Worship Practices of the Kotel Race

Recognized as a practice as old as the race themselves, the method in which the kotel pray is as unique as they are. The kotel claim to worship heroes, kings, and other prominent ancestors from their past. These worshipped heroes each have done something unique that set them aside from other kotel heroes and that fact is the driving force behind most kotel decisions. Most, because while it is incredibly common for kotel to practice their faith it is not impossible for them to believe in no such higher power, or a different one. The very few kotel who tread that path have either grown up far from their ancestral homes and social structures, studied heavily into the divine and lost their faith, or encountered some crisis moment.
The organization is lead by a Hierophant or Pope-like figure with many clerical community leaders. These clerics rarely exclude any of the kotel gods from their services or lives but do often call on individuals for prayers they are uniquely qualified to answer. Some hammered and etched effigies exist within the Kotel ancestral home, but within other holds statuaries of various sizes are erected in the direction of the high temple. This temple lies deep in the core of the kotel capitol and is tended to by the Hierophant. Worship is done at regular times throughout the day, with the kotel facing toward the site of the sundering and likewise, their capitol. There are a few odd beliefs from other races that stem from this practice. This being the direction of their high temple however, the more devout amongst other races understand it as prayer towards a holy site.
Kotel who practice the faith often have one hero or god that they particularly connect with and will often shape themselves in a manner that would make that god "proud." The kotel believe that the gods first see deeds, then words, then thoughts. The thoughts of a person are believed to be inconsequential as one can change those at an instance, but words and deeds leave lasting wakes through people and existence. Deeds being the most impactful on those around them, most kotel go to great lengths to avoid actions that could adversely effect innocents. This is not to suggest however that there are not kotel willing to ignore misdeeds, especially those not visited upon other kotel, only that most would not do these things. It is believed that those who live an honorable life go to join their ancestors, where they tell stories and feast until their children and children's children join them. Those kotel who lead particularly honorable life may even find themselves counted amongst the heroes, as some kings before have.

Type

Religious, Organised Religion