The fire temple is the forefront of weapons training in the continent with each temple member being master of a weapon and is the only temple that doesn't have a hard requirement to have a fire affinity. The Place of the fire temple is to be the last line of defense when humanity has nothing to reply but religion and the hundreds of years of passed down knowledge would be used to protect them. Being a leader requires mastery of tactics, weapons,intimidation, and war history.
The earth temple is known for their for role in the moral upholding fairness and order under the guidance of iron maiden often being tasked as judges, court officials, cultural reps and mediators.Members of the temple patrol their local cities helping the common folk get better prices for items and help talk out disputes between people with issues.The follower of the maiden do those things because the acts of kindness keeps the balance of good and evil things in check not allow either side to over shine the other. Temple devotees who don't follow her will Will be punished equal to all the potential good you didn't do that day or when instructed.The earth temple is also the forefront of criminal accolades and investigation spearheaded by the leader of the temple. Leaders of the earth temples are masters of manipulation, preservation,strategy and disguise.
the wind temple is known for their role in studying and maintaining the balance of the spirit world. Members of the temple train their mind to enter the spirit world and with the guidance of shu their ability to help sort out souls of humans in the afterlife giving their input on each person of significant helping to shape the human form of heaven. They are also known for their extensive knowledge on divine beasts and animals.
The lightning temple is known for their role as pessimistic dark views that are supposed to serve to juxtapose fire temples blindly with inspirational acts. The goal of the temple is to reaffirm the idea of fear because it's what keeps us alive and inspiration is what drives. They see fear as tools of learning and something to ultimately be proud of. The goal of the groups is to spread the importance of fear and the inevitability of fate in a way to get society to constantly question itself with the purpose of them rejecting it so they are more steadfast in their ideals.