A few nature-driven groups, including a few druids, practice varieties of star-worship. This is the practice of finding constallations and ascribing charecteristics and values to them. The most common around Tariksan is Nadrowet star-worship, which focuses on 10 animal constallations, who are at the peak of the sky in the ten months.
Star-worship is often guided by druids, and it's rarity means it has very little organisation. Most worshippers are prophets and storytellers, and move around like the stars above them, spreading the word.
To spread the stories and lessons of their faction of worship, and teach the lessons of their faith.
A variety of star-worship is practiced in a small capacity by celestial people in the overside. There is a theory that celestials are the origin of this religion, but it is untrue in almost all cases of it's development. However, this link can be the source of "divine" (actually celestial) magic for star-worshippers.
Star-worship is heavily centered on many myths and fables, telling the stories of the creatures of the sky. They tend to fall into three groups: the lives of them before the became stars, why each creature is in the sky, and what they do or will do there. They don't have saints or heros, and are heavily metaphorical.
As a concept, star-worship is ancient. Possibly older than the true gods, and some say it existed in a convoluted form before the wave. The constallations worshipped change over time, and have always been varied between sects of star-worship. However, the themes of direction, fate, and awe are pretty much universal.
Some take the stories about the constallations representing worldly events as absolute truth. Others tell that the skormir's children saw that the skies of their worlds were empty, and together they asked creatures of their planes to step into the sky to guide the peoples for eternity.
Many star-worshippers believe that the sky is the arcana.
In Tariksan, worshipping the stars is difficult to do in any organised way. Whereas in other parts of the world people conduct beautiful large scale rituals and rites, Tariksani star-worshippers must praise the sky alone. They tell the stories of their mythos again and again, and most dress very distinctly in beautiful dark clothes to show thier beliefs. To learn magic is an important part of star-worship, and most know a cantrip or two; dancing lights and prestidigitation are particularly common.
Whilst it is possible, technically, to be a cleric or paladin of the stars, this is very unusual as there are no actual gods. Druids are common, and so are bards and wizards, the latter two being more familiar to the general populous (although actually less common). The arcane casters of star-worship cite their religion as the reason for their skill, as they claim it guides them. Their devout nature often unsettles other, more traditionally educated wizards.
While there are no gods to grant the powers or act as guides, the teachings of some sects are very well suited to amplify the gifts of those connected to the arcana, and bring them closer. Magic is always encouraged, and in some cases actually worshipped in a secondary capacity, which of course means people put much more energy into casting. Celestials have been known to grant the good of this religion magic.
Let the stars be your guide
Type
Religious, Organised Religion
