Religions

Estara is secularly ruled, but it allows followers of any religion to live within it's borders.

The two primary religions in Estara are Saeletrism and The Old Way.

Saeletrism: Saeletrism, organized into the church of Saeletra, is a religion based around the idea that the goddess Saeletra created the world and all its inhabitants for the simple joy of watching them live. it is commonly accepted among practitioners of Saeletrism that feelings of intense pleasure are the direct touch of Saeletra, and as such should be experienced as often as possible.

The church of Saeletra teaches that Saeletra created man first, then, dissatisfied with her creation, she created woman, and was at last pleased. they teach that Saeletra considered destroying man, but found herself piteous of the pathetic thing, and spared him. Though man turned out to be a violent, hateful thing, Saeletra still allowed it to live, knowing that her beloved woman would rise above it.

The Old Way: The Old Way is an ancient religion with no known organization to speak of. Practitioners of The Old Way do not worship gods, but instead worship spirits of the land, sea, and sky. The most powerful of these spirits are known as the three sisters.

The three sisters are the primeval spirits of the world, each one representing one of the three elements of the world. The three sisters names are Unda, the spirit of the seas, Zephyra, the spirit of the skies, and Munda, the spirit of the earth.

It is told that the three sisters had a brother, named Ignis, whom they loved dearly. But Ignis was a trickster, and he wanted to see his sisters subjugated. As the three sisters shaped the world, Ignis came to each of them, asking for a portion of their power so he could aid them in their work. they all obliged him, and he used his newfound power to battle them. the three sisters managed to defeat him, but in his dying breath he uttered a curse, promising that anything the three sisters created would become dark and twisted. Unda's sparkling oceans would become great destructive waves, Zephyra's cool winds and serene clouds will whip into great storms, and Munda's sturdy earth will shake in violent convulsions. The sisters sought to create a creature free of this curse, so the three of them worked together to create woman. But even this was not safe from Ignis' curse, and the three sisters watched in horror as one of the women they had created changed into a twisted parody of a woman. A man.

Minor religions:

Haylic

The religion of Haylic is the worship of a dryad goddess named Hayth. It is said that she is a nymph of nature that created all life, and helps it grow and survive. Being that Hayth is a nymph, she is a very sexual being. There are stories told in which she would take form of one of her beloved creations and take part in mating rituals with them, eventually birthing their children. They describe her features in her natural form to be a supernaturally beautiful woman with the horns of a ram and roots that would sprout up her legs. People would travel far to pray at sacred trees that were believed to be linked to her seed that she birthed to create Giant Haylim trees. They would pray for good health for their unborn children or for good crops, or for the sick to be healed. The trees grow with dark brown bark, and leaves of white, standing twice as high as a great red oak.

Very few ever get to see a tree of Hayth because some non-believers thought of the religion as a lie, a folk tale born in the heart of Zamira to give hope to the poor, and so they burned down these trees, slowly killing the religion to the point to very few believe it to this day.